Some Truckers to Undergo Background Checks

Truck Drivers Who Are Hauling Dangerous Cargo to Undergo Criminal Background Checks

CRANBURY, N.J. : The truck drivers who haul cargo labeled as flammable, combustible, radioactive or poisonous are now going to be scrutinized as closely as the hazardous materials that fill their tankers and trailers.In the coming months, roughly 3 million drivers across the nation will begin to be fingerprinted and put through FBI criminal background checks. Their names also are cross-referenced with federal databases related to terrorist activity...