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A provision in the Senate transportation bill would raise the surety requirement for freight brokers to $100,000 from $10,000.

Manufacturers of electronic stability control systems were pleased the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has proposed mandating ESC for all heavy vehicles, rather than more limited roll-stability equipment, representatives of the companies said.

Some motor carrier executives have said the sometimes maddening process of addressing truck recalls is eased by ready access to notifications about potential problems and the ability of some fleets to handle the work in-house.

Over the years the same old story keeps coming up: Large carriers are always saying there is a driver shortage. I believe there are carriers with too many trucks.

We live in an age of electronic information. Computers, the Internet, iPhones, iPads, GPS . . . all these technological wonders work to make our lives easier, reduce paperwork and give us all more time to do other things.

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance said that roughly 10,000 truck and bus inspectors will fan out at more than 1,500 locations across North America from June 5-7 for the annual “Roadcheck” safety event.

Federal officials said they have completed safety audits for three more Mexico-based carriers wishing to operate in the United States, but participation in the cross-border program remains far below what the U.S. government has said is needed to properly gauge the safety of Mexican carriers.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it hopes to significantly reduce truck-related crash fatality rates over the next five years by developing new credentialing and driver safety fitness standards, expanding its regulatory reach to include shippers and other industry players, and creating new programs aimed at weeding out high-risk motor carriers.