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ArticlesSeptember 6, 2012

Brake Safety Tips for Brake Safety Week

To prepare for the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's Brake Safety Week Sept. 9-15, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems recommends making sure you're familiar with CVSA inspection requirements and procedures

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ArticlesAugust 21, 2012

Group Effort Needed to Deal with Crash Accountability Question

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has delayed its promised changes to its Compliance, Safety and Accountability program, and the truck and bus industries are being vocal with their frustration

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ArticlesJuly 20, 2012

National Registry for Medical Examiners Goes Live

The DOT is reminding the industry that the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners is now live. The registry is part of a rule posted by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration aiming to shore up driver medical standards.

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ArticlesJuly 12, 2012

FMCSA Refocusing Attention in Safety Audits

HNI recently held a workshop called FMCSA Safety Audit Requirements and How to Prepare, featuring FMCSA and Wisconsin State Patrol officials talking about new policies and procedures in place

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On the Roadby Jim ParkJuly 11, 2012

Truck Brakes Don't Fail by Themselves

Over the past week, two trucks crashed as a result of their inability to stop on hills. In both cases, the mainstream media reported that the trucks' brakes had failed. That illustrates what the mainstream media knows about truck brakes/

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ArticlesJune 26, 2012

Carrier Improves CSA Score With Trailer Readiness Program

With just two full-time facilities to handle maintenance on a fleet of more than 2,700 trailers scattered across the lower 48 states and Mexico, conducting regular trailer inspections can be a daunting task for Murray, Ky.-based Paschall Truck Lines.

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ArticlesApril 5, 2012

Pro-Tread Says Clients Average 30 Points Lower in CSA BASIC Scores

A study by Instructional Technologies Inc., provider of Pro-Tread online safety training, showed that Pro-Tread clients' CSA BASIC scores averaged 30 point less than average industry CSA scores.

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ArticlesDecember 19, 2011

The Purpose of the Emergency Response Guidebook

Many shippers and transporters of hazardous materials are familiar with the small orange Emergency Response Guidebook. Most associate the ERG with compliance with the Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR), using it to provide emergency response information for a hazardous materials shipment. Yet that is not why the ERG was created

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Articlesby Jim ParkJune 28, 2011

CSA's Cargo BASIC Demands More from Flatbed and Open Deck Carriers

Open-deck carriers will have a lot on their minds going forward

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Articlesby Oliver PattonDecember 2, 2010

A Different Approach To Accident Litigation

A fatal accident caused by a truck driver starts a chain of events that are disruptive, dispiriting and hugely expensive

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