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Drone Delivery: the FAA authorized the UPS company for its “flying” shipments

It is the third company approved. They can travel longer distances. The history of delivery, as we know it today, had its birth 200 years ago. With the famous horse-drawn carts, street vendors brought milk, candles, meat, bread, and dried products closer to the houses. From those horses of yesteryear and from those vendors there […]

Extreme drivers, the story of a trucker who transports dangerous cargo thousands of feet high

It crosses one of the riskiest roads in the world and transports gas from Argentina to Chile. Cesar Fabián Panello is one of the extreme drivers. He began his career as a hazardous cargo truck driver many years ago. Today, at the age of 49, he dares to embark on the most dangerous routes in […]

Florida: exemptions on work hours, truck weight and size

Two orders change the transport rules temporarily and seek to assist the emergency after the passage of Idalia. Two new waiver orders were issued in Florida prior to Idalia’s passage through the state. They were generated for commercial motorized vehicles that will help transit the emergency in which the area where thousands of people had […]

Tell me how you drive and I’ll tell you how your life is

The look of the famous psychologist and writer, Pablo Melicchio, about what happens on the routes and cities we travel. A driving school should be founded where it is verified that the person interested in learning to drive knows how to conduct himself through life first, because whoever does not know how to drive in […]

Marathon Petroleum closes the third largest refinery in the United States and the price of fuel rises

On Friday one of the tanks at the Garyville refinery caught fire. They evacuated the area. America’s third-largest refinery, Marathon Petroleum’s Garyville, caught fire Friday morning with such a devastating impact that company officials announced it will not reopen. Strong columns of fire flooded south of Luisana and forced residents to evacuate in an emergency. […]

California: Senate bans driverless autonomous trucks on roads

For and against. Should these giants be tested on state roads? In full development of laws and proposals that seek to place electric trucks in the State, a project wants to completely stop large and autonomous trucks that circulate without a driver on the roads. In 2015 this prohibition became clear. But a state law […]

Extreme adventure: The most dangerous routes traveled by truckers in the world

From Pakistan to Chile, from New Zealand to England. Paths for experts. There are truckers who are real super drivers of dangerous routes. Risky men and women who are even encouraged to carry complicated loads on roads full of curves, slopes, irregular and in weather conditions that, for a “normal” person, would lead them to […]

Give me a break: the FMCSA opened the requests to evaluate the hours of food and rest and ATA came out to answer it

They evaluate the exceptions of California and Washington. Opinion crossing. On one side, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), on the other the American Trucking Associations (ATA). The two organizations are facing each other over the idea of accepting petitions to evaluate the decisions made in 2018 and 2020 regarding the meal and rest […]

California: a project seeks to increase the price of San Francisco tolls

The rule would go into effect early next year. Seven state bridges are crossed to circulate through the San Francisco Bay Area. Tours that could cost much more if a bill that already has favorable approval from the Senate and proposes an increase of 1.5 dollars over five years is approved. It was the Transportation […]

The A, B, C of workers’ compensation insurance and everything you need to know

What is covered and what is not? Who should have it? What if you are a sole proprietor or self-employed? And the volunteers? This insurance is essential for employees and business owners as it covers all medical expenses, part of the salary lost by the employee as a result of illness, rehabilitation and death. Thus, […]