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CSA’s Distorted Rankings, Part 3: The ‘ugly little secret’ of CSA
In the final part of the CSA’s Distorted Rankings series: An in-depth look at how severity weights and peer groups lead to other CSA problems.
July 22, 2014
Business
CSA’s Distorted Rankings, Part 2: SMS, safety rating system disconnect compounds problems
The difference in results between CSA rankings and the safety rating system is marked. In some quarters, eliminating that disconnect is seen as at least a partial solution to public confusion over what the scores mean. It’s a key component of why critics feel use of the scores in business decisions is so onerous.
July 21, 2014
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CSA’s Distorted Rankings, Part 1: CSA’s flawed scoring doesn’t stop third parties from judging carriers
Three and a half years after Compliance Safety Accountability began its radical scrambling of how trucking safety is regulated and scored, carriers and owner-operators continue to suffer from its fallout, while bureaucrats struggle to repair the complex program.
July 17, 2014
Business
APU manufacturer Idle Free acquired by Phillips & Temro Industries
Phillips & Temro Industries (“PTI”), a portfolio company of Audax Group, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Idle Free Systems, Inc (“Idle Free”). Headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, Idle Free provides idle elimination auxiliary power unit (APU) solutions for over-the-road, day cab, and work truck markets. The acquisition of Idle Free Systems expands […]
July 16, 2014
Business
Agency makes carrier insurance increase priority, delays Safety Fitness Determination rule
The prospect of a proposed Safety Fitness Determination rule coming this year seems to have diminished, as the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has made its work on producing a rule raising the minimum amount of liability insurance for carriers a higher priority, according to projected rule publication dates in a recent DOT report.
July 15, 2014
Business
NHTSA begins work on underride guard rule
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will begin rulemaking to consider improving standards for rear impact or underride guards on trailers, semitrailers and single-unit trucks.
July 15, 2014
Business
Customer shipments of Navistar vocational trucks with 9- and 10-liter SCR engines begins
Navistar, Inc. announced today that it has started customer shipments of its first International DuraStar and International WorkStar vehicles with the company’s 9- and 10-liter engines with Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) emissions technology. The company’s internal testing shows these products are delivering up to eight percent in fuel economy improvement over the previous generation. “Our field test customers are […]
July 15, 2014
Business
Cummins introduces reduced emissions medium-duty truck engine
Today, Cummins Inc. announced the development of an engine and powertrain that reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by as much as 80 percent compared with a baseline gasoline-powered medium-duty truck. The work was jointly funded by Cummins in partnership with the California Energy Commission (CEC). CO2 is the primary greenhouse gas (GHG) emitted through human […]
July 14, 2014
Business
Vigillo’s big data platform adds judicial outcomes of driver citations
Vigillo LLC, creators of Athena, an advanced big data platform for the transportation industry, announced that it has partnered with U.S. Legal Services Inc. to add a new premium data channel to Athena.
July 11, 2014
Business
FMCSA OK’s full digital logs on smartphone, tablet logging apps
Digital logs produced by smartphone, tablet or computer apps no longer have to be printed and signed manually by drivers, according to new guidance on digital logs issued by FMCSA.
July 10, 2014
Business
PrePass participation reaches 475,000 trucks
HELP Inc., the non-profit public-private partnership that provides PrePass weigh station bypass and truck safety screening services, announced a significant milestone in its growth.
July 8, 2014
Business
When the ELD deadline arrives, will you be ready?
At the CCJ Summer Symposium last month in San Diego, an ELD-related panel discussion of fleet executives warned the rollout of ELDs takes considerable time and management expertise to pull off correctly.
July 7, 2014
Business
Clean diesel commercial truck fleet continues to grow
More than one-third of all medium- and heavy-duty commercial trucks registered in the United States – 2.9 million of 8.8 million trucks – are now equipped with newer technology clean diesel engines, according to new data compiled by HIS Automotive for the Diesel Technology Forum.
July 4, 2014
Business
CSA compliance: the outsourcing is in
Considering the risks of non-compliance, many fleets are getting expert help. Here are three options to lighten the administrative load and nip exceptions long before they surface as CSA alerts.
July 3, 2014
Business
Randall-Reilly announces Commerical Vehicle Outlook Conference agenda and speakers
Randall-Reilly, publisher of CCJ magazine, has announced the agenda and speakers for the Commercial Vehicle Outlook Conference which will be held August 20-21, 2014, at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center Dallas, in Dallas, Texas.
July 2, 2014
Business
ATA, Alliance support e-log mandate in formal comments, OOIDA blasts rule
Trucking trade groups held their formal public comments on the proposed federal electronic logging device mandate until the waning hours of the 90-day comment period, and each of the major ones fell as expected in terms of support or opposition: The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association against, with the American Trucking Associations and Trucking Alliance for.
July 1, 2014
Business
FMCSA reports more than 30,000 now on roster of certified medical examiners
Another 8,000 health professionals have been added to the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners (NRCME) since the new system for USDOT medical examinations launched last month, FMCSA reports.
June 30, 2014
Business
Former FMCSA boss backs Senate suspension of 2013 restart changes
Former FMCSA Administrator Annette Sandberg says the restart changes were implemented without sufficient analysis of truck traffic increasing at the same time motorists and school children begin their commute.
June 26, 2014
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