The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance released results from its Roadcheck 2007 truck safety inspection program held last month, citing higher levels of hours of service violations but improvements in safety belt use among drivers.
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DOT, California at Odds Over Emissions Plan
The U.S. Transportation Department believes that California’s plan to enact a program to cut global-warming emissions from vehicles is a state-level fuel-economy rule, Bloomberg reported.
July 2, 2007Letters to the Editor: Hours of Service, Hypermiling, EOBRs
The critics of a nonsynchronized hours-of-service application tend to be somewhat too closely affiliated with the providers of onboard solutions.
July 2, 2007ISM Factory Index Rises in June
The Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing index rose at the fastest pace in 14 months, ISM said Monday.
July 2, 2007Nafta Surface Trade Jumps 5.3%
Surface trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico was 5.3% higher in April than a year earlier, the biggest year-to-year increase since August 2006, the Department of Transportation said.
June 29, 2007DOT Inspector General Urges More SafeStat Improvements
WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s safety rating system has been improved but is still not ready to return to public view, said the Department of Transportation’s inspector general.
July 2, 2007Sluggish ’07 Sales Push Prices Down
Despite discounts and incentives on new trucks that have narrowed the price gap between them and previous versions, dealers say that few of the models with 2007 engines are selling.
July 2, 2007DHL Buys Stake in Polar Air
Package delivery firm DHL said Thursday it acquired a 49% stake Polar Air Cargo Express, a unit of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, to expand its business in the Asia-Pacific region.
June 28, 2007FedEx Expands China Service
FedEx Express said Thursday it has made its next-business-day service available to customers throughout China.
June 28, 2007Letters to the Editor: SafeStat Scores, Seat Belts
We have had many examples of questionable DOT inspections — including two we had last month in Idaho on the same owner-operator’s tractor-trailer that were clean, but not Level 1s, which are the most thorough standardized inspections.
June 27, 2007