Nevada Bans Texting, Handheld Conversations While Driving
Nevada became the 34th state to ban texting while driving and the ninth to ban talking on handheld cell phones while driving.
June 21, 2011Truck Cab Safety
When American Trucking Associations and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association — two groups frequently at the opposite ends of trucking industry issues — are able to agree on something, you know it’s a pretty momentous occasion. And recently the two trucking groups agreed to take on an issue that’s close to our heart: truck driver safety.
June 20, 2011ATA, Port of Los Angeles Continue Court Fight Over Classification of Independent Truckers
If an appeals court agrees with a lower court judge who backed the Port of Los Angeles’ argument that it is a business, then all drayage truck drivers will be required to be employees of licensed motor carriers.
June 20, 2011NAFC, ITLC Set Meeting Agendas for Phoenix Meeting
Finance and information technology trucking executives are set to meet this week in Phoenix, as American Trucking Associations embarks on a campaign to reinvigorate some of its councils that had to retrench during the recession.
June 20, 2011iTECH: Roadside Electronics Track Vehicle Registration Data
Technology that can detect from the roadside whether a vehicle is current on its registration and insurance has been launched successfully on a small island nation and could be expanded to save North American cargo fleets some time on the road and in the back office.
June 13, 2011Fatigue Studies Flawed, Groups Tell FMCSA
Trucker and shipper organizations unanimously told federal regulators last week that four new driver-fatigue studies introduced into the public record last month are flawed and do not support changes called for in a proposed federal hours-of-service rule.
June 13, 2011ATA, OOIDA Ask U.S. to Study Crashes to Improve Safety Standards for Truck Cabs
Motivated by concerns over driver safety, American Trucking Associations and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association united in asking the federal government to research the idea of national standards to improve a driver’s chances of surviving an accident in a Class 7 or 8 truck cab.
June 13, 2011PenserSC, ICS Logistics Sign Transportation Contract
Third-party logistics firms PenserSC and ICS Logistics said they have agreed to a trucking and transportation services contract.
June 10, 2011May Intermodal Traffic Rises 7.5%
Intermodal traffic in May rose 7.5% in May from a year ago, the 18th straight year-over-year gain, the Association of American Railroads said.
June 10, 2011Opinion: Across the Great ELD Divide
Large and small carriers increasingly find themselves on opposite sides of a widening gulf when the topic is electronic logging devices — particularly when the issue is whether or not ELDs should be required by government mandate.
June 10, 2011