CDL Strong (2025)

10/12/2025

Truck Driver to CHP: ‘Stop Herding Me, I’m Not a Stray Cattle!

09/12/2025

🚨 BREAKING — MAJOR 18-WHEELER COLLISION ON LOOP 410 🚨
San Antonio, TX — Traffic brought to a standstill.

A major accident involving multiple 18-wheelers has completely shut down part of Loop 410 North at Rigsby Avenue on the east side.

Drivers stuck for miles, delays expected for hours.
📹 Video courtesy of Sarah Roan.

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💬 What we know so far:
• Multi-rig collision
• Section of Loop 410 blocked
• Emergency crews on scene
• Unknown injuries at this time

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⚠️ For all drivers in the area:

➡️ Avoid the 410 North / Rigsby corridor
➡️ Expect reroutes and extended delays
➡️ Stay patient — first responders are working hard

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💭 Why does this matter?

Whether you’re behind the wheel of an 18-wheeler or a family SUV, all it takes is one moment of inattention to change everything.

Truckers are out here hauling America — let’s keep each other safe.

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🗣️ Question for the community:

Should Texas invest more into truck-only lanes or reroute corridors to reduce pileups like this?
👇 Comment your thoughts below.

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🙏 Prayers for everyone involved.
We’ll share updates as more information becomes available.

07/12/2025

🚛🔥 CDL STRONG REAL TALK FOR EVERY CDL DRIVER APPLYING IN 2026 🔥🚛
Are you a CDL driver tired of getting ghosted by companies?
Wondering how there’s a “driver shortage” but nobody calls you back?

Truth is ↓
The game is changing fast — and adapting is NOT optional anymore.

Companies aren’t just tossing drivers into seats.
They’re watching professionalism, follow-through, and job history like never before.

🧠 The CDL Strong Breakdown: Why Drivers Get Ghosted & How to STAND OUT

📌 1. First Impressions Matter
You may have a Class A… but your communication, tone, and attitude decide whether you get hired.
• Avoid cussing
• Keep it professional
• Sound like someone they WANT representing their brand

📝 2. COMPLETE Applications Win — Partial Apps Get Ignored

A “quick app” is NOT enough anymore.
Most companies need:
• FULL 3–10 year work history
• All DOT & NON-DOT jobs
• Any unemployment gaps
• Accurate reasons for leaving

DOT rules:
✔️ Companies verify 3 years minimum
✔️ You must LIST all DOT jobs for 10 years

🔑 3. NEVER Talk Bad About Past Employers

We all leave places for a reason…
Don’t badmouth. Don’t rant. Don’t get emotional.
That screams liability.
Positive + professional always wins.

🛠️ 4. Job History is EVERYTHING

This industry is musical chairs — don’t be the one left standing.
• Try to stay 3 months or longer at each job
• Make sure you can PROVE you worked there
• Orientation is not guaranteed to stick

Protect that record.
One messy job history can send you home on a Greyhound.

📚 5. ACCIDENTS: Tell the Full Truth

Preventable or not — LIST IT.
Even yard bumps.
Even personal vehicle stuff.
It WILL show up.
You want your version documented, not assumptions.

🤝 6. Ask Recruiters The Right Questions

You deserve to know what you’re walking into.
Here’s what matters:
• Pay structure (weekly minimums)
• Freight hauled
• Orientation process
• Equipment used
• Expected hometime
• Running lanes
• No escrow or down payments required
• Any contradictions? 🚨 Red Flag.

Don’t be scared to ask.
Drivers who don’t ask → get blindsided.

👑 7. Professionalism = Money + Opportunity + Leadership

Strong discipline on the phone =
• More miles
• More routes
• Promotions
• Leadership roles
• Respect from dispatch/safety

Don’t underestimate the power of the first call.

🧭 8. Stay Adaptable — The Industry Moves FAST

You blink?
You miss opportunities.

Drivers who carry themselves like professionals → never struggle to get callbacks.

💬 CDL Strong Final Thought

This industry may be volatile…
But your professionalism is your leverage.

Look sharp.
Sound sharp.
Protect your record.
Ask the right questions.
Stay disciplined.

Your license is valuable.
Act like it’s gold.
Because it is.

🚛💪 CDL STRONG — Helping Drivers Win The Game, Not Just Play It
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07/12/2025

🚨🇺🇸 Tragedy on Highway 6 – Mayor of Green River Killed in Head-On Collision 🇺🇸🚨

Last night, Green River, Utah lost a man who dedicated his life to serving others.

