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FMCSA Redefines Hazardous Materials Threshold

FMCSA Redefines Hazardous Materials Threshold

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration changed criteria for the Hazardous Materials intervention threshold. In the August 3 Safety Measurement System release, FMCSA refined the criteria that determines which motor carriers are subject to the more stringent Hazardous Materials intervention threshold.

GTI Buys Buske

GTI Buys Buske

Gordon Trucking Inc., Pacific, Wash., has bought Buske Truck Lines, Edwardsville, Ill., increasing Gordon's fleet by 150 trucks and 375 trailers

PeopleNet Users Conference: Streamlining Trucking Through Data

PeopleNet's Tablet offers signature capture and a camera.

"You have to have an IT manager," said Cynthia Normandin, vice president of Braun's Express, a 200-employee carrier based in New England. According to her, in an interview at the PeopleNet User's Conference this week, that is how trucking has changed in the past decade. "Technology has made the difference we can compete with the big guys.

NHTSA Preparing to Require Stability Control Systems on Tractors

NHTSA Preparing to Require Stability Control Systems on Tractors

A pending federal proposal to require stability control systems on truck tractors is getting a mixed reaction from the trucking industry. The proposal, scheduled to be published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration at the end of the year, would specify the details of a technology standard that that a growing number of fleets already have adopted voluntarily because they see safety benefits

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