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Transportation businesses face a host of dynamic risk issues that can significantly impact their financial and operational health. The news in this category focuses on the latest safety and security initiatives, resources and regulations and addresses topics that include fleet safety, claims administration, driver hiring and retention, risk management and compliance.

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Ubers Self-Driving Fleet Returns to Pittsburgh Roads With Drivers in Control

Ubers self-driving cars returned July 24 to Pittsburghs streets four months after one of its autonomous SUVs hit and killed a woman crossing a street in Tempe, Ariz.

July 24, 2018
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Oregon State Truck Driving Championships

Photo coverage of winners and scenes from the 2018 Oregon Truck Driving Championships June 16 in Portland, Ore. (Photos courtesy of Oregon Trucking Associations)

July 24, 2018
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Trump to Seek Repeal of Californias Smog-Fighting Power

The Trump administration will seek to revoke Californias authority to regulate automobile greenhouse gas emissions including its mandate for electric car sales in a proposed revision of Obama-era standards, according to three people familiar with the plan.

July 23, 2018
BusinessSafety

Nebraska Grand Champion Tim Dean Has Been Down This Road Before

Nebraska 2018 Grand Champion Tim Dean has won eight state championships, placed second at the National Truck Driving Championship in 2009 and served as a member of the 2009-2010 Americas Road Team. To say he is experienced is an understatement.

July 20, 2018
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DTNA to Recall 18,105 Freightliner Cascadias

Daimler Trucks North America is recalling 18,105 of its 2018-19 Freightliner Cascadia models due to an issue with its brake caliper mounting bolts.

July 20, 2018
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Class 8 Commercial Rigs Should Do Away With Mirrors

Its time that Class 8 commercial trucks deployed high-tech cameras instead of the assortment of mirrors rearview, down view and blind spot found on todays tractors.

July 20, 2018
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Regular Realignment Is a Savings, Not a Cost

Tire wear often is blamed on a number of things, and many times, on the brand of the tire. But aggressive tire wear is a symptom that something else is wrong with a truck.

July 20, 2018
BusinessSafety

First Times the Charm for Alaska Grand Champion Ryan Wolcoff

The saying goes, If at first you dont succeed, try, try again. Ryan Wolcoff, a truck driver for SPAN Alaska, wont have to put that idiom into practice. He succeeded on the first try.

July 19, 2018
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How General Motors Became a Force in Autonomous Sector

GM Cruise is running neck-and-neck with Waymo, a subsidiary of Google, to be first to bring fully autonomous cars to market. The two companies are considered the leaders in a crowded field, and San Francisco is the proving grounds to refine the technology.

July 19, 2018
BusinessSafety

Oregon Truck Driving Championships

A video panorama of the Oregon Truck Driving Championships, held June 16, 2018, in Portland.

July 19, 2018