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FDA Eases Path for Oral-Fluid Testing
Federal actions could advance oral-fluid drug testing for truck drivers, but lab certification delays and marijuana rescheduling questions remain.
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is warning motor carriers of another round of fraudulent letters issued to DOT contractors and potential contractors asking for financial information
Read More →On behalf of the motor vehicle parts supplier industry, the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association and its affiliate, the Original Equipment Suppliers Association, submitted a formal request to the U.S. Department of the Treasury last week seeking financial assistanc
Read More →Figures recently released by the Federal Highway Administration indicate that the truck-involved fatality rate in 2007 declined 5.8 percent to 2.12 per 100 million miles from 2.25 per 100 million miles in 2006
Read More →President Obama is scheduled to sign the $787 billion economic stimulus plan in Denver today. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act includes $26.8 billion in direct funding to states for "shovel ready" road and bridge projects
Read More →A survey from the Governors Highway Safety Association reveals that deaths on the nation's roadways declined an average of 10.7 percent in 2008
Read More →The National Safety Council announced that the estimated annual death rate from motor vehicle-related crashes in 2008 was 13 deaths per 100,000 people, a 9 percent decrease from 2007
Read More →The National Transportation Safety Board recommended this week to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that they explore making several heavy-duty vehicle safety technologies mandatory
Read More →The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute has joined Con-way Freight to begin field operational testing of an integrated crash warning system installed in commercial trucks under the Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety System program
Read More →The National Safety Council is pushing to stop the use of cell phones while driving
Read More →Praxair, Westfield, Ind, has specified LifeGuard RollTek on all new Praxair tractors for its U.S.-based bulk fleet
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