By Jami Jones, Land Line senior editor The very agency charged with ensuring the compliance of Mexican trucks participating in a cross-border program is apparently operating above the law by even moving forward with the program, according to OOIDA. The Department of Transportation’s recent announcements that two Mexico-domiciled motor carriers have passed Pre-Authority Safety Audits drew …
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By Jonathan S. Reiskin, Associate News Editor This story appears in the Sept. 19 print edition of Transport Topics. Class 8 U.S. retail truck sales soared in August by 70.8% — the highest increase since 2004 — and crossed the 15,000-vehicle mark for the first time since 2007. WardsAuto.com said in a Sept. 13 report …
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BURLINGTON, N.J — Preventative maintenance (PM) is still top of mind for fleets, says a survey Arsenault Associates. According to the survey, 56 percent of fleets that use maintenance software apply it to automate PM scheduling. The survey also showed that a little less than 44 percent of fleets surveyed use software specifically designed for …
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By Deb QuAile, for The Rear View Mirror Long-term career satisfaction is everyone’s goal. So is identifying potential job candidates who will make the perfect puzzle fit into a company’s unique niche. But how can you obtain direct access to the people or companies that fit these needs? Enter JOBehaviors, the scientifically proven job-specific compatibility assessment …
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By BRETT BARROUQUERE Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Lynn Murphy doesn’t like using his cellphone while hauling a load in his truck, but sometimes a call for directions or instructions is a necessary evil.Murphy, a 66-year-old driver from St. Louis, likes having the option, though, and isn’t happy about a proposal by the National Transportation Safety Board …
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MINNEAPOLIS and LOS ANGELES — The Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index(PCI), issued today by the UCLA Anderson School of Management and Ceridian Corporation fell 1.4 percent in August on a seasonally and workday adjusted basis, following a 0.2 percent decline in July. “July and August results indicate that the PCI will decline in the third …
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By Eric Miller, Staff Reporter The federal government’s latest hours-of-service proposal will result in reduced wages for hundreds of thousands of truck drivers, significant costs for trucking companies and billions of dollars in lost productivity, American Trucking Associations told the Obama administration. “These inefficiencies and costs would deal a serious and sustained blow to the …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Examined your air brakes lately? You better this week as truck enforcement officials will be out in full force checking trucks for sub-standard brakes. More than 50 percent of out-of-service violations cited during roadside inspections were are for brake-related violations, according to Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) Roadcheck 2011 data. CVSA is working …
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August 2011 Postcard Notice Beginning the week of August 15, 2011 diesel truck owners were sent a postcard from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) titled, “Diesel Truck Owners: Act Now”. This postcard is part of ARB’s program to notify diesel truck owners about upcoming deadlines for the Truck and Bus Regulation. These deadlines may …
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By Timothy Cama, Staff Reporter, Transport Topics Online Trucking is attacking a federal regulation issued last month that will require employers to hang posters informing workers about their rights to form and join unions. “I find it somewhat difficult to believe that people are not aware of these rights today,” Prasad Sharma, deputy chief counsel …
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