A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration advisory committee last week began a comprehensive review of the agency’s plain language “guidance documents,” aimed at helping carriers, drivers and inspectors interpret the 700 regulations that govern the industry.

A yearlong federal field operational test of 150 Class 8 tractor-trailers equipped with collision avoidance systems had no rear-end crashes, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration advisory committee on June 14 began a review of the agency’s plain language “guidance documents” aimed at helping carriers, drivers and inspectors interpret a slate of 700 regulations.

Several publicly traded truck makers and industry suppliers have told federal regulators they are making progress uncovering “conflict minerals” from central Africa that might be used in their complex supply chains.

On a late afternoon in March, state troopers found truck driver Yakov Zaverukha lying on his back in a mud puddle beside his big rig that was stuck in a ditch just off Interstate 57 in central Illinois.

The final version of the Phase 2 federal greenhouse-gas regulation for trucks on June 3 was sent to the White House Office of Management and Budget for review.