WASHINGTON Strengthening commercial truck safety has made it onto the Most Wanted List of policies and actions issued annually by the National Transportation Safety Board.
January 13, 2015Government, Business, Safety, Autonomous
FMCSA Recruiting Drivers and Carriers for HOS Study
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is looking for truck drivers and carriers willing to participate in an hours-of-service driver restart study.
January 16, 2015Government, Business, Safety, Autonomous
Driver Shortage, Truck Parking in New Resiliency Definition
WASHINGTON Transportation officials have expanded the scope of their resiliency planning beyond infrastructure to such issues as how to make trucking more adaptable to driver shortages and inadequate truck parking, said a top official at the Federal Highway Administration.
January 14, 2015Business, Safety, Government, Logistics, Autonomous
Commercial Truck Safety Makes NTSBs Most Wanted List
Government, Business, Safety, Autonomous
Foxx Comfortable With Decision to Open Border to Mexican Trucks
WASHINGTON Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said his department had plenty of information under which to justify opening the U.S. border to Mexican trucks despite a report from the Inspector General that said there were too few participants in a pilot program to determine if all Mexican trucks were safe enough to run U.S. roads.
January 12, 2015Government, Business, Safety, Fuel, Autonomous
Despite Progress, Diesel Emissions Still an Issue for Environmental Regulators
WASHINGTON Environmental officials from California and the East Coast said during a Transportation Research Board panel here that trucks still require special attention because of diesel emissions, even though such output became much cleaner from 1998 to 2010.
January 12, 2015Business, Safety, Government, Autonomous
TT Archives: Nixon Presents Driver of the Year Award
Receiving the Driver of the Year award would be a memorable moment for any truck driver so honored, but it was extra special for Raymond Motor Transportation driver Clarence Hoffman in 1972 when he was presented the trophy by President Nixon.
January 12, 2015Business, Safety, Government, Autonomous
Feds Keep Drug-Test Rate
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said the nations trucking companies must continue random drug testing for at least 50% of drivers and other safety sensitive employees during 2015.
January 12, 2015Business, Safety, Equipment, Autonomous
Dec. Class 8 Orders Jump 38%, Capping Best Year Since 2004
Class 8 truck orders jumped 38% to 43,900 units in December, capping the industrys second-best year on record, ACT Research reported.
January 12, 2015Government, Business, Safety, Autonomous
Crash Closes Both Directions of I-94 In Michigan
Interstate 94 is closed in both directions near Galesburg, Michigan, located between Kalamazoo and Battle Creek, after a crash this morning involving over 100 cars and trucks.
January 9, 2015Government, Business, Autonomous
DeFazio Predicts Congress Will Again Address Mexican Truck Issue
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) said he expects Congress to weigh in on whether more Mexican trucks ought to be running longhaul in the United States now that a three-year pilot program has ended.
January 8, 2015