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NewsDecember 17, 2010

FMCSA Proposes Middle Approach to Cell Phone Restriction

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has chosen the middle path in its proposal to restrict cell phone use by commercial drivers. The proposal essentially says that truck and bus drivers could only use a hands-free phone while driving. It would prohibit a driver from reaching for, dialing or holding a mobile phone while the truck is moving

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NewsDecember 17, 2010

DOT Proposes Rule to Ban Hand-Held Cell Phone Use for Commercial Truck and Bus Drivers

The U.S. Department of Transportation today proposed a new safety regulation that would specifically prohibit interstate commercial truck and bus drivers from using hand-held cell phones while operating a commercial motor vehicle

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NewsDecember 17, 2010

Swift Shares Close Up 10 Cents Above IPO Price in NYSE Debut

Shares of Swift Transportation Co (SWFT.N) rose slightly in their stock market debut on Thursday after a delayed and downsized IPO

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NewsDecember 17, 2010

LA Harbor Commission Closes Clean Truck Class-7 Loophole

The Los Angeles Harbor Commission voted Thursday to include Class 7 trucks in the same emissions rules that already apply to Class 8 trucks

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NewsDecember 17, 2010

Wingfoot Commercial Tire Opens 34th and 35th Truck Care Centers

Wingfoot Commercial Tire has opened two new truck maintenance centers -- Russellville, Ark., and Tuscaloosa, Ala

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NewsDecember 17, 2010

Red Dot Expands Test Facilities for Truck and Off-Highway HVAC

Red Dot Corp. has expanded its advanced engineering and test center to include dedicated facilities for conducting vibration, acoustics, electromagnetic and radio frequency interference (EMI/RFI), and blower-lifecycle validation. The new test areas are part of the company's H.G. Runnings Technical Center in Seattle

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NewsDecember 17, 2010

Xantrex Launches new Custom Power Solutions team

Xantrex Technology USA Inc., a subsidiary of Schneider Electric, announces the recent launch of a dedicated Custom Power Solutions team organized expressly to support corporate clients in multiple markets including commercial truck, electric vehicle, consumer electronic, back-up, military, and automotive

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NewsDecember 17, 2010

Peterbilt Donates Model 365 Dump Truck to the First Response Team of America

Peterbilt donated a Peterbilt Model 365 to the First Response Team of America to help in their ongoing disaster relief efforts throughout the United States

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NewsDecember 17, 2010

North Florida Western Star Now Open for Business

Tom Nehl Truck Company has just opened a Western Star dealership in Jacksonville, Fla. on the site of the Florida Detroit Diesel-Allison's former branch at 5040 West University Boulevard

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NewsDecember 17, 2010

Peterbilt Dealer Group Opens Columbia, SC Location

Columbia, S.C. - December 15, 2010 - The Pete Store, one of the largest truck dealers in the United States, has opened its newest location at 1300 Buckner Road in Columbia, South Carolina

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