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Tips for servicing brakes as winter driving conditions approach
Tips for servicing brakes as winter driving conditions approach
With the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration hours-of-service update recently taking effect, J. J. Keller is now offering a free step-by-step guide to ensure that your fleet is in compliance with the new and previous HOS regulations, as well as a new checklist.
Before the industry began eyeing the possibility of driverless semis, there was a little car secretly driving around the country with no one at the wheel. This has now evolved into a new project, Waymo Via, which is looking to make autonomous trucking and local delivery a reality.
In observance of the 13th annual Great California ShakeOut event, SoCalGas shared the importance of emergency preparedness.
Drivewyze’s new Safety+ offers fleets the ability to create customizable, proactive driving alerts and context-based driver coaching to help commercial truck drivers improve their safety scores and create a safer environment on the roadways.
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) recently opened a state-of-the-art truck inspection facility in Texas, located on Interstate 10 East at mile marker 620 east of Seguin.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is granting a five-year exemption to allow motor carriers operating tank trailers to install a red or amber brake-activated pulsating lamp on the rear of the trailers.
Isuzu is recalling approximately 4,352 model-year 2018-2021 FTR and Chevrolet 6500XD vehicles.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently released a preview of 2019 data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System, which included estimates for the first half of 2020.
Autonomous tech company TuSimple recently announced that Jim Mullen, the former Acting Administrator of the FMCSA, will serve as the organization’s chief legal and risk officer.
Changes to truck driver hours of service rules, designed to offer drivers more flexibility, take effect at 12 a.m. eastern time on Sept. 29.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration denied an application from Pronto.ai requesting that drivers of its autonomous-tech trucks be allowed to operate longer hours than current hours-of-service regulations allow.
Taking a cue from many of the virtual events since the onset of COVID-19, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems brought attendees a live demo that could be experienced from their home offices.
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) recently released a stop-motion video on the future of commercial motor vehicle safety technology, inspections and enforcement.
Although changes to federal hours of service rules go into effect Sept. 29 offering more flexibility to trucking, if you operate only in California, you will not be able to use any of the new options, according to the Western States Trucking Association.
As COVID-19 continues to disrupt the ability to get commercial licenses, permits, and medical cards renewed, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued another waiver.
With the recent addition of the fed's Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse, the industry is now, more than ever, in need of data concerning the safety of its drivers and the environment in which they work.
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