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Newsby Jack RobertsFebruary 9, 2024

I Have Seen the Future of Truck Driving — And It is Amazing

AUO's Smart Concept display and information technology may revolutionize how both car and truck drivers see the world — and how fleets, technicians, and shippers interact with commercial vehicles.

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ArticlesFebruary 7, 2024

5 Ways to Improve Your CSA Score

Perspective on improving your fleet's safety program and CSA scores from a truck driver and trucking company owner turned insurance consultant.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseFebruary 5, 2024

FMSCA Extends Waiver for Stoneridge Rear-View Cameras

An FMCSA regulatory waiver allowing trucks to operate with Stoneridge MirrorEye camera systems instead of conventional rear-view mirrors has been extended for five years.

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Videosby Deborah LockridgeJanuary 30, 2024

How Trucking Fleets Can Get Control of False Driver Logs [Video]

Truck driver log falsification violations can lead to out-of-service orders, fines, bad federal safety scores, failed DOT audits, civil penalties, even nuclear verdicts. What can motor carriers do?

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Newsby Jack RobertsJanuary 26, 2024

Hazard Lights Move into the Modern Era

Emergency Safety Solutions is updating flashing hazard lights on disabled vehicles in some truly remarkable ways.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJanuary 26, 2024

IIHS: Better Detection of Large Trucks Would Improve Front Crash Prevention

Research by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has found that most front crash prevention systems do not work as well at preventing crashes when the vehicle about to be impacted is small, like a motorcycle, or large like a medium- or heavy-duty truck.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJanuary 26, 2024

Western Star Adds Safety Features to its Vocational Trucks

Western Star is now including added safety features as standard equipment on its vocational trucks, the 47X and the 49X. Detroit Assurance Active Brake Assist and a backup safety system are now added.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeJanuary 19, 2024

FMCSA Administrator Hutcheson Leaving Agency

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Administrator Robin Hutcheson is leaving the agency after three years, following the departure earlier this month of Deputy Administrator Earl Adams Jr.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJanuary 17, 2024

Nikola Building ZF Safety Systems into FCEV Truck

ZF's automatic emergency braking and radar-based blind spot detection systems are making their North American debut in Nikola's hydrogen fuel-cell Class 8 truck.

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ArticlesJanuary 17, 2024

What Truck Fleet Managers Need to Know about OSHA

Do OSHA workplace safety regulations affect your trucking company's operations?

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