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Our team of enterprising editors bring years of experience covering the fleet industry. We offer a deep understanding of trends and the ever-evolving landscapes we cover in fleet, trucking, and transportation.  

Newsby StaffFebruary 27, 2025

I-24 Ohio River Bridge Work Could Be Headache for Truckers

Starting March 3, the bridge carrying Interstate 24 over the Ohio River in Illinois, crossing into Paducah, Kentucky, will have reduced lanes and width restrictions, and there aren't any great alternative routes for commercial trucks.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 27, 2025

What Is CVSA's Focus For 2025 Roadcheck Inspection Blitz?

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance will hold its annual International Roadcheck commercial vehicle inspection blitz May 13-15, with a special focus on one driver violation area and one vehicle violation area.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 25, 2025

ATRI: Submit Cost Data to Get Benchmarking Report

New to this year's operational costs of trucking survey by the American Transportation Research Institute is a streamlined form for owner-operators.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 25, 2025

Nikola FCEV Recall: Mounting Bolts Could Damage Hydrogen Tank

Nikola is recalling 95 model year 2024-2025 Tre fuel-cell-electric trucks. The hydrogen tank mounting block bolts may be too long and damage the tank.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 17, 2025

Applications Open for Heavy Duty Trucking Exchange

Heavy Duty Trucking invites fleet managers of heavy-duty trucks to apply for its Heavy Duty Trucking Exchange networking and educational event, Sept. 3-5 in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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Collage of HDT Top 20 Products 2025
Newsby StaffFebruary 14, 2025

HDT Announces 2025 Top 20 Trucking Products

There are a lot of “smart” products and technologies in this year’s HDT Top 20 Products, which honor the best new and improved products we reported on last year.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 12, 2025

House Bill Would Require Transparency of Third-Party Payments in Litigation

"When the plaintiffs’ bar perverts civil litigation into a casino game of ‘jackpot justice,’ the costs are borne by everyone," said the American Trucking Associations in response to a bill to require funding disclosure in civil lawsuits.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 10, 2025

Freightliner Electric Trucks Recalled for Possible Loss of Drive Power

Daimler Trucks North America is recalling 810 Freightliner eCascadia and Freightliner eM2 trucks for a defect that could cause a loss of drive power without warning.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 10, 2025

Hazard Lights Cause Recall of 5,000+ Kenworth, Peterbilt Trucks

The exterior lighting switch may fail on some Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks, resulting in the hazard lights and the instrument display back-light brightness adjustment not functioning.

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DOT medical forms with incorrect stamp and photo of blood pressure check
Articlesby StaffFebruary 6, 2025

Liability Nightmare: Your DOT Medical Exam Forms Probably Have Errors

A questionable medical certification decision made from bad information on a truck driver's exam form doesn't relieve motor carriers from potential liability for a crash.

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