Editorial: Trucking Needs Electronic Logging
After carefully weighing the pros and cons in the sometimes overheated debate over whether the federal government should mandate electronic logging devices in heavy-duty trucks, we unequivocally support a requirement for electronic logging to monitor hours-of-service compliance.
May 21, 2012TT Podcasts: RoadSigns
Volvo's Chayene de Souza and Magnus Gustafson discuss how new, connected trucks can boost business, enhance safety practices, and reinforce preventative maintenance plans.
FMCSA Plan to Reduce Crash Fatalities Includes Expanding Its Rules to Shippers
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it hopes to significantly reduce truck-related crash fatality rates over the next five years by developing new credentialing and driver safety fitness standards, expanding its regulatory reach to include shippers and other industry players, and creating new programs aimed at weeding out high-risk motor carriers.
May 21, 2012FMCSA Formally Withdraws EOBR Rule
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has formally withdrawn its regulation that would have mandated electronic onboard recorders for some carriers.
May 18, 2012Leading Economic Indicators Slip
An index of leading economic indicators fell in April following six straight increases, the New York-based Conference Board said Thursday.
May 17, 2012FMCSA Shuts Two Alabama Carriers
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ordered two affiliated Alabama trucking companies to stop operating, declaring the carriers “imminent hazards to public safety.”
May 17, 2012Mass. Bans Daytime Hazmat Trips Through Boston
Trucks carrying hazardous materials will be banned from traveling through Boston during most of the daytime under a policy approved by Massachusetts state officials last week, the Boston Globe reported.
May 15, 2012Consumer Price Index Unchanged in April
The consumer price index was unchanged April, the Labor Department said Tuesday.
May 15, 2012Opinion: Why an EOBR Mandate Is a Bad Idea
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration continues to be dead set on forcing every commercial vehicle in the United States to carry an electronic onboard recorder — better known as an EOBR — despite the device’s hefty price tag and general uselessness as a safety tool.
May 14, 2012Daimler Bets Big on India’s Booming Truck, Bus Market
CHENNAI, India — The world’s largest commercial vehicle maker, Daimler AG, is making one of its biggest-ever bets by pouring $850 million into production and sales operations here, in what is now the world’s fastest-growing market for trucks and buses.
May 14, 2012Trucking’s Recovery Is Sound, Likely to Last, Economists Say
SAN FRANCISCO — Two of trucking’s leading economists said last week the industry’s economic recovery was well under way and should continue for at least several more years.
May 14, 2012