VDO Unveils RoadLog EOBR at MATS
Continental Corp. recently displayed an electronic onboard recorder aimed at the owner-operator market and produced by its VDO unit.
April 9, 2012Opinion: Make Mandating Speed Limiters a Top Priority
Each year, the Department of Transportation undertakes a number of new initiatives to further reduce or eliminate highway crashes. One measure DOT has announced it will undertake this year will have a marked effect on highway safety: mandating that speed limiters on large trucks be set at a reasonable top speed.
April 9, 2012Editorial: Pass a Highway Bill
Let’s hope that the current congressional recess gives several members of the House of Representatives an opportunity to rethink their positions on the nation’s infrastructure and leads them to help forge a strategy to fix our ailing roads and bridges.
April 9, 2012FMCSA to Disclose Crash Data Despite Delay of Fault Rulings
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration plan to soon make public the number of fatal accidents in which individual carriers are involved has intensified industry concern over FMCSA’s recent delay of its plan for determining whether the carrier was at fault in each of the accidents.
April 9, 2012Great Dane Opens Factory, Begins Work on Design Lab
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Great Dane Trailers unveiled two major expansion projects for its operations in the Savannah area last week, officially opening the doors on its ninth manufacturing plant and breaking ground for an engineering and testing facility.
April 9, 2012Fleets Move College Football Gear for Pride’s Sake, Executives Say
Although transporting college football equipment from one venue to another can be an expensive undertaking, several trucking company executives said they are willing to write off the costs because they receive something much more valuable: a sense of company and family pride in performing what amounts to community service for higher-education institutions.
April 9, 2012March Truck Orders Drop 31%, Marking Third Straight Decline
Factory orders for heavy-duty trucks declined for the third-straight month in March, sparking discussion over whether interest in new North American trucks is waning or if the industry is temporarily at rest.
April 9, 2012Bill Seeks to End 12% Truck Tax and Raise Diesel Fuel Levy 6.3¢
A proposal to eliminate the 12% federal excise tax on new trucks and trailers and to raise the federal diesel tax 6.3 cents to make up for the lost revenue to the Highway Trust Fund was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.
April 9, 2012FMCSA Rebuts Analyst’s Claim of No Link Between Truck Crash Rates, CSA Scores
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration took exception recently to a little-noticed stock analyst report that said there was no relation between two of the agency’s key safety scores and actual truck-involved crashes, saying there is actually a strong correlation between a carrier’s unfavorable safety scores and high crash rates.
April 9, 2012States Urge EPA to Require Pollution Offsets By Navistar for Its Noncompliant Engines
A group of eight Northeastern state governments urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to prohibit Navistar Inc. from selling engines that do not comply with federal emissions regulations unless the company offsets the additional pollutants its engines emit.
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