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NewsJanuary 11, 2011

Florida Extends Ease on Trucking Regs Through Jan 14

To give growers more time to haul their crops to packing facilities, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam is extending an executive order relaxing trucking restrictions through Jan. 14

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ArticlesJanuary 10, 2011

Natural Resources Canada Releases LNG Deployment Roadmap

A report recently released by Canada's federal department of Natural Resources, entitled Natural Gas Use in Transportation Deployment Roadmap assesses of the potential benefits and the obstacles to liquefied natural gas as a fuel for trucking

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NewsJanuary 7, 2011

OOIDA Says Mexican Border Deal Cost American Jobs, Provides No Reciprocal Benefits

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association responded to the Obama Administration's overture to the Mexican truckers saying if the proposed deal goes through, American drivers will lose work to Mexican carriers who do not bear similar compliance costs

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NewsJanuary 4, 2011

Diesel Begins the Year on an Upswing

The national average price of a gallon of diesel was up again this week, rising 3.7 cents from last week

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NewsJanuary 4, 2011

NHTSA Clears Path for Speed-Limiter Proposal

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is moving ahead on a rulemaking on speed limiters for heavy trucks, which had its start four years ago with petitions by two trucking interest groups

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NewsDecember 31, 2010

OOIDA Wonders Why Speed Limiters Get the Green Light While Driver Training Standards Languish

An announcement to consider speed limiting heavy trucks to 68 mph has small business truckers wondering why this unproven science is moving forward while minimum training standards for drivers are still not on the books

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NewsDecember 30, 2010

HOS Proposal Seems Likely to Lead to More Litigation

Early reaction to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's proposed changes in the hours of service rule indicates that the rule is likely to remain in litigation. It is not clear what the proposed changes will do for safety. The agency says they will make trucking safer. The safety advocacy community says they do not go nearly far enough. The trucking industry says they go too far

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NewsDecember 30, 2010

NHTSA to Begin Speed Limiter Rulemaking

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is going to begin a rulemaking that could lead to mandatory speed limiters on heavy trucks, as requested by American Trucking Associations and Road Safe America

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NewsDecember 30, 2010

IFTA Adopts Interest Amendment

Carriers who underpaid fuel taxes will have to pay less interest under a new amendment to the International Fuel Tax Agreement

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NewsDecember 29, 2010

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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