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Articles•by Oliver Patton•July 12, 2012

FMCSA Answers Questions About Driver Life Expectancy Statistics

The Department of Transportation has produced a piece of research that to a limited extent supports its claim that truck driving contributes to a shorter life expectancy than other occupations

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Articles•July 12, 2012

Con-way Truckload Requiring Agility Testing

Con-way Truckload is one of a growing list of carriers that are requiring pre-employment agility testing for drivers

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Articles•July 12, 2012

Study Finds Few Effects from Diesel Exhaust from EPA-07 Engines

The first results of what is said to be the most comprehensive study ever undertaken of the health effects of exposure to new technology diesel engines has found no evidence of gene-damaging effects in the animals studied, and only a few mild effects on the lungs

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Articles•by Oliver Patton•July 12, 2012

New Rule Will Create Registry of Certified Medical Examiners

Truck safety regulators are about to post a new, long-awaited rule aimed at shoring up driver medical standards

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Articles•July 12, 2012

Celadon Named Healthy Trucking Fleet

The first-ever Healthy Trucking Fleet of the Year award, a collaboration between FusionHealth and Navistar, was presented to Celadon Group at their headquarters in Indianapolis

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Articles•July 12, 2012

World Health Organization Says Diesel Exhaust Causes Cancer

The International Agency for Research on Cancer, part of the World Health Organization, has classified diesel engine exhaust as carcinogenic to humans based on evidence that exposure is associated with an increased risk for lung cancer

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News•July 11, 2012

Concerns about CSA Aired at House Hearing

Opponents of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's CSA enforcement program took their case to Congress yesterday, charging in a hearing that the program is being misused and harms small carriers

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News•July 11, 2012

Zero-Emission Trucks Could be Part of I-710 Zero-Emission Corridor

Zero-emission trucks, such as hybrid-electric trucks receiving power along major roadways (similar to light-rail trains and buses in some cities), could be in demonstration in the next few years and eventually be part of a zero-emission corridor along the busy I-710 Freeway leaving the Ports of Los Angeles, according to a recent study.

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News•July 11, 2012

'Uncle Darrell' Hicks, Longtime Coolant Expert and Industry Volunteer, Dies of Lung Disease

Darrell Hicks, Tulare, Calif., passed away Tuesday following a battle with pulmonary fibrosis, a progressively debilitating lung disease

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News•July 11, 2012

GATR Named Volvo Dealer of the Year

Volvo Trucks named GATR of Sauk Rapids, Minn., its 2011 U.S. Dealer of the Year.

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