Law enforcement officers found lower rates of out-of-service violations in commercial vehicle inspections during a three-day enforcement blitz earlier this year compared with last year鈥檚 event, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance said.
September 12, 2013BusinessGovernment
Producer Price Index Grows in August; Retail Sales Rise
Prices paid to U.S. producers rose 0.3% in August, the Labor Department reported Sept. 13.
September 13, 2013GovernmentBusinessSafetyAutonomous
Congressmen Seek to Block Trucker Sleep Apnea Guidance
A bill introduced Sept. 12 in the House would prevent the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration from issuing 鈥済uidance鈥 that would recommend certain obese truck drivers be screened and treated for sleep apnea and allow such action only in a formal rulemaking process.
September 12, 2013GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety
Jobless Claims Fall Due to Computer System Work
Work on computer systems at state employment agencies caused reported initial jobless claims to fall by 31,000 last week, the Labor Department said Sept. 12.
September 12, 2013GovernmentBusinessSafetyAutonomous
Advisory Panel Hears from Attorneys on Truck Crash Fault
ALEXANDRIA, Va. 鈥 A special advisory panel studying the federal Compliance, Safety, Accountability program heard conflicting opinions from two accident litigators on the merits of police accident reports as the basis for assessing blame in truck-involved crashes.
September 12, 2013GovernmentBusinessSafety
Bill Seeks Time, Cost Limits for Review of Port Projects
House transportation leaders introduced a bipartisan bill Sept. 11 that would limit the environmental review timeline on port dredging and other water infrastructure projects, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said.
September 11, 2013BusinessGovernmentFuel
U.S. Oil Production Reaches 24-Year High
Crude oil production in the United States rose last week to the highest level since May 1989, the Department of Energy said.
September 11, 2013GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyAutonomous
PeopleNet Offers 鈥楶anic鈥 Button Key Fob
PeopleNet Communications Corp. said it is working with security technology firm SafeKey Corp. to provide a location-aware key fob that truck drivers can use to send 鈥減anic鈥 signals through PeopleNet鈥檚 system.
September 11, 2013BusinessSafetyGovernmentTechnologyEquipment
Thermo King Integrates Telematics With iSeries
Refrigeration-unit maker Thermo King said it has integrated its telematics system into the iSeries transportation management software for truckload fleets from Add On Systems Inc.
September 11, 2013Government
Appeals Court Hears Case Challenging CSA
WASHINGTON 鈥 Industry and government lawyers argued Sept. 10 before three federal judges here on whether the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration properly formulated the Safety Measurement System segment of its Compliance, Safety, Accountability program.
September 10, 2013