Mayor Ren Hatt, a leader who loved his community and fought every day to improve it, was killed when a semi-truck drifted into oncoming traffic on U.S. Route 6.
He was on his way home when the crash happened — a heartbreaking reminder that life can change in a split second.

Authorities say:
• The semi drifted into the opposite lane, striking Mayor Hatt’s vehicle head-on
• The semi driver was uninjured
• No signs of impairment — the investigation continues
• Mayor Hatt recently won re-election with a strong 65% majority, showing how deeply his town believed in him

Green River officials said it best:

“Mayor Hatt loved this community deeply… We are grieving alongside his family, friends, and all who knew him.”

💔 A Loss That Goes Beyond Politics

This isn’t about a title.
This is about a husband, father, friend, and protector of his town.

A leader taken on the very roads he helped fight to improve.

🛣️ For Drivers Everywhere — Truckers & 4-Wheelers

Sometimes it’s not speeding.
Not drinking.
Not texting.

Just a split second of drifting.

Those seconds matter.

To every CDL driver:
You move America — but you also carry responsibility that weighs more than steel and freight. Stay sharp, stay rested, stay aware.

To every motorist:
Don’t crowd trucks. Don’t rush past them. Know their blind spots.

We can honor this man by preventing the next tragedy.

❤️ Thoughts & Prayers for Green River

Hold his family close in your hearts tonight.
Comment your condolences below — let Green River know they aren’t grieving alone.

📌 Rest In Peace, Mayor Ren Hatt.
A public servant.
A community heartbeat.
Gone too soon.

✍️ Question to the Community:

Do you think highway awareness and training should be improved nationwide — not just for truckers but for EVERYONE on the road?

👇 Comment below.

06/12/2025

Giving LTL a new meaning

05/12/2025

🚨 BREAKING — Operation Lone Star Strike on IH-35 🚨
On Friday, a Texas DPS Trooper pulled over a truck tractor in La Salle County for driving on the improved shoulder. What looked like a routine stop turned into something way bigger.

During the stop, the trooper learned the driver — 24-year-old John David Amaya of Laredo — didn’t even have a CDL.

Then a Border Patrol K-9 showed up… and things got real.
The K-9 flagged the sleeper, and troopers discovered 23 illegal immigrants STUFFED inside the sleeping area of the semi.

Yes… 23 people crammed into the sleeper.

Amaya has been arrested and charged with 23 counts of human smuggling.
This is part of Texas DPS’ ongoing efforts under Operation Lone Star.

Regardless of where you stand politically, one thing is clear — this is dangerous, illegal, and deadly. People are being shoved into spaces not designed for human life, risking suffocation, dehydration, and worse.

🚛 A sleeper berth is NOT a smuggling compartment.
This puts everyone at risk — drivers, law enforcement, and undocumented individuals who are treated like cargo.

👏 Major credit to the DPS Trooper, Border Patrol K-9, and responding units.
One traffic stop likely saved 23 lives.

Stay alert out there, drivers. There’s a lot more happening on these highways than most people realize.

05/12/2025

🚨 Tragic Crash on I-75 Leaves 3 Dead 🚨

Southbound I-75 in Georgia was completely shut down for hours after a wrong-way vehicle slammed head-on into a semi, bursting into flames and taking three lives.

Authorities say deputies were chasing the wrong-way vehicle when it crossed into the southbound lanes of I-75 and hit the semi with devastating force.

🔥 The impact caused the car to explode in flames.
💔 All three people inside were killed.
🚨 The interstate was closed for hours, and traffic is still clearing.
Authorities have not yet identified the victims, according to the Whitfield County Coroner’s Office.

What makes this even more tragic is how fast everything unfolded. One moment you’re behind the wheel… the next moment a highway turns into a disaster zone.

This is a reminder to every driver out here:
🔹 Wrong-way incidents are becoming WAY too common.
🔹 Semi drivers have zero chance to avoid these collisions at highway speeds.
🔹 Seconds can change lives forever.

🙏 Prayers to the families, to the responding officers, and to the semi driver who had no control over this situation.

These highways are unpredictable — stay alert, stay aware, and watch your six.

📸: I-75 incident report & authorities

05/12/2025

🚨 BREAKING — Operation Lone Star Strike on IH-35 🚨
On Friday, a Texas DPS Trooper pulled over a truck tractor in La Salle County for driving on the improved shoulder. What looked like a routine stop turned into something way bigger.

During the stop, the trooper learned the driver — 24-year-old John David Amaya of Laredo — didn’t even have a CDL.

Then a Border Patrol K-9 showed up… and things got real.
The K-9 flagged the sleeper, and troopers discovered 23 illegal immigrants STUFFED inside the sleeping area of the semi.

Yes… 23 people crammed into the sleeper.

Amaya has been arrested and charged with 23 counts of human smuggling.
This is part of Texas DPS’ ongoing efforts under Operation Lone Star.

Regardless of where you stand politically, one thing is clear — this is dangerous, illegal, and deadly. People are being shoved into spaces not designed for human life, risking suffocation, dehydration, and worse.

🚛 A sleeper berth is NOT a smuggling compartment.
This puts everyone at risk — drivers, law enforcement, and undocumented individuals who are treated like cargo.

👏 Major credit to the DPS Trooper, Border Patrol K-9, and responding units.
One traffic stop likely saved 23 lives.

Stay alert out there, drivers. There’s a lot more happening on these highways than most people realize.

05/12/2025

🚛💪 THIS MAN IS BUILT DIFFERENT.

Kansas driver Doyle Archer just broke the Guinness World Record for being the Oldest Truck Driver — and he did it at 91 years old.

He turns 92 on December 9th and plans on breaking the record AGAIN, because in his words:
👉 “I do not have the word retire in my vocabulary.”

📚 60+ YEARS on the road
🛣️ Over 5.5 million miles
🏆 World Record Holder
🔥 Still rolling, still hauling like a legend

Imagine living long enough to see truck prices, fuel prices, regulations and equipment change 10 times over… and STILL get behind the wheel every day like it’s nothing.

Some people dream of retirement…
This guy dreams of his next load.

💯 Respect to a true highway warrior.
Drop a 👍 if you hope you’re still this unstoppable at 92.

📸: Guinness World Records

04/12/2025

🚨 BREAKING — Ongoing Incident on I-10 in El Paso 🚨

A box truck flipped on its side this morning on I-10, creating a major slowdown across the freeway.
Details on what caused the rollover are still unavailable, but one thing has everyone talking:

📌 The driver was captured on video climbing out of the overturned truck — alive, alert, and fighting his way free while traffic came to a standstill around him.

Watching someone crawl out of a truck on its side in the middle of I-10 is a reminder of how quickly things can change out here. One second you’re rolling, the next your world is sideways.

🙏 Sending prayers for the driver and anyone involved.
🚧 Please avoid the area if possible and give first responders room to work.

These incidents are becoming way too common across the Southwest. Stay alert, stay rested, and keep that phone down. One split second out here can change everything.

26/11/2025

Could be worse

19/11/2025

🚨 TURNER TURNPIKE BREAKDOWN — READ THIS, SHARE THIS 🚨
Oklahoma Highway Patrol just dropped numbers that should wake every driver up.

Since November 1st — in just a couple weeks — troopers have worked:
📌 22 crashes (that’s 1.2 PER DAY)
📌 15 no-injury
📌 5 injury
📌 2 hit-and-run
📌 18 cases wrapped, 4 still under investigation

But here’s the part that made everyone stop scrolling:

**🔵 The #1 cause behind 61% of crashes?

INATTENTION.**
Not weather.
Not construction.
Not “crazy Oklahoma traffic.”
People drifting, dozing, overcorrecting, or LOOKING AT THEIR PHONE.

And it gets worse…

🚛 Semi-Trucks Are in 55% of Completed Crashes

Before anyone goes after truckers — read this carefully:
➡️ Semis were at fault in only half of those.
➡️ Many of these crashes were caused by car drivers cutting in, following too close, speeding, or messing with their phone around trucks.

Meanwhile, only 10% of the turnpike is under construction…
…but ALMOST HALF the crashes are happening right there.
Why?
Because people see cones and barrels and STILL can’t put their phones down.

🔥 OHP said it best:

“These crashes are completely preventable.”

And they’re right. One glance at your phone while barreling down a turnpike is all it takes to:
❌ End your life
❌ End someone else’s
❌ Take out construction workers
❌ Put truckers at risk of losing their career, CDL, or freedom
❌ Shut down miles of highway for hours

BOTTOM LINE:

If you’re too tired, pull over.
If you’re texting, you’re gambling with people’s lives.
If you’re around semis, RESPECT THE SPACE.
If you see construction workers, SLOW THE HELL DOWN.

The Turner Turnpike numbers don’t lie —
this isn’t a highway problem. This is a human problem.

Drivers, we can ALL do better.
Stay alert. Stay alive.
And for the love of the men and women working those roads… PUT. THE PHONE. DOWN.

💬 What part of this report shocked you the most?
👇 Drop your thoughts below — and share this so it hits every timeline.

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