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Brake Safety Week to Focus on Drums and Rotors

Commercial vehicle inspectors will be focusing on brakes during CVSA's Brake Safety Week, August 23-29.

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How Fraley & Schilling Improved Logbook Compliance by Over 50%

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Trump Administration Looks to Put More Veterans Behind the Wheel

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$604 Million Verdict Tests Broker Liability After Supreme Court Ruling

News•by David Cullen•January 10, 2019

Musical Chairs at DOT Sees FMCSA’s Gautreaux Headed to NHTSA

Cathy Gautreaux, deputy administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Administration, is one of nine Department of Transportation officials who are either switching to a new sub-agency position or leaving DOT altogether.

News•by Staff•January 7, 2019

Safety Technology Could Prevent Drivers from Texting While Driving

A new multi-solution platform is designed to prevent drivers from using smartphones while driving using a combination of software and device tracking.

News•by Jim Park•January 7, 2019

Freightliner Says New Cascadia Has First Level 2 Automation in North America

Daimler Trucks North America announced at CES in Las Vegas that it’s now offering what it says is the first Level 2 automated truck in series production in North America with the latest enhancements to the Freightliner new Cascadia. Level 2 automation means the truck is capable of both lateral (steering) and longitudinal (acceleration/deceleration) control.

News•by Staff•January 2, 2019

Cummins Pulls Plug on ZED Connect ELD System

Cummins' ZED Connect customers have until Jan. 31 to migrate to another electronic logging device.

News•by David Cullen•January 2, 2019

Not Everyone's Happy with FMCSA's Preemption of California Break Rules

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s pre-holiday granting of petitions to preempt California’s meal and rest break rules for truck drivers, which differ from current federal hours-of-service regulations, is being met with either cheers or jeers from a range of trucking stakeholders.