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FMCSA’s focus on inspections a point of contention at CVSA workshop

| April 23, 2013

Bulldog Hiway Express President Phil Byrd, speaking as First Vice Chair of the American Trucking Associations, delivered a salvo aimed at the national focus on roadside vehicle inspections during an April 23 General Session of ...

Supreme Court hears case against Port of LA’s Clean Truck Program

| April 18, 2013

The U.S. Supreme Court this week heard a case brought by the American Trucking Associations against the Port of Los Angeles' Clean Truck Program, instituted in 2008, that places stricter standards on trucks delivering and ...

ATRI seeking driver feedback on CSA

| March 28, 2013

Roadcheck will cover North America. For the third year in a row, the American Transportation Research Institute wants to hear from drivers about their experiences with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Compliance, Safety, Accountability ...

Readers on the crash-fault ‘shell game’

| March 17, 2013

The public relations blame-game back-and-forth between the American Trucking Associations and advocacy groups like Parent Against Tired Truckers and Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways saw a particularly pathetic entry in February, as Overdrive Editorial ...

New Dana axle, driveshafts

| March 11, 2013

At the American Trucking Associations' Technology and Maintenance Council annual meeting in Nashville, Dana representatives showcased a host of new heavy-duty vehicle products: The Spicer AdvanTEK 40 tandem axle, an all-new, 40,000-lb. tandem drive axle designed ...

Truck safety group challenges ATA on crash fault claims

| February 27, 2013

The American Trucking Associations has received a letter from the Truck Safety Coalition that blasts the association for its recently released report regarding crash fault and accountability. ATA's report — a round-up of studies done in ...

Group asks DOT to push back hours of service date

| January 29, 2013

In a letter sent to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration last week, American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves asked the agency to reschedule the date that the new hours of service rule goes into ...

Supreme Court will hear ATA case against Port of Los Angeles

| January 17, 2013

The American Trucking Associations' lawsuit against the Port of Los Angeles' and its 2008 requirements of carriers in regards to using only company drivers and not independent contractors is heading to the U.S. Supreme Court. ...

Who’s keeping score: Carrier use of driver-ranking tools

The final installment in our investigation of third-party driver-scorecard services details carrier practices using the tools to rank current and/or prospective drivers in the perspective of CSA.

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Infographic: Owner-operators inspected four times more often than largest fleets

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