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Detroit Assurance 5.0 from Daimler Trucks can bring a truck to a complete stop to avoid a collision or minimize the severity of the impact. Equipment Editor Jim Park shares this demonstration of Active Brake Assist 5.0 from Las Vegas where it launched earlier this year.
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DOT said the self-initiated audit was prompted by a spate of fraudulent activity, pointing out that since August 2014, its own criminal investigations have resulted in eight indictments and six convictions resulting from fraud in the medical certification process.
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A tragic collision involving a bus with a junior hockey team and a tractor trailer took 16 lives. The contrite driver pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing – but should he shoulder all of the blame? Blog commentary by Equipment Editor Jim Park.
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Eight of the ten issues listed in the NTSB's Most Wanted List of transportation safety improvements touch on the trucking industry is one way or another.
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Ohio-licensed truck driver Doug A. Jones has been declared an imminent hazard to public safety by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration after fatally striking two people with his truck.
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At TRB meeting, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration officials discussed the agency's goals for the new year, highlighting hours-of-service reform and a new safety rating system. Blog commentary by Executive Editor David Cullen.
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Researchers at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute are teaching driver’s education students about truck safety through interactive demonstrations at 25 high schools in Virginia, West Virginia, and Delaware.
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How one Kentucky fleet leveraged new technology to boost safety and driver pay.
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The GiraffeG4 system offers drivers overhead protection by measuring the height of an upcoming low-clearance obstacle.
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During the Vietnam War, the U.S. Air Force learned a hard lesson: The consequences of information overload can be severe – even fatal. And that lesson matters as new technology finds its way onto trucks.
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