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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Nevada Cracking Down on Off-Road ‘Red Diesel’
Nevada state authorities are keeping an eye out for red-dyed diesel meant for off-road applications that some truckers are using to save money on the road, the Associated Press reported.
July 2, 2007KonaWare Upgrades Software
Technology firm KonaWare Inc. said it added two features to its main software package to help fleets manage truck diagnostics and trailer location.
July 2, 2007L.A., Long Beach Delay Plan for Port Drayage Trucks
By Andrea Fischer, Staff Reporter
July 2, 2007Daimler to Delay 2Q Earnings Report
DaimlerChrysler will delay its full second-quarter earnings report by a month this summer due to the company’s pending sale of its Chrysler unit, Bloomberg reported Monday.
July 2, 2007McDonald’s to Convert Cooking Oil to Biodiesel in U.K.
Fast-food chain McDonald’s plans to convert all of its delivery vehicles in the United Kingdom to run on biodiesel, using spent cooking oil, the BBC reported on its Web site.
July 2, 2007DOT, 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, 2007Editorial: Improving SafeStat, Again
The votes are in, and it’s clear that while federal referees believe that the SafeStat carrier-safety scoring program has been improved in recent times, they agree that it’s not yet ready for prime time.
July 2, 2007Diesel Dips 0.6¢ to $2.829
The average retail price of U.S. diesel fuel fell 0.6 cent to $2.829 a gallon, the Department of Energy said Monday.
July 3, 2007