EOBR debated over driver harassment
The harassment issue may be the key consideration for the FMCSA, which aims to devise a rule that mandates electronic logging devices.02.08.12
| FMCSA ordered U & D Service to immediately shut down after discovering the company was using drivers who did not possess valid ...
02.07.12
| Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks were using the same brake component that affected production of Navistar and Volvo Group trucks. 02.07.12
| The reopened lane of I-40 West is near the Tennessee-North Carolina border. 02.07.12
| The Peterbilt 587 SmartWay conventional tractor won in the heavy-duty division. heavier trucks
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Restart study part of transportation bill
February 6, 2012
If the provision makes it through to final legislation, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration would have to do a field study of the restart rule.
Amendment defeats heavier trucks
February 1, 2012
A bipartisan amendment to require a study of the impact of heavier truck weight limits was approved.
Congress gets letter to back heavier trucks
July 19, 2011
Law would offer each state the authority to open portions of its Interstate network to six-axle trucks that can ship more freight.
LogBook
January 4, 2011
CSA rankings, a weight pilot program, use of heavier trucks and a new hours rule proposal are among the industry news items featured.
‘Monster train’ and other freight supersizers
August 17, 2010
You might have missed news of Union Pacific testing to see just how long a train can be. I didn’t know of it until reading a Wall Street Journal story ...
Transportation bill adds heavy trucks provision
December 14, 2009
Bill includes 1-year program granting heavier trucks greater use of Interstate highways in Maine and Vermont.
