News

The truck driving industry is a constantly changing environment.  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is updating rules on a regular basis.  The shipping trends in the industry also change regularly. This news blogs is designed to keep students up to date and informed about changes in the industry and current events with Interstate Truck Driving School.

 

 

Interstate Truck Driving School gives 40,000 pounds of rice to the Airforce to deliver to Haiti on behalf of Hope For Haiti.

Thursday, July 7, 2016 - 4:00pm

Interstate Truck Driving School delivered 40,000 pounds of rice to the military air base at MSP July 7th to help out the Real Hope for Haiti campaign. The Airforc... Read More

view of the New P89 model of SAF-Holland's P89 Air Disc Brake Series

Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - 4:26pm

The following article is from Fleet Owner by Aaron Marsh:

Pinnacle Express operates fuel trucks servicing the aviation industry.  In order to deal with their heavy loads, they have purchased truck and trailers with disc brakes to help them stop quickly if there's some obstacle or accident... Read More

Thursday, June 23, 2016 - 11:21am

Bill Collins drove the Interstate Truck Driving School racing Corvette at the SCCA June Sprints at Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI June 18th and 19th.

 

Bill and the Corvette were competing against some very well prepared competition with 15 cars in the class and did very well in th... Read More

Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - 2:51pm

One-year field study involved 169 drivers operating 150 tractor-trailers from seven different motor carriers using two 2013-era collision avoidance system packages.

Jun 16, 2016   Sean Kilcarr | ... Read More

Fast on the Track, Safe on the Road!

Monday, May 9, 2016 - 9:15am

Bill Collins took the Interstate Truck Driving School racing Corvette to the SCCA Majors Event at Blackhawk Farms Raceway on April 30th and May 1st.  

Bill is competing against some very expensive machinery with several Porsches and a few BMWs. His car is a 2004 Z06 Corvette that he purch... Read More

Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 9:17am

One firm argues it’s the only way to maximize per-truck revenue while reducing taxes.

Apr 27, 2016Sean Kilcarr | Fleet Owner

It’s long been an unspoken rule of sorts in truck... Read More

Wednesday, April 20, 2016 - 11:56am

Falling fuel prices drive down variable costs, boost truckers' bottom line

Apr 20, 2016 Kevin Jones | American Trucker

 

The average net income for owner-operators was $61... Read More

Monday, April 18, 2016 - 12:23pm