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The National Transportation Safety Board wants collision warning systems on all new U.S. commercial vehicles to reduce rear-end accidents, Bloomberg reported.

The Federal Reserve’s periodic snapshot of U.S. economic conditions warned Wednesday that retail sales and manufacturing have continued to weaken, while surging costs for motor fuel have hit the trucking industry especially hard.

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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s anticipated draft rules for allowing Mexican trucks into the country have been released from the Office of Management and Budget, and will be published in Wednesday’s Federal Register..

The National Association of Purchasing Management said Tuesday its overall U.S. factory activity index for April was 43.2, up 0.1 from March but still below the key level of 50 to indicate the manufacturing sector was shrinking for the ninth straight month.

Federal job safety inspectors will no longer fine truckers for failing to place wheel chocks to stop trailers from rolling because trucking safety regulations have been held to supersede the authority of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, officials said.

Flooding in the upper Mississippi River valley halted barge shipping and interrupted rail traffic but apparently had not forced a substantial change in transportation patterns in trucking’s favor as of late last week.

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