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| Preventable or not: Doe pained by four-wheeler’s lane switch |
| John Doe tried to avoid a four-wheeler that steered into his lane, but his rig jackknifed and slid off the road into a light pole. Was this a preventable accident? |
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| TODAY'S NEWS |
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I-5 corridor suffers ‘total disruption’ after bridge break (detours included) |
| An Interstate 5 bridge was hit the evening of May 23 by an oversized truck in Skagit County in Washington state near Mount Vernon and, subsequently, a large piece of the bridge broke loose and fell into the Skagit River.
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FMCSA shuts down Colorado-based carrier for myriad of violations |
| The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ordered trucking company GD Cars, based in Aurora, Colo., to immediately cease all operations after the carrier's equipment was found to have serious safety deficiencies, its drivers were not complying to hours-of-service rules and ... |
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Apex vending solutions automatically track, manage & control access to inventory, 24X7. They eliminate stockout, overstocking, theft & hoarding and greatly increase productivity.
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| Frequency, value of cargo thefts fall in late winter, early spring |
| In the three-month period of February-April, the number of cargo thefts dropped 16 percent from the previous three-month period, and the average loss value per load dropped 31 percent. |
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| Agency wants to eliminate quarterly financial reporting |
| The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration proposed a rule May 24 to eliminate the requirement of certain for-hire motor carriers to submit quarterly financial reports to the agency. |
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| Peterbilt hires Darrin Siver as new GM |
| Peterbilt Motors has hired Darrin Siver as its new general manager in a move to replace outgoing GM Bill Kozek, who announced this week he was leaving PACCAR after 26 years to become the president of Navistar's North American Trucks ... |
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The IPA® Mobile Tire Pressure Equalizer® will read and inflate up to 5 tires ensuring accurate and equal pressure. The Equalizer® will maximize fuel mileage, extend tread life and reduce blowout risk.
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| FMCSA shuts down two drivers following accidents while DUI |
| The Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has shut down two drivers with imminent hazard out-of-service orders, both announced this week. |
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| TRUCKGAUGE |
| Durable goods orders up 3.3% in April |
| Fueled especially by an 18% increase in commercial aircraft orders, new orders for manufactured durable goods increased $7.2 billion, or 3.3%, in April to $222.6 billion, according to initial U.S. Census Bureau figures. Excluding transportation equipment, new orders increased 1.3%. ... |
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| Sales of new, existing homes rise in April |
| Sales of new single-family homes rose 2.3% month to month in April while sales of existing homes edged up 0.6%, according to separate reports.
Single-family home sales in April were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 454,000 -- the second-highest ... |
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