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Savvy Spec’ing: Brake balance

CCJ Staff (CCJ)

Oct 4, 2002

Think your brakes are perfectly balanced from the factory? Maybe not. Ryder Transportation shares its latest, optimum-brake-balance specs. Plus, we review the rampant brake imbalance fostered by first-generation ABS.

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The hidden cost of lawsuit abuse in the trucking industry

Large verdictsvagainst trucking fleets create a ripple effect of increased insurance premiums and lost GDP across the U.S. economy.

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Kodiak AI, a provider of Physical AI-powered autonomous vehicle technology, earlier this month completed an autonomous trucking program in Ohio in partnership with DriveOhio, the state's centralized hub for connected and autonomous vehicle testing and development. The program represents Kodiak's first operational deployment outside the sunbelt, and brought together stakeholders from Ohio and Indiana to experience autonomous long-haul trucking firsthand on Interstate 70, one of North America's most commercially significant freight corridors.

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