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Aftermarket•by Staff•October 20, 2011

Polar Corp. Celebrates 65th Anniversary

Polar Corp., which grew from a small welding shop in Opole, Minn., into North America's largest manufacturer of aluminum, stainless steel, and carbon steel tank trailers, is celebrating its 65th anniversary

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Drivers•by Staff•October 20, 2011

Marten Transport Increases Contractor Rates Again

Marten Transport instituted its third compensation increase for independent contractors so far this year. The increase takes effect on October 26

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Aftermarket•by Staff•October 20, 2011

Right to Repair Question Makes it to 2012 Mass. Ballot

The Massachusetts Right to Repair Coalition has collected 106,658 voter signatures after just 19 days of effort, easily exceeding the 68,911 required for the pro-consumer initiative to appear on the 2012 ballot

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Drivers•by Staff•October 20, 2011

Toll Booth-, Transponder-free Tolling now Possible

TransCore has introduced ROVR, a GPS device with GSM communications that allows infrastructure-less tolling and includes an optional driver safety monitoring feature shown to dramatically reduce accidents, improve fuel economy, and decrease Greenhouse gases

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Drivers•by Staff•October 20, 2011

Colorado I-70 Speed Harmonization Test Considered Successful

Results from the second Rolling Speed Harmonization effort continues to demonstrate that it can be used to improve road safety, reduce crashes and ultimately improve traffic flow on Interstate 70 during heavier travel periods

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Aftermarket•by Staff•October 20, 2011

Dealer of Year Shares Success with Business Students

Truck dealer Dick Ryan of South Carolina recently visited Indiana University's Kelley School of Business as a guest lecturer, an annual honor bestowed on the winner of the Truck Dealer of the Year presented by ATD and Heavy Duty Trucking magazine

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Safety & Compliance•by Staff•October 20, 2011

Verisk Analytics Launches Ironwatch on AT&T Network

Verisk Analytics has launched a wireless tracking and recovery device for mobile heavy equipment with no monthly fees. Ironwatch was developed for construction, farm, and industrial equipment by the National Equipment Register, and is supported by the AT&T wireless network

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Safety & Compliance•by Staff•October 20, 2011

Existing Intelligent Transportation Technologies Could Eliminate Almost All Traffic Accidents

Nearly every traffic accident caused by driver error -- up to 90 percent of all crashes -- could be eliminated if existing intelligent transportation technologies were implemented in our vehicles and roads, say experts at IEEE, the world's largest technical professional association

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Drivers•by Staff•October 19, 2011

Senate Bill Would Block Rewrite of Hours of Service Rule

New Hampshire Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte introduced a measure to block the pending rewrite of the hours of service rule. Offered as an amendment to the 2012 transportation appropriations bill, which the Senate is working on this week, the provision would cut off funds to enforce or implement the new rule

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Aftermarket•by Staff•October 19, 2011

EPA Honors SmartWay Champions

The Environmental Protection Agency honored industry leaders and organizations as 2011 SmartWay Champions this week during ATA's annual Management Conference and Exhibition in Dallas, Texas

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