In 2024, trucking navigated infrastructure investments and lingering economic challenges. Pressing concerns were truck parking shortages, legal battles and nuclear jury verdicts.
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NHTSA Retreats From Massive ARC Air Bag Recall
DETROIT — U.S. auto safety regulators have backed away from seeking a giant recall of nearly 50 million air bag inflators and will investigate further after auto industry comments.
December 18, 2024Trump to Take Reins as Biden Rushes Infrastructure Projects
WASHINGTON — While Republicans capped 2024 with a presidential victory, the Biden administration has been rushing to advance as many infrastructure and microchip projects as it can.
December 17, 2024Delaware Opening Up CDL Testing to Third Parties
The Delaware DMV is inviting private companies to apply to become providers of third-party commercial driver license skill tests before the state launches this new capability next spring.
December 17, 2024US to Require Vehicles to Sound Alarms for Rear Seat Belts
DETROIT — Starting in September 2027, all new passenger vehicles in the U.S. will have to sound a warning if rear-seat passengers don’t buckle up.
December 16, 2024Amazon Rejects Senate Report on Workplace Safety Standards
Amazon has long been a target of worker’s rights advocates and labor unions, who say the company pushes its employees too hard in the name of getting packages to customers quickly.
December 16, 2024Fleets Navigate the Challenges of Driver Acceptance of ADAS
Trucking experts say getting drivers to buy in to advanced driver assistance systems technology is key to making sure it is being correctly used.
December 13, 2024How Fleets Evaluate Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
Receptiveness to safety technologies depends on the specific technology and the understanding of it. Drivers tend to favor road-facing cameras but dislike cameras aimed at them.
December 13, 2024Automated Steering Shows Progress
What is the outlook for automated steering in big trucks?
December 13, 2024More Alleged Participants Indicted in Staged Truck Accidents
An indictment in a New Orleans-area scheme to stage crashes with tractor-trailers names two law firms, two individual attorneys and multiple participants in a sweeping conspiracy.
December 11, 2024