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The proposal doesn't change the tougher NOx standard, but it would revise key implementation requirements that manufacturers say have driven up costs and complicated fleet purchasing decisions.
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In comments filed with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, American Trucking Associations asked the agency to withdraw its proposal to regulate the loading and unloading of hazardous materials in order to conduct needed research
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After several weeks of steady decline, on-highway diesel prices experienced a modest rise last week, the first in six weeks. The national average is up 1.4 cents to $3.954
Read More →Although crude oil prices dropped in early may, the U.S. Department of Energy still expects oil markets to tighten through 2012 and predicts that WTI spot prices, which averaged $79 per barrel in 2010, will average $102 per barrel in 2011 and $107 per barrel in 2012
Read More →Research into driver fatigue that federal authorities recently added to the hours of service docket is faulty and should not be used to make policy changes to the hours rule, the American Trucking Associations charged
Read More →Truck drivers who plot their routes with consumer GPS devices may be setting themselves up for a problem. Those systems are great for showing car drivers which way to turn, but they don't necessarily identify critical truck information, such as the height of a bridge or the weight limit on a county road
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Drayage drivers would not have to fill out and file a vehicle inspection report for container chassis that have no apparent defects, according to a rules change proposed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Read More →The pump price of on-highway diesel continued to slide last week, dropping 8 cents nationally to $3.940 per gallon
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A coalition of industry groups is challenging a provision of the recent federal rule that sets tough new testing standards for commercial licenses. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration rule, posted last month, contains a provision that
Read More →On-highway diesel prices continued falling last week, although not quite as steeply as the week before. According to the Energy Information Administration, the national average price fell another 4.9 cents to $3.948. A week earlier prices dropped 6.4 cents nationally. Diesel fuel is still nearly a dollar more expensive than this time last year
Read More →An Oregon bill that would have required the elimination of copper in motor vehicle brakes won't go any further this session
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