AMBEST announces contest winner

Mar 1, 2010

Winston Brooks of Petersburg, Va., won a Lucas RSD 250 Pro-Street motorcycle as the grand prize in AMBEST’s annual AMBUCK$ contest, the company announced. Brooks, a company driver for DOS Transportation based in Richmond, Va., made his lucky card swipe at Davis Travel Center in Warfield, Va., on March 11, 2009.

Are cab-mounted warning beacons a safe alternative to warning triangles? FMCSA believes so for autonomous trucks, with another exemption granted in July one operator is now attempting to stop in federal court.

Operator mounts legal challenge to FMCSA's autonomous truck warning-device waiver

FMCSA renewed an exemption in July for autonomous truck maker Aurora to be able to use cab-mounted warning beacons instead of warning triangles, extending it also to other developers who opt in. Cargo van operator petitioned in federal court to stop the move.

Among Otto Transfer's all-Detroit-D13-powered trucks hauling poles in its specialized operation is this beauty of a Western Star.

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FMCSA waives HOS regs for gas, diesel haulers

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