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NewsSeptember 14, 2012

NAFA Lends Support to Drive Safely Work Week

The Network of Employers for Traffic Safety sponsors Drive Safely Work Week each year during the first week of October. NAFA Fleet Management Association is promoting the annual safety campaign, which takes place this year Oct. 1-5

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NewsSeptember 13, 2012

House Committee Hears CSA Complaints

A congressional hearing yesterday on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's CSA safety enforcement program gave critics a chance to vent, but the committee appears content for the time being to let the agency and its constituents work things out

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NewsSeptember 12, 2012

CSA Issues to be Aired on Hill Today

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's flagship CSA safety enforcement program will face congressional scrutiny today as a House subcommittee airs questions about the program's effectiveness

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NewsSeptember 12, 2012

Ryder $1 Million Settlement to CARB to Help Pay for Education, Natural Gas Service

The California Air Resources Board announced that Ryder System paid $1 million for failure to conduct testing and maintain complete records of required annual opacity tests on heavy-duty vehicles in its California fleet in 2008 and 2009

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NewsSeptember 11, 2012

NTSB's Strategic Plan Available For Comment

A draft of the National Transportation Safety Boards' strategic plan for 2013 through 2016 is available to the public for comment

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NewsSeptember 11, 2012

Alliance for Driver Safety & Security Expands Agenda Beyond EOBRs

The Alliance for Driver Safety & Security, a Washington, D.C. coalition of transportation companies that promoted recent federal legislation to require electronic on-board recording devices (EOBRs) in all commercial trucks, has named Callie Hoyt its manager of governmental affairs and is expanding its focus to other trucking safety issues

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NewsSeptember 10, 2012

Audit Finds Familiar Shortcoming in Cross-Border Trucking Program

It is hard to measure the safety performance of cross-border Mexican trucks because too few of them participate in the trade, says the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation. This is one of several findings in the most recent review of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration border program

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NewsSeptember 10, 2012

Governors Safety Group Calls for Ban on Handheld Cell Phones

During its recent annual meeting, the Governors Highway Safety Association strengthened its policy positions regarding distracted driving and drugged driving, including calling for a ban on handheld cell phones for all drivers

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NewsSeptember 7, 2012

Virginia Scales Back I-95 Toll Plans

The Virginia Department of Transportation has reduced the number of toll points requested in its application to the U.S. Department of Transportation to toll I-95. Originally, the application named two separate toll locations along I-95, but the VDOT decreased the scope of the tolling project to simply one

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NewsSeptember 6, 2012

DOT Inspector General to Audit Cross-Border Program

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's cross-border trucking program with Mexico is up for a scheduled review by the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation

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