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Category: Driver Stuff

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Increased 6.6% in 2018

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Increased 6.6% in 2018

| January 23, 2019

American Trucking Associations For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 6.6% in all of 2018 – the largest annual gain since 1998 “The good news is that 2018 was a banner year for truck tonnage, witnessing the largest annual increase we’ve seen in two decades,” said ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello. “With that said, there is evidence that the […]

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Trucking Companies Exposed To New Liability Risk After FMCSA Preemption

Trucking Companies Exposed To New Liability Risk After FMCSA Preemption

| January 10, 2019

Motor carriers who do not follow California’s meal and rest break laws risk pending or future civil lawsuits. Those new risks were triggered by a petition filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in late December by the Teamsters union. The Teamsters want the court to reverse the federal agency’s ruling, claiming […]

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Enterprise Rideshare and Pennsylvania DOT Partner on New Vanpool Approach

Enterprise Rideshare and Pennsylvania DOT Partner on New Vanpool Approach

| January 23, 2018

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is partnering with Enterprise Rideshare – part of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car neighborhood network – to launch a new statewide public-transit program, the Pennsylvania Vanpool Incentive Program (PVIP). Enterprise Rideshare includes vRide, which was acquired in 2016, and based on annual passenger miles, would rank as the fourth largest U.S. […]

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Parking Reservation Platform for 3rd-Party Services, Including Fleets, Launched

Parking Reservation Platform for 3rd-Party Services, Including Fleets, Launched

| February 15, 2017

SpotHero, a leading parking reservation service with an extensive network of connected garages, lots, and valets, has launched the SpotHero Parking Developer Platform to provide parking reservation functionality to websites, apps and cars with connected or autonomous capabilities.  The service enables drivers to reserve affordable off-street parking nationwide via its website and mobile app. With the SpotHero Parking […]

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EpicVue Satellite TV Package Pre-wired in New Kenworth Sleepers

EpicVue Satellite TV Package Pre-wired in New Kenworth Sleepers

| January 27, 2017

To help promote driver retention and recruitment, new Kenworth T680 76-inch sleepers are now available with a Kenworth factory-installed, in-cab satellite TV pre-wire option to support EpicVue satellite television subscription service. EpicVue is a provider of premium in-cab satellite TV packaged exclusively for the trucking industry and available for fleets with 20 or more vehicles. […]

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EROAD Sponsors Truckers Against Trafficking

EROAD Sponsors Truckers Against Trafficking

| December 22, 2016

Leading transportation technology and services company, EROAD, headquartered in Portland will become a sponsor of Truckers Against Trafficking to support the important role truck drivers play in reporting crime on our nation’s highways. “In our ongoing efforts to give back to our community, we are becoming a sponsor of Truckers Against Trafficking,” said Gail Levario, vice […]

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Radar Collision Avoidance System Now On Select Kenworth Trucks

Radar Collision Avoidance System Now On Select Kenworth Trucks

| December 16, 2016

Kenworth has announced that a radar-based collision mitigation system, the Bendix Wingman Advanced, which delivers adaptive cruise control with braking, along with autonomous emergency braking technology to help drivers mitigate rear-end collisions is is now available for order as an option for Kenworth T270 and T370 medium duty trucks. So get this: Using a radar sensor mounted to […]

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How Road Fatalities Were Reduced in Pennsylvania

How Road Fatalities Were Reduced in Pennsylvania

| November 30, 2016

In what might be a good model for how to reduce traffic accidents on holiday weekends in other locations, the Pennsylvania State Police reported that it investigated 931 crashes during the five-day Thanksgiving holiday driving period from Nov. 23 through Nov. 27, 2016 and the results show a decrease of 8.1 percent compared to the 1,013 crashes investigated during the Thanksgiving holiday driving period […]

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Ride-sharing Concept Comes to Small Package Shipping

Ride-sharing Concept Comes to Small Package Shipping

| November 29, 2016

If it works for people, then why not for packages?  In a new twist on ride-sharing, sending packages around Southern Ontario just became a lot more personal with the introduction of RoadWages, an online shipping portal that connects customers directly with available drivers.  This somewhat novel approach attempts to eliminate the middleman process of shipping and claims […]

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Kenworth T880 Reconfigured for HD Fleet Applications

Kenworth T880 Reconfigured for HD Fleet Applications

| September 20, 2016

Kenworth has expanded its T880 with a set-forward front axle configuration and named the truck the T880S. It is designed for fleet and truck operators in ready-mix, dump and mobile crane applications where every incremental pound