Opinion: How Accident Recorders Can Improve Driving
Those familiar with accident event recorders know this technology offers many valuable benefits for transportation operations. AERs, which record both video and audio when a driving incident occurs, can help to improve driver performance, reduce accidents and save lives. The technology also offers other significant, but less publicized, advantages such as decreased expenses and enhanced driver/management relationships.
September 18, 2009Daily Briefings from Transport Topics
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DOT, EPA Set Auto Fuel-Economy Guidelines
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson released proposed regulations for boosting automobile fleet fuel economy to reach 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016, the Associated Press reported.
September 16, 2009TSA Sets Interim Rule on Air Cargo Security
The Transportation Security Administration announced an interim final rule implementing air cargo security regulations.
September 16, 2009DOT Sets Agenda for Distracted-Driving Summit
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Wednesday released the detailed agenda for DOT’s Distracted Driving Summit, scheduled for Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 in Washington.
September 16, 2009Volvo’s North American Deliveries Fall 33% in August
Volvo AB said Tuesday its August North American deliveries fell by 33%, to 1,267 units.
September 15, 2009ArvinMeritor, Daimler Set Brake Deal
Alliance Parts, Daimler Trucks’ private-label parts unit, said it has partnered with ArvinMeritor, Troy, Mich., to provide remanufactured brake shoes for commercial vehicles in North America.
September 14, 2009Extend the UCR Comment Period
At the very least, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration needs to provide the freight transportation industry sufficient time to respond to its proposal to fix the clearly broken Unified Carrier Registration agreement.
September 14, 2009‘Sporadic’ Used Truck Gains Encourage Class 8 Dealers
While sales of new Class 8 trucks continue to languish, several used truck dealers said they have noted recent “sporadic” increases in business that they believe could signal a market bottom. However, they added that financing problems were restricting sales.
September 14, 2009Trucking Groups Ask FMCSA for More UCR Comment Time
Less than a week after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration proposed more than doubling registration fees for motor carriers and brokers, American Trucking Associations and several other groups urged the agency to extend its short 15-day comment period.
September 14, 2009New Penn Teamsters Accept Pay Cut, Pension Givebacks at YRC in 2nd Vote
Teamsters at YRC Worldwide Inc.’s New Penn regional trucking subsidiary approved a 5% wage cut and pension givebacks in a second vote on those concessions to help the parent company cope with mounting losses and dwindling freight volumes.
September 14, 2009