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• Truckers Warned of Safety Hazards on Shenandoah Mountain

  PennDOT put up signs last week in Schuylkill County, PA, warning drivers of a dangerous mountainside, specifically truck drivers with a heavy load coming down... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2012 BUSINESS

• Trucking Association Warns of Nearly $7 Diesel

  

  California clean fuel directives will drive up diesel prices at the pump to around $6.69/gal. and put California’s truckers at a significant competitive... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Private Investigator Marketing: 13 Innovative Tips

  Innovative marketing tactics can go a long way in creating new business opportunities, and as private investigators look for ways to rejuvenate their marketing... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2012 GADGETS, TECH

• Oklahoma Opens First of 9 High-tech Weigh Stations

  Oklahoma’s first state-of-the-art commercial truck weigh station opened last week in Kay County along Interstate 35 just south of the Kansas border, the first o... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2012 GADGETS, TECH

• Re-evaluating Transportation Risks Required

  While collisions remain the number one risk in the transportation industry in terms of insurance claims, it’s actually been on the decline for several years... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2012 GADGETS, TECH

• Different Angles on Traffic Issues

  I write a great deal in this space about behavior behind the wheel and the impact of distracted driving on highway safety, but sometimes interesting new angles... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2012 GADGETS, TECH

• ATA Chief Sees Move to Natural Gas, Better Days Ahead for Trucking

  Bill Graves, American Trucking Assns. president & CEO, is optimistic about the future of trucking and predicts that the increased use of natural gas as truc... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2012 GADGETS, TECH

• Reality TV Show Seeks ‘American Truckers’

  

  Truckers interested in becoming reality TV stars while also earning some extra cash are being invited to apply to be cast in a new trucker reality television... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2012 ENTERTAINMENT

• Bill Will Require EPA to Consider Costs of Fuel Regs

  

  A bill that directs the president to establish an interagency committee to study certain EPA rules and actions that impact the price of diesel fuels and gasolin... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2012 GADGETS, TECH

• Free Webinar to Cover Trucking Industry Economics & Trends

  

  While there have been some promising signs of recovery during the past year, increasing fuel prices, sluggish growth in certain fleet sectors and a shortage of... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2012 ECONOMICS

• ATA’s Costello: “Most Economic Indicators Still Look Good”

  

  ATA tonnage index up again in March The American Trucking Associations (ATA) reported this morning that its advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2012 ECONOMICS

• ATA’s Costello: “Most Economic Indicators Still Look Good”

  ATA tonnage index up again in March The American Trucking Associations (ATA) reported this morning that its advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2012 GADGETS, TECH

• NHTSA Probing Alleged International School Bus Stall/fire-hazard Defect

  

  Navistar’s International CE school-bus unit last summer issued a voluntary recall of 15,500 school buses regarding a potential fire hazard and it became known... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2012 TRAVEL

• GPS Tracking & Fleet Management – Diesel Falls Again, Declining 4.2¢, to...

  

  Diesel fell for the third time in four weeks, doubling last week’s decline to a 4.2-cent drop to $4.085 a gallon, the Department of Energy said Monday. Gasoline... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2012 ECONOMICS

• GPS Tracking & Fleet Management – ‘American Trucking Trends’ Tool to Chart Cours...

  

  Calling it the “singularly most important guide to trucking facts and figures,” the 2012 edition of ATA American Trucking Trends by American Trucking Assns. Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2012 GADGETS, TECH

• GPS Tracking & Fleet Management – Carriers Re-adjusting for the Long-term

  

  A slow-growth economy, high fuel prices, and shifting freight patterns are leading many carriers large and small to readjust their long-term strategies so they... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2012 GADGETS, TECH

• GPS Tracking & Fleet Management – TCA Webinar Explores the ‘Art and Science of...

  

  Trucking company executives are invited to learn strategies that could save their companies between 2 and 4 cents per gallon of fuel in a Truckload Carriers... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2012 GADGETS, TECH

• Covert GPS Tracking – Proposed “Mobile Device Privacy Act” Legislation

  

  Rep. Edward Markey [D-MA-7] has prepared draft legislation of the “Mobile Device Privacy Act” relative to last year’s disclosure of geolocation of cellphones... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2012 GADGETS, TECH

• GPS Tracking & Fleet Management – Medical Examiner Final Rule Viewed as “good...

  Many in trucking believe the long-awaited final rule issued this week by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) establishing a National Registr... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2012 GADGETS, TECH

• GPS Tracking & Fleet Management – Trucking Exec. Calls for Congressional...

  

  The chief financial officer for Cherry Hill, NJ-based National Freight Inc. (NFI) warned a Senate committee that rapidly increasing and excessive highway tolls... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2012 GADGETS, TECH