The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking public comment on a potential pilot program that would allow drivers between the ages of 18 and 20 to operate trucks interstate.
May 14, 2019BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyAutonomousTop 50Top 100
Penske Joins Autonomous Vehicle Coalition PAVE
Penske Truck Leasing has joined Partners for Automated Vehicle Education, a coalition of industry leaders that seeks to educate and assure the public about automated vehicles, according to a news release from the two organizations.
May 14, 2019BusinessSafety
Mississippi Champion Scott Osborne Goes From Student to Teacher
Scott Osborne believes in the power of mentoring. Not only has he been taught by the best, he is doing all he can to pass that knowledge on to the next generation.
May 14, 2019GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety
Letter: Crash 鈥楶reventability鈥 Tough to Define
Transport Topics reports in its April 3 article entitled 鈥淐rash Not Your Fault? FMCSA Says Soon It Won鈥檛 Hurt Your CSA Score鈥 that the agency intends to identify no-fault crashes beginning in August. The article states the agency will implement its test 鈥減reventability鈥 study and incorporate it into CSA without rulemaking.
May 14, 2019BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyFuelLetters to the Editor
Letter: A Future Vision for Diesel Engines
I read with a skeptical eye the article quoting Mr. Roger Nielsen on the demise of the diesel (Transport Topics 4-29, p. 1). It鈥檚 true that the clipper ship Cutty Sark had only a decade before the age of steam kicked her off her pedestal as the fastest way to transport tea, but I also wonder if Mr. Nielsen鈥檚 predicted demise of the diesel engine may turn out to be an exaggeration.
May 14, 2019BusinessSafety
Seasoned Competitor Wade Wagemann Returns to Defend South Dakota Title
Wade Wagemann of YRC Freight will be gunning for his ninth appearance at the National Truck Driving Championships as he competes for the 13th time at the South Dakota Truck Driving Championships, which are being held May 18 at the Southeast Technical Institute in Sioux Falls.
May 14, 2019BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety
OEMs Offer Over-the-Air Software Updates as Latest Advance in Truck Maintenance
Truck manufacturers increasingly are enabling fleets to update truck software and programming parameters 鈥渙ver the air鈥 鈥 an innovation that is saving days of downtime.
May 14, 2019BusinessSafety
2019 North Carolina Truck Driving Championships
Photos from the North Carolina Truck Driving Championships in Raleigh, N.C., May 9-11, 2019. (North Carolina Trucking Association)
May 13, 2019GovernmentBusinessSafety
Steny Hoyer Says Infrastructure Package Hinges on Presidential Support
WASHINGTON鈥 The success of a federal infrastructure package will require the full and energetic support of President Donald Trump, Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), majority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, said during an Infrastructure Week kickoff event May 13.
May 13, 2019BusinessSafety
Keith Crook Earns Georgia Title in Weekend of Firsts
The Georgia Truck Driving Championships held in Buford May 11-12 was 鈥渁 wonderful celebration of the industry and a 鈥榝amily reunion,' " according to Emily Crane of the Georgia Motor Trucking Association. Keith Crook of UPS Freight took the Grand Champion title as well as the 5-Axle crown.
May 13, 2019