Above Photo: The Port of Long Beach, California. Hal Bergman. Three bills would give trucking companies less incentive to misclassify full-time drivers as contractors. Like many truck drivers delivering goods from the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles to big retailers throughout Southern California, Juan Carlos Giraldo has a contract job, and it looks decent at first glance. His primary employer, Container Connection, pays a flat fee of $300 for a round trip from a port to a Walmart warehouse in Mira Loma. With no traffic or wait times, the trip takes four hours, which means Giraldo can make 10 […]
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A Vanilla ultra endurance land-launched unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) participated in U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Unmanned Integrated Battle Problem (UxS IBP) 21 at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, according to a recent service news release. The VA001 Vanilla is long-endurance aircraft (MALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) designed and built by Vanilla Aircraft for military forces intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), and aerial mesh network relay missions. As noted by the company, Vanilla UAS has demonstrated world-record endurance, and is capable of multi-mission beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations providing days of time-on-target or thousands of miles of search capacity on […]
South Korea’s second-largest automobile manufacturer Kia corporation unveiled its new tactical vehicle at IDEX 2021 defense show in the UAE, the largest international defense exhibition in the Middle East and Africa. The Korean automaker Kia has revealed its new Light Tactical Cargo Truck variant of Kia’s Light Tactical Vehicle (KLTV) multi-purpose tactical vehicle. As noted by the company it has developed the Light Tactical Cargo Truck concept in close cooperation with the South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The vehicle’s modular chassis has enabled Kia to offer standard and long-wheelbase variants alongside armored and […]
On Wednesday, Robotic Research LLC announced that it has added Retrotraverse to its AutoDrive-M autonomy kit. This autonomy kit is equipped on the U.S. Army’s Palettized Load System logistics trucks. Robotic Research demonstrated the Retrotraverse capabilities with three of the U.S. Army’s PLS trucks, each towing trailers. “This is a major step forward for our company and has broad application both in autonomy and platooning. The capability solves the potentially life-threatening problem of an autonomous platoon of military vehicles being unable to navigate out of a dangerous situation,” said Alberto Lacaze, president of Robotic Research. “This automated platooning capability will ultimately […]
Torrential monsoon rain in India has marooned the lives of people in several low lying, remote rural areas as well as cities. Rivers have breached their danger marks in the worst-affected states – Assam, Bihar, Odisha, Kerala, and Bihar, with over 200 deaths in flooding, landslides, and other incidents. Battered by heavy rain, the Indian state of Odisha, which shares a border with the Bay of Bengal, has seen low-lying areas inundated with water. The visuals from the state show people grappling with the deluge. One such video shows a truck overturning into a river in Odisha’s Kendujhar district. The truck […]
Though recently sworn in Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt has elected to drop charges on most of the protesters who have been arrested in Portland over the last 2 1/2 months of nightly “unlawful assemblies” and riots, he has announced that plans on pursuing charges against the terrorists who pulled a man out of his truck and beat him senseless in the street. KATU reports: Portland police officials say they are investigating a violent assault caught on camera Sunday night that sent a man to the hospital with serious injuries. Video from a witness shows several people beating the driver […]
Amid chaotic protests in Minsk, Belarus, several disturbing videos posted online show a police van rolling through a crowd with a man clinging to its hood for several chilling seconds before falling near – or under – the wheels. During one of multiple violent standoffs between protesters and riot police in the capital of Belarus on Sunday night, a police van was seen rolling through a crowd. Activists apparently tried to block the paddy wagon, with one man jumping on the vehicle. As the truck sped away, the man stood on its front bumper holding onto the radiator grill, but eventually fell […]
Portland rioters learned a valuable lesson about how motorcycles cannot stop trucks while attacking a motorist on Tuesday evening. Late in the evening, rioters were attempting to block off a street when a man driving a truck pulled up and attempted to navigate his way through. Instead of letting him pass, they attacked him and his vehicle, slashing his tires, breaking his window, and throwing a motorcycle in front of it in an attempt to block him in. Instead, the man dragged the motorcycle for 12 blocks before stopping and confronting the militant leftists who were chasing him with his gun […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/03/1080046969_65:0:1265:675_1200x675_80_0_0_a4370b36d47e74da9b023f42a2654887.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202008031080046287-watch-elephant-jump-out-of-truck-on-highway-in-indias-tamil-nadu-to-get-back-home/ Elephants are considered to be the most playful and joyful mammals on earth. Just like dogs, elephants are loyal to their owners. They are said to be even emotional when separated from a particular place or person. A video of an elephant in India trying to flee a truck is going viral on social media. The clip posted by the Twitter handle, Iindu Makkal Katchi, a Hindu nationalist party in India’s Tamil Nadu, shows a truck carrying an elephant stop in the middle of the road. And, the elephant senses the opportunity to escape. […]
A Wisconsin man was charged on Thursday with a hate crime killing after he swerved his pickup truck to purposely hit a retired police officer on his motorcycle because he believe Harley Drivers are “white racists.” Daniel Navarro swerved his truck and hit Phillip Thiessen head on. Theissen, a retired police officer, was found dead in the road. WBAY reported: TRENDING: Radical Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant Vows to Overthrow the United States and Replace with “a Socialist World” A Fond du Lac man charged in a homicide hate crime says he intentionally swerved his truck into a motorcyclist because he […]
Texas governor orders all Texans to wear masks VT: Abbott didn’t get the message about “stamping out the embers” or how it was “going to go away on its own,” Trump’s new and old solution, denialism. Yes, go ahead, truck Fump, right in his tailgate. Guardian: Texas governor Greg Abbott today issued an executive order requiring all Texans to wear face masks at public gatherings. Here’s the announcement from Abbott’s office: AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today issued an Executive Order requiring all Texans to wear a face covering over the nose and mouth in public spaces in counties with 20 […]
A Montana Democrat was arrested for ripping down the Kalispell 10 Commandments monument with a chain tied to a pickup truck. Man arrested for taking down Kalispell monument with chain, pickup truckhttps://t.co/miNUAwYbbp — NBC Montana (@NBCMontana) June 28, 2020 FOX News reported: TRENDING: Black Lives Matter Mob Marches Through Beverly Hills Neighborhood Chanting ‘Eat the Rich’ (VIDEO) Montana police arrested a man who they said pulled down a courthouse Ten Commandments monument with a chain and a pickup truck, according to reports. Anthony Weimer was booked into jail on a charge of felony criminal mischief following the incident Saturday in Kalispell, […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): The victorious phrase “Winner winner chicken dinner”, famous among online gamers PUBG, was perfectly encapsulated in the video of an incident involving villagers stealing hens from a truck involved in an accident. In a bizarre incident, people have used an accident on a highway as an opportunity to loot chickens from a lorry in southern India. The accident took place in the state of Telangana’s Jogulamba Gadwal district. In the video of the incident, individuals can be seen climbing the truck and stealing the little birds. It was as if residents had hit the jackpot and were getting […]
She is often offered help, but she always says she can do it herself – 35-year-old Svetlana Masterskikh from Guryevsk (15 km from Kaliningrad), a mother of two and the only long-distance trucker in the region, has followed this motto her whole life. ‘Buy Me a Truck!’ I Asked My Husband Svetlana started dreaming about driving a truck 15 years ago. Together with her husband, they owned a transport company that consisted of 20 heavy trucks, but at the time she didn’t dare to drive them. “I’ve always loved big cars. I watched our drivers working, and asked my husband to […]
In what looked like a carefully planned carjacking, a vehicle full of face masks went missing in southwestern Germany within just ten minutes – as if to prove that personal protective gear has become the new gold. The prelude to the brazen theft saw a local driver make a brief stop near the town of Wertheim in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. He parked his white Ford van – loaded with a whopping 400,000 protective masks – outside a fast food restaurant and went inside to take a break. The driver was absent for only ten minutes, but it was enough for […]
A far left attorney and protester is under arrest after he shot a driver in the head during a Black Lives Matter protest in Alamosa, Colorado last Thursday. Attorney James Marshall is charged with attempted murder after he pulled a gun from his pocket and shot a driver in a pickup truck at an intersection in the town. The entire incident was caught on security camera. James Marshall is an angry white liberal. TRENDING: Wow! Minneapolis City Council President Says Calling the Police on Burglars “Comes from a Place of Privilege” (VIDEO) Via KRDO: Controversy continues to rattle the small southern […]
VT: Trump asked for his supporters to attack demonstrators. This one was a movie fan and as in The Long Kiss Goodnight, the good guys won and he got his MAGA hat wearing stiinking ass kicked. Trump was looking for domestic terror groups and he has found one, and he is it. Next question: How did the truck get through police and National Guard checkpoints? This guy had help! INTENSE VIDEO shows the moments right after a tanker truck driver barreled through a peaceful protest of thousands on 35W in Minneapolis. pic.twitter.com/hzLB4BLqZv — TC Crime Watch (@TCCrimeWatch) May 31, 2020 Seth […]
The disturbing incident in Minneapolis, where a truck drove right into the crowd of protesters marching at a closed interstate road, has been filmed in every chilling detail by people at the scene. The tanker semi drove along the westbound lanes of Interstate 35 at the moment when it was full of people protesting the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police. The road was closed for road traffic for the march. One on-site video shows the moment the truck was stopped, with the cameraman yelling to people to get on the other side of the street and away […]
On Thursday night far left protesters attempted to loot a moving UPS truck during their violent protests and rioting in Minneapolis.The entire hoist was captured on video. On Friday night far left protesters in downtown St. Louis shut down Highway 70 heading into St. Louis City and then rushed on the highway to frighten drivers.One semi truck driver attempted an escape from the violent mob and ended up dragging a protester who was caught between his two trailers. The FedEx driver could not see him. The far left protester was dragged down the highway. He was later confirmed dead. TRENDING: BREAKING: […]
Investigative reported Brad Edwards and CBS Chicago ran a segment this week where they snitched on the local ice cream truck.The driver wasn’t wearing gloves or a mask.So they snitched him out. The Village Manager at Hoffman Estates where this took place asked citizens to call 9-1-1 i they see this unmasked villain again on their streets. Sounds like a great place to live — Where they snitch out the ice cream man! It should be noted that Swiss and Dutch officials reopened schools this month due to the fact that children are not at risk of coronavirus and are not […]