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Drivers may be able to stop carrying paper copies of med cards as early as this week
Drivers will no longer be required to carry paper copies of their medical certification cards beginning Friday, Jan. 30, as the certification will have been integrated into drivers’ CDLs, FMCSA is expected to announce this week.
January 29, 2015
Business
Old Dominion loses disability bias suit, ordered to pay $119k to driver who self-reported alcoholism
A U.S. district court has ordered $119,612 in back pay to an ex-driver fired by Old Dominion Freight Line after he self-reported alcohol abuse.
January 28, 2015
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Test Drives
Test driving Freightliner’s severe duty lineup
CCJ Equipment Editor Jack Roberts is outside of Austin, Texas, this week to test drive two trucks out of Freightliner’s SD line: The 114SD and the 108SD dump. Here are two short clips of Roberts’ time with the two trucks Jan. 28
January 28, 2015
Business
CCJ sister site Truck Parts & Service names Distributor of the Year
Parts distributor Six Robblees’ has been named the 13th annual Truck Parts & Service Distributor of the Year, with the announcement coming at the Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week Jan. 27 in Las Vegas.
January 28, 2015
CCJ Innovators
CCJ Innovator: Walmart Transportation aims to double fleet efficiency
For Walmart – a company whose U.S. operation employs 1.3 million people and has 4,987 retail stores, 42 regional distribution centers (each serving roughly 100 retail locations) and a fleet of 7,000 trucks – identifying and correcting inefficiencies in freight movement would have a major impact on its environmental footprint while it works to meet its goal.
January 28, 2015
Business
Driver turnover rate climbs slightly in third quarter, ATA reports
The turnover rate at large truckload fleets rose a percentage point to 97 percent in 2014’s third quarter from the prior quarter, according to number released today by ATA. The turnover rate at LTL carriers also rose from 11 percent to 13 percent in the third quarter. The turnover rate at small truckload fleets held at 94 percent.
January 28, 2015
Business
Senator files $1T, 5-year transportation infrastructure spending bill
Independent Senator Bernie Sanders (Vt.) has filed a transportation bill that would appropriate $1 trillion to infrastructure spending over the next five years. The bill could be the first highway bill to the table as lawmakers face a May 31 expiration date of the current stopgap measure passed last year.
January 28, 2015
Business
Industry reacts to FMCSA’s crash fault study: Where’s the ‘accountability’ in Compliance, Safety, Accountability?
Industry groups released statements last week reiterating their stance on crash fault weighting in CSA: The program has a potentially major problem with fairness if crash accountability continues to be left out.
January 27, 2015
Business
Registration opens for 2015 Bendix Brake Training School
Bendix has released the 2015 schedule and opened registration for its in-person Bendix Brake Training School. Offered by Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems and Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake, this year’s training school opens Tuesday, March 24, in Owosso, Michigan. Classes are scheduled into November, with a total of 19 sessions in 13 U.S. states and Ontario. […]
January 27, 2015
Business
Mack offers GuardDog Connect as Concrete Pumper option
In an effort to simplify service needs for customers in the highly demanding concrete pumper application, Mack Trucks now offers specialized Uptime support. Mack GuardDog Connect, its integrated telematics solution, will be standard on Mack TerraPro concrete pumper models ordered as of April, making it the first such proactive support service available in the trucking […]
January 27, 2015
Business
Research: drivers favor percentage pay over miles, hours
As carriers continue to create new pay packages to increase driver satisfaction, a recent study by Stay Metrics shows drivers are happiest with percentage split pay.
January 27, 2015
Business
Diesel price hits lowest point since March 2010
The national average price for a gallon of on-highway diesel fell 6.7 cents in the week ended Jan. 26, according to the Department of Energy’s weekly report, bringing the nation’s average at-pump diesel price to $3.866 — the lowest since the week ended March 1, 2010.
January 27, 2015
Business
ATA asks Congress to raise fuel taxes, says infrastructure deficiencies cost industry 141 million hours a year
In a joint letter sent to Congress on Jan. 26, the American Trucking Associations, AAA and the Chamber of Commerce asked lawmakers to raise taxes on gasoline and diesel purchases — a solution they say will provide the funds the U.S. needs to prevent a shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund.
January 27, 2015
Business
VDO RoadLog ELD software updated for 34-hour restarts
An update to the VDO RoadLog software is available Monday, January 26, 2015.
January 26, 2015
Business
CCJ Indicators: 2014 sees tonnage spike, 40 percent growth in truck orders
Several firms reported this week 2014 wrap-ups, pointing toward solid tonnage growth and big growth in the Class 8 truck market. Also, rates and capacity continue to press shippers, though conditions have improved slightly for them in recent months.
January 26, 2015
Business
Wal-Mart settles with family of comedian killed in Tracy Morgan crash
The family of late comedian James McNair has reached an undisclosed wrongful death settlement with Wal-Mart and its private fleet, stemming from the high-profile June 2014 crash that killed McNair and left several others critically injured, including actor Tracy Morgan.
January 26, 2015
Business
Kenworth T880 named ATD’s Truck of the Year; ATD also names Dealer of the Year
The Kenworth T880 was named the American Truck Dealers’ Commercial Truck of the Year this weekend at the ATD Convention and Expo in San Francisco, besting two other finalists, the Peterbilt 567 and the International WorkStar 7600.
January 26, 2015
Business
DOT gets guilty pleas in pay-for-answers CDL scheme in New York
The Department of Transportation announced recently that three people in New York have pleaded guilty to charges in a scheme in which test takers were provided answers to CDL examinations via Bluetooth devices embedded in pencils and covert camera equipment.
January 23, 2015
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