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Feedback On CCJDigital Filling law enforcement’s coffers “The Rule of Unintended Consequences still applies. Slowing down motor vehicles has always been the Holy Grail for those jurisdictions that rely on traffic tickets for increased revenue – the lower the speed limit, the more tickets the cops can ...

By CCJ Staff Published May 1, 2012

Journal — TruckGauge

Fueling concerns over recovery Rising prices strain cash, could dampen demand As of March 19, diesel prices have risen 35.1 cents, or 9.5 percent, since the beginning of the year and have risen for eight straight weeks and 10 of the last 11 weeks. During that time, ...

By Avery Vise Published April 1, 2012

Trash talk The latest changes to refuse vehicles are extending equipment life, reducing emissions and enhancing safety Bob Nicholas, fleet director of Waste Pro USA, which has 1,400 vehicles working in seven states, knows that today’s refuse trucks share little in common with those that rolled along ...

By John G. Smith Published January 3, 2012

Safety

NHTSA to consider speed limiter rule in 2012 More than four years after the trucking industry asked the federal government to mandate speed limiters on new heavy-duty trucks, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that it would launch a rulemaking on the issue in 2012. ...

By CCJ Staff Published February 13, 2011

CSA'S Data Trail

Risk & Reward, Part 2: CSA data shows independents at risk

Independent wner-operators have a much greater chance of getting inspected and put out of service than owner-operators and company drivers at large ...