
The Trump Administration has released the semi-annual regulatory agenda, which gives some clues to what regulations are being considered by the administration, are likely to be revised, or dropped altogether.
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Nearly 1900 Freightliner and Western Star trucks have been recalled for possible brake light failure during an automatic emergency braking event, caused by a software error.
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The American Trucking Associations outlined part of its regulatory wish list under the second Trump administration. And it's not all deregulatory.
Read More →John Vaccaro has some interesting observations on trucking liability and how plaintiff attorneys are weaponizing the legal system — and some unusual ideas to address the problem.
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Nearly 17,000 Freightliner and Western Star medium- and heavy-duty trucks have been recalled because brake lights may not illuminate during an emergency automatic braking event.
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What strategies and technologies are trucking fleets using in their safety and compliance efforts? Heavy Duty Trucking and Work Truck posed that question to fleet managers of medium- and heavy-duty trucks in our third Safety Survey.
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Research by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has found that most front crash prevention systems do not work as well at preventing crashes when the vehicle about to be impacted is small, like a motorcycle, or large like a medium- or heavy-duty truck.
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ZF's automatic emergency braking and radar-based blind spot detection systems are making their North American debut in Nikola's hydrogen fuel-cell Class 8 truck.
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Casey Driggers didn't plan to follow in his truck driver fathers' footsteps, but with 12 years of law enforcement, this 2023 HDT Emerging Leader is bringing a new focus on safety to Custom Commodities.
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An update on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's significant rulemakings briefly included a mandatory speed limiter information, which has been pulled back.
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