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IFTA Streamlining Use of Mileage Data Collected by Fleets’ In-Cab Technology

Fleets and technology providers alike are optimistic about coming changes to International Fuel Tax Agreement record-keeping and audit procedures, saying the revisions will streamline carrier record-keeping requirements, accommodate advances in onboard technology and clarify specifications for states’ acceptance of data captured by electronic devices.

September 16, 2016

Making the Right Turn

It’s a dire warning for a truck driver who has taken a wrong turn — a banner hanging over the roadway reading, “If you hit this sign you will hit that bridge.â€

September 16, 2016

Fleets Use Technology to Track, Improve CSA Scores

Carriers are using a variety of technologies and in-house systems to help monitor and improve their scores under the federal Compliance, Safety, Accountability program.

September 16, 2016

Managing CSA

Despite the removal of Compliance, Safety, Accountability scores from public view late last year, many shippers and third-party logistics providers remain eager to track carriers’ safety performance, and technology providers are helping to fill that void.

September 16, 2016

NetraDyne Introduces Video Safety System With Artificial Intelligence

Startup firm NetraDyne Inc. has launched its initial technology offering for the transportation industry — a video-based safety platform that combines onboard cameras with artificial intelligence to provide a more complete view of driver performance.

September 15, 2016

Rep. Fred Upton Wants NHTSA to Look at Vehicle Hacking

WASHINGTON — Leaders of a key congressional committee want auto safety regulators to tell them what they are doing to address concerns that vehicle safety may be compromised by hackers who may be able to affect automobiles by tapping into their systems through diagnostic ports and devices.

September 13, 2016

Robot-Vehicle Ethics Need Urgent Societal Review, Bill Ford Says

The great-grandson of Henry Ford called on the auto industry and public institutions to address ethical issues emerging in a world where robot vehicles will make life-and-death decisions in roadway crashes — and to do it soon.

September 13, 2016

Houston Port Shuttle Hailed as Potential Freight-Handling Breakthrough

A futuristic freight-hauling shuttle that can move massive cargo containers from one major shipping terminal to another at up to 70 miles per hour without using a drop of diesel or stopping at a single traffic light is set to get its real-world debut at the Port of Houston.

September 12, 2016

Texas Officials Announce Autonomous Freight Shuttle at Port of Houston

Researchers at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute are partnering with private investors and the Port of Houston to build what is being described as the first autonomous freight shuttle system to move truck trailers and containers through congested ports and border crossings on an elevated guideway.

September 9, 2016

Volvo Tests Autonomous Truck in Underground Mine

Volvo said it is testing its fully autonomous truck about 4,000 feet underground in a mine in Northern Sweden.

September 8, 2016