Secure Roads & Safe Trucking Act; escaping Yellowknife; theft victim speaks | WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

On Episode 842 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, Dooner is looking at a scorching hot freight market in Savannah, Georgia. The port is seeing record container volumes, and the market is very tight with outbound tender rejects over 23%.

The Secure Roads & Safe Trucking Act just passed in Oklahoma. American Truckers United’s Shannon Everett and Harvey Beech talk about how the bill will take unsafe drivers off the roads. We’ll also learn what else needs to be done, and we’ll get his reaction to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy signing the English Language Proficiency executive order.

An $83 million freight fraud ring was busted early this week in Southern California. DK Consulting’s Dwight Young drops by the studio to talk about the time he was a victim of a cargo theft ring and the long-lasting impacts it has on operators in this space.

In 2023 over 20,000 residents of Yellowknife in Canada had to evacuate due to a devastating fire. Today, we’ll meet a trucker, Darko Vidakovic, who had to drive over 3 miles in reverse to escape the blaze.