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ArticlesOctober 29, 2025

How Trucking Fleets Benefit from the Next Generation of Speed Management

Discover how trucking fleets use intelligent speed assistance and telematics to improve safety, reduce fuel costs, and prevent crashes.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJune 10, 2025

Volvo Trucks Introduces Geofence Automatic Speed Limitation Service

Volvo Trucks has launched a new service which enables the activation of automatic speed limitation in predefined geographical areas.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeMay 9, 2025

Bills Would Kill Federal Speed Limiter Mandate

Will the Republican congress kill off the attempt to mandate speed limiters for heavy trucks? Read about the bills and the history of efforts to mandate speed limiters.

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 13, 2024

What Safety Strategies and Technologies are Trucking Fleets Using in 2024?

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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Newsby StaffFebruary 28, 2024

Help HDT's Editors Identify Fleet Safety Trends in 2024 Safety Survey

What are trucking fleets doing about advanced safety technology? Safety training and driver incentives? Speed limiters and in-cab cameras? Drug testing? HDT’s third safety survey aims to find out.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeDecember 14, 2023

House Subcommittee Grills FMCSA on Speed Limiters, Younger Driver Pilot

If anyone was hoping to get any hints about what might be in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s upcoming proposed rule on truck speed limiters from FMCSA Administrator Robin Hutcheson during a Dec. 13 House subcommittee hearing, they were probably disappointed.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 26, 2023

Where is FMCSA with New Regs on Speed Limiters, New-Entrant Exams, AEB?

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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Newsby Wayne ParhamJune 1, 2023

FMCSA, DOT Agencies Talk Automatic Emergency Braking

As Department of Transportation leaders discussed roadway safety Thursday, a key topic was mandating automated emergency braking systems — mostly related to passenger vehicles but also possibly to commercial vehicles.

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Newsby David CullenMay 5, 2023

House Bill to Thwart Truck Speed-Limiters Not Likely to Gain Traction

New House bill that aims to sink FMCSA plan to mandate speed-limiters on trucks is not likely to become law.

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Articlesby David CullenJune 13, 2022

Mandated Speed Limiters: Going Nowhere Fast [Commentary]

There’s a bumpy road ahead for any speed-limiter mandate, says HDT’s Washington Contributing Editor David Cullen.

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