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Tag: speeding: Page 2
Business
Decreasing inspections: Georgia’s numbers fall
The state dialed back on overall inspections from 81,183 in 2013 to 69,188 in 2014, a 15 percent decline. According to state officials, such a level may not hold as it focuses on doing more with less.
June 2, 2015
Business
South Dakota pushes speed limit to 80 mph
Know before you go: Most commercial truck tires are rated at 75 mph max speed — prolonged running above that will build excessive heat, accelerate wear and could cause blowouts.
April 2, 2015
Business
Indiana’s vanishing clean inspections, further speed scrutiny
Indiana ranks No. 5 nationwide for the smallest percentage of clean inspections.
January 2, 2015
Business
Best way to avoid inspection in Indiana: Slow down
With speeding accounting for nearly half of all moving-type infractions marked on inspection reports in 2013, Indiana ranks first in the nation for those violations.
December 30, 2014
Channel 19
VID: Driver questions trooper’s safety on highway, gets clean inspection
Driver’s dashcam vid of exchange with police over safe driving goes viral.
June 30, 2014
Channel 19
Slowing down for your fellow driver
A tragic accident at a loading area ended the life of a driver opening his trailer doors last week — yielding some seeming, but not always so, self-evident wisdom. And: More voices on over-the-road peeves…
November 25, 2013
Channel 19
CSA: DataQ opportunity with lights, generic speeding violations
The most common lighting-related violation — top 20 states for “Inoperative required lamp” prevalence ranked here — may be basis for a DataQ challenge if the light is not required by regulation.
August 15, 2013
Business
The ‘kabang crunch’ wake-up call
“There’s absolutely no reason in hell to catch third in a Love’s, unless your hair is on fire or a member of the Taliban has suddenly popped out of your bunk with an RPG aimed at the back of your head.”
June 5, 2013
Overdrive Extra
Out on der Autobahn
I just got back from a Daimler Trucks press tip trip to Gaggenau, Germany to see the North American unveiling of the new DT12 automated manual truck transmission. It was the first of two Daimler trips this month: The second comes along in two weeks, when I’ll fly to Dusseldorf to see the latest incarnation […]
May 3, 2013
Business
Speeding four-wheeler in the breakdown lane!
“The more truckers I meet, the more I realize the good ones really are patient people” and other notes on merging.
April 7, 2013
Channel 19
Four-wheeler scare-quotes ‘professional’
A letter writer to a Minnesota newspaper, contending there’s an epidemic of big-rig drivers’ speeding on the nation’s highways, is suffering from tunnel vision when he mocks drivers’ “professional” badge of honor.
October 8, 2012
Business
Irregular ratings: CSA snafus
Accident blame, violation weighting and regional differences continue to plague CSA. No fix appears to be on the horizon.
July 2, 2012
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