Box-truck driver slams into people, light poles in #Chinatown
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/box-truck-driver-slams-people-light-poles-chinatown
#Boston #trucks
Box-truck driver slams into people, light poles in #Chinatown
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/box-truck-driver-slams-people-light-poles-chinatown
#Boston #trucks
Semi Truck Coloring Book For Kids: Big Rigs for Little Hands https://a.co/d/igUurdK #mastodon #semitruck #Trucks #semitruckdriver #Drivers #truckers #Bigrigs #trucking #truckdriver
Tesla Recalls Every Single Cybertruck Over Stainless Steel Trims Falling Off
151 Cybertruck owners filed warranty claims after noticing the roof trim panel above the windows was coming loose
https://www.carscoops.com/2025/03/tesla-recalls-every-single-cybertruck-over-stainless-steel-trims-falling-off/
"If there’s one thing #Cybertruck owners can rely on these days, it’s trim pieces falling off and obscene hand gestures from fellow drivers."
TRUCK PEOPLE
I’ve always wanted an old pickup truck to tool around in. Nothing fancy. Nothing terribly expensive. An old beater, but with a little style. What is the oldest truck you think I can find that is reasonably priced and basically reliable, or at least easiest to fix?
Any ideas?
“#Theft of #truck loads of green #coffee beans is surging in the United States, the world's largest importer of the commodity, as prices for the beans increased to all-time highs in the last year” ️
“The U.S. is the world's largest consumer of the beverage. Since #coffee is only produced in warmer geographies, it has to import nearly 100% of what it uses and transport millions of bags from ports to roasting plants, mostly via #trucks” ️
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/coffee-theft-surges-us-prices-beans-soar-2025-03-10/
A national cap on overtime hours has come into effect on Japan’s trucking industry, with an outsize impact on the challenging environment of Hokkaido. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/03/japan/hokkaido-truck-industry-struggles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokkaido #trucks #workstylereform #jobs
Swasticars and incel caminos are dangerous, musk knows it, and instead of making them less killy, he’s tearing apart all auto safety.
The transport ministry will support installing portable containers with restrooms and showers to roadside rest stations across the nation to help enhance their use in post-disaster relief. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/10/japan/container-roadside-stations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mlit #trucks #michinoeki #toilets #disasterpreparedness
The transport ministry will launch priority lanes for autonomous vehicles on a roughly 100-kilometer section of the Shin-Tomei Expressway to conduct test runs of self-driving trucks, starting on March 3. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/09/japan/japan-self-driving-test-expressway/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #selfdriving #trucks #mlit #shintomeiexpressway
It’s Official: the Cybertruck is More Explosive than the Ford Pinto
https://fuelarc.com/evs/its-official-the-cybertruck-is-more-explosive-than-the-ford-pinto/
#Automakers are collecting #sensitive #data, and selling it w/out your permission – Extensive data collection & #privacy #violations also routinely occurs when we use #cars and #trucks [regardless of manufacturer], much if not all of it likely without our knowledge or #consent. This article will inform you about how, where, when and by whom your data is collected, and the many ways in which is it used, including sale by #databrokers #CFPB is now closed - they fought this https://www.llrx.com/2025/01/automakers-are-collecting-sensitive-data-and-selling-it-without-your-permission/
A massive sinkhole engulfed a truck in Saitama Prefecture on Tuesday morning, trapping the driver and triggering an extensive rescue operation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/29/japan/crime-legal/sinkhole-saitama-truck/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #saitama #trucks #japanesepolice
Yamato and Fujitsu said Monday that they will start a service in February to match shippers and transportation providers for efficient deliveries, aiming to counter truck driver shortages. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/01/28/companies/yamato-fujitsu-efficiency-delivery/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #yamato #fujitsu #delivery #trucks #shipping #driving
Recommended. I'm entranced by this creative, insightful, obvious, at the same time daring because obvious, essay about vehicles in USA. The industry is our economic strength and weakness--Kunce explores well "suckers for cars." We value our EV and hybrid carriages as we age, if regretting the removal of neighborhood trolleys, buses. Still, myths and illusions of car/truck culture persist despite impacts on health, planet.
#fossilfuels #trucks #LincolnSUV #Veblun #cool
A late thank you to my 12/22 #RedBubble client from the UK for their purchase of a t-shirt of "Tools Of The Trade." Enjoy!!!!
At my website: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/14243232
Autocycle-centric Aptera lends solar panels to kei-fan TELOS
#electrictruck #electricvehicles #evs #electriccars #electricpickup #trucks #pickuptrucks #solarcar #solarevs #solarenergy #solarpanels #solar #solarpower #drivingrange #evrange #gosolar #renewableenergy #renewables #energy #kei #keicar
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/01/18/mighty-mite-electric-truck-gets-a-solar-power-makeover/
Toyota unit Hino Motors has agreed to a $1.6 billion settlement with U.S. agencies and will plead guilty over excess diesel engine emissions in more than 105,000 U.S. vehicles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/01/16/companies/hino-motors-settlement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #hino #carmakers #manufacturing #us #fraud #emissions #environment #trucks #toyota #volkswagen
#introduction
I'm a non-natal female.
I have driven #trucks for a living for 40 years.
I want to stop driving trucks for a living, but want to stay with the company I drive them for.
I have a husband and 2 #cats, David (husband,) Oscar, and Aster.
I #read #SciFi #Fantasy, and other fiction, I also enjoy #NonFiction, particularly #philosophy #Ethics #Humanism
I'm an #Atheist, a #Humanist, and a #Socialist.
I enjoy #photography, and #Gardening