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Kansas enacts seatbelt law
The new law makes Kansas eligible to receive $11 million in federal incentive funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
June 11, 2010
Seatbelt Od
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Agency adjusts duty policy
A record of duty status may be satisfied through providing an original handwritten record and subsequent scanned image of the original.
June 11, 2010
Business
Fleet hosts fuel-savings contest
Averitt Express drivers may compete for twenty $500 gas cards and a Ford F-150 four-wheel drive in a company challenge on fuel-efficient practices, the Cookeville, Tenn.-based carrier says. All of the fleet’s drivers may enter. Truckers will work on teams whose goals are to save more fuel in six months than was saved in the same period […]
June 10, 2010
Business
States to develop Illiana road
Illiana Expressway would link I-55 south of Joliet, Ill., to I-65 near Lowell, Ind., and skirt the congested Chicago area.
June 10, 2010
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West Virginia begins anti-idling rules
State’s anti-idling rule will require operators of diesel-powered vehicles to idle no more than 15 minutes an hour.
June 10, 2010
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Truck stops join rebate program
More than 400 truck stops joined a fuel card rebate network in May, the transaction management company Multi Service announced. Now nearly 1,000 truck stops among the 3,200 using the Multi Service Fuel Card participate in the rebates. The Overland Park, Kan.-based company started the rebate program in 2008 to provide fleets with rebates of up […]
June 10, 2010
Business
June 18: Partners in Business
It’s tough to run a successful owner-operator business. Overdrive’s Partners in Business seminar at the Great West Truck Show, sponsored by Freightliner Trucks and Schneider National, provides training to make it work.
June 10, 2010
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New Truckers News photo contests starting in July
In July, Truckers News, via its photo group on Flickr.com, is embarking on a new monthly series of photo contests — the winner will have his/her photo published in the magazine and will receive an instructional book on photography. Each contest will be themed, so it may require a little looking around/searching — I’m posting this […]
June 10, 2010
Old Truck
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I-10 river bridge to close
The I-10 Mississippi River Bridge in Louisiana will be closed to traffic from 1-8 a.m. on June 13.
June 10, 2010
Business
Freight index up 0.3% in April
Freight TSI index has risen 4.9 percent over the last 11 months, after declining 15.3 percent in the previous 10 months.
June 10, 2010
Business
Pennsylvania opens electricity unit
The cost to use an electrification module per hour is about the same as a gallon of diesel fuel.
June 9, 2010
Electrification modules will be free until July 4.
Business
Man pleads guilty to charges in Georgia cargo theft
A Georgia man pleaded guilty to three criminal charges for his role in a multimillion-dollar interstate cargo theft ring.
June 9, 2010
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