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Safety & Complianceby StaffOctober 3, 2018

Highway Deaths Decreased, Except When Large Trucks Were Involved

Highway fatality numbers are down overall except in cases involving large trucks. According to the latest Department of Transportation statistics, there were 673 fewer highway deaths in 2017 than in 2016.

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Safety & Complianceby David CullenOctober 3, 2018

SambaSafety Prepping New CSA Scorecard

SambaSafety/Vigillo is developing a new CSA Scorecard that the company will make available to its customers ahead of the FMCSA's eventual rollout of a revised Safety Measurement System for its Carrier Safety Accountability enforcement regime.

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Fuel Smartsby StaffOctober 3, 2018

CARB Levies Heavy Fine on Company Selling Used Diesel Soot Filters

The California Air Resources Board has penalized LKQ Corporation for selling used diesel particulate filters, which is illegal in the State of California.

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Fleet Managementby StaffOctober 3, 2018

Webinar Discusses Gaining a Full View of Fleet Maintenance Through Data Aggregation

Heavy Duty Trucking magazine is offering a free webinar with experts from Transervice and Trimble Transportation about using data to gain a comprehensive view of fleet maintenance and measuring its impact on fleet operations.

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Fleet Managementby Deborah LockridgeOctober 2, 2018

6 Ways Fleets Should Take Advantage of a Strong Economy

“Business has been really good for everyone this year. Everyone has all the freight they can handle. So what do you do with that?” That’s the question McLeod Software President Tom McLeod posed to a crowd of customers in opening remarks at McLeod’s 2018 User Conference in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Aftermarketby StaffOctober 2, 2018

Bendix Acquires Steering Remanufacturer with an Eye Toward the Future

Bendix has acquired the ProSteering steering component remanfuacturer brand from JM Engineered Products, a move that could eventually contribute to advanced driver assistance systems.

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Fleet Managementby StaffOctober 2, 2018

Truck Driver Pay and Fuel Prices on the Rise per ATRI Report

Operational costs increased to their highest levels since 2014, driven by rising fuel prices and pay and benefit increases for drivers, according to a new report from the American Transportation Research Institute.

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Fleet Managementby David CullenOctober 1, 2018

NAFTA Deal Seen as Good News for Trucking

The new trilateral free-trade deal announced on Sept. 30 is allowing North American trucking operations to breathe easy again.

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Fleet Managementby Deborah LockridgeOctober 1, 2018

McLeod Software Targets 'Extreme Connectivity' for Truck Fleets, Brokers

“Extreme connectivity” is the buzzword at McLeod Software, said President Tom McLeod at the company’s 2018 user conference, whether that’s helping its fleet and broker customers connect with load matching, working with truck makers on how to connect autonomous trucks to real-world fleet business, using blockchain to automate payments, or connecting with products that haven’t even been developed yet.

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Fleet Managementby StaffOctober 1, 2018

McLeod Software Announces LoadMaster, PowerBroker Integrations

McLeod Software announced new software integrations with its PowerBroker and LoadMaster fleet management platforms at the company’s Software User Conference in Birmingham, Alabama.

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