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Drivers•by Staff•May 19, 2009

NHTSA Nominee Hurley Withdraws

President Obama's choice to head the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Charles Hurley, has withdrawn his name

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Fleet Management•by Staff•May 19, 2009

Long Beach Rolls Out New Funding For Clean Trucks

The Port of Long Beach has announced a new round of funding for subsidized leases and loans for new liquefied natural gas or diesel-fueled trucks and retrofit devices that reduce soot and oxides of nitrogen emissions

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Drivers•by Staff•May 19, 2009

Wal-Mart Names Con-way LTL Carrier of the Year

For the second year in a row, Con-way Freight has been named 2008 LTL Carrier of the Year by Wal-Mart Stores for its customer service, operational excellence and creative solutions

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Aftermarket•by Staff•May 19, 2009

Rotary and Chief Create Vehicle Service Group

Dover Industrial Products, the parent company of Rotary and Chief Automotive Technologies, has formed a Vehicle Service Group in an effort to enhance vehicle service and repair as well as leverage scale and technology

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Safety & Compliance•by Staff•May 18, 2009

Oregon Weighs 26,000 Trucks At Enforcement Event

The Oregon Department of Transportation Motor Carrier Division weighed more than 26,000 commercial trucks during an intensive size and weight enforcement effort along the Interstate 84 corridor last week

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Aftermarket•by Staff•May 18, 2009

Stoops' Sleeper Tractor Gains SmartWay Status

Stoops Specialty Trucks has been awarded SmartWay certification status on its new Freightliner Cascadia Custom Sleeper Tractors, the only custom sleeper conversion units to achieve the honor.

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Drivers•by Staff•May 18, 2009

Illinois Legislature Passes Uniform Speed Limit Bill

A bill to allow a uniform 65-mph speed limit on rural interstates in Illinois now rests in the hands of the governor

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Drivers•by Staff•May 18, 2009

Diesel, Oil Prices Up

Diesel fuel prices are up slightly from last week, to $2.231 national average, but that's less than half where they were a year ago

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Drivers•by Staff•May 18, 2009

Right to Repair Bill Gets a Boost in Support

The Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act garnered further support in Congress this week with the addition of Reps. Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Corrine Brown (D-FL) and William Lacy Clay (D-MO) as co-sponsors

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Safety & Compliance•by Staff•May 18, 2009

CVSA's Roadcheck Commences June 2

Inspectors and law enforcement officials will be patrolling North America's highways as part of the annual "Roadcheck" starting June 2, an event sponsored by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance

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