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FMCSA proposes rule to ban texting by truckers
The proposal would impose sanctions on drivers and bar motor carriers from allowing their drivers to text while driving.
March 31, 2010
Business
Heavy rains hit I-95 corridor
Rhode Island’s Department of Transportation reported that a section of I-95 South was closed Tuesday.
March 30, 2010
Overdrive Extra
Hours of services changes: Sooner and later
If you have any doubt about whether the bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., are getting the message about needed flexibility in the hours of service revision, worry no longer. I attended part of the fifth hours of service public hearing last week in Louisville, Ky., and the calls for a more sensible approach to sleeper berth […]
March 30, 2010
Business
Daimler’s Daum: Fuel efficiency is priority
Future product innovations will be driven by the market, not legislation, so higher costs will be offset by fuel efficiency.
March 30, 2010
Daimler's Freightliner plant in Saltillo, Mexico, has shift scheduling flexibility. (Photo Jack Roberts)
Business
Diesel price drops 0.7 cent
For the first time in six weeks, the national average retail price of a gallon of diesel fell this week.
March 30, 2010
Business
Washington state to ban texting while driving
Law makes it a primary offense to be caught holding a cell phone to your ear or texting while driving.
March 29, 2010
Business
Drivers call for hours changes
Drivers and others in trucking called for more flexibility in sleeper berth regulations.
March 27, 2010
Business
11 die in I-65 collision
Eleven people died after a truck crossed the median and struck a van in the Kentucky accident.
March 27, 2010
Business
Arrow Truck Sales’ winner named
Robert Snyder was announced as winner of Arrow’s Back On The Road 2010 campaign.
March 26, 2010
Winner Robert Snyder, flanked by his wife, Sylvia, and his daughter, Savannah, in front of the prize Volvo VNL 670, joins the audience in watching a video about his family.
Business
Shimizu named Highway Hero
Junichi Shimizu helped rescue a driver from one car and two passengers from another vehicle in a collision.
March 26, 2010
Junichi Shimizu
Business
Truck tonnage index increases 2.6% in February
ATA’s truck tonnage index recorded the third consecutive year-over-year monthly gain.
March 25, 2010
Business
Mack launches automated manual transmission
The company said the mDrive AMT gives customers up to 1.5 percent improved fuel efficiency.
March 25, 2010
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