
Swedish truck OEM Einride has completed a two-week public road pilot of its autonomous, electric vehicle. The vehicle transported finished goods from GE Appliances’ facilities.
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A new underride-guard rule years in the making is still not good enough, say safety groups petitioning for it to be reconsidered.
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has completed a final rule upgrading requirements for rear underride guards and is turning its attention to side underride guards.
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In 2021, fatalities in crashes involving at least one large truck were up 13% compared to 2020, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s latest traffic fatalities estimates.
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The fiscal year 2023 budget for the U.S. Department of Transportation includes $59.5 billion for the Federal Highway Safety Administration, $1.3 billion for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and $874 million for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
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An appeals court has ruled in favor of trailer makers, removing trailers from the 2016 greenhouse gas regulations published by the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation included automatic emergency braking for both light- and heavy-duty vehicles on its regulatory agenda, which identifies actions the DOT plans to take during the next year and beyond.
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced a consent order with Daimler Trucks North America following an investigation that found the company failed to recall vehicles in a timely fashion and to comply with other reporting requirements.
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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.
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The leaders of the Federal Highway Administration and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration lauded trucking for its work during COVID-19 and addressed safety issues such as truck parking and advanced driver assistance systems during the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's 2020 Trucking Safety Summit.
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