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Fleet Managementby StaffSeptember 9, 2020

WIT Reveals 2020 Influential Woman in Trucking Award Finalists

The Women In Trucking Association and Freightliner Trucks recently announced the six finalists for the 2020 Influential Woman in Trucking award. In its tenth year, the award honors female leaders in the trucking industry, highlighting their achievements.

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Fuel Smartsby StaffSeptember 9, 2020

Estes Adds New Trucks to its Growing RNG Fleet

Estes Express Lines will soon be adding 50 new natural gas trucks fueled with Clean Energy Fuels’ Redeem renewable natural gas to its growing sustainable fleet.

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Safety & Complianceby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 8, 2020

HHS Hair-Testing Proposal Falls Short, Critics Say

A proposal from the Department of Health and Human Services to set up standards for the use of hair testing for drugs is not what hair-testing advocates in the trucking industry were hoping for.

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Fleet Managementby StaffSeptember 8, 2020

ATRI Surveys Industry for Top Concerns

The American Transportation Research Institute recently launched its annual Top Industry Issues Survey, which asks the industry shareholders to rank the top issues of concern, as well as potential strategies for addressing each issue.

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Driversby Jim ParkSeptember 4, 2020

FMCSA Proposes New Under-21 Commercial Driver Pilot Program

An FMCSA pilot program would allow qualified drivers to operate in interstate commerce under certain conditions.

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Fleet Managementby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 3, 2020

Long-Overdue National Freight Strategic Plan Addresses Topics from Drones to Data

The Department of Transportation has released the first National Freight Strategic Plan, first called for by Congress back in 2012, laying out a vision for long-term investments in infrastructure, the workforce, and other essential parts of the freight system.

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Driversby StaffSeptember 3, 2020

Fate of Independent Contractors in California Has Another Day in Court

Oral arguments in front of an appeals court raise concerns that trucking’s challenge to California’s controversial AB5 independent contractor legislation could face an uphill battle.

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Driversby StaffSeptember 3, 2020

Barr-Nunn Transportation’s New Driver Pay Options

Barr-Nunn Transportation recently created two new solo and one new team pay offerings, which the carrier has named Shift Load Pay.

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Safety & Complianceby StaffSeptember 3, 2020

IIHS: Front Crash Prevention Works for Large Trucks

A study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found that trucks equipped with forward collision warning had 22% fewer crashes and trucks with AEB had 12% fewer crashes than those without either technology.

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Fleet Managementby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 3, 2020

Torc’s Fleming: Retrofitting Trucks for Autonomy 'Not Commercially Viable'

Unlike their competitors, Daimler Trucks and Torc Robotics won’t give a definitive timeline to deployment for driverless trucks — and say that in their development, they must be built from the ground up.

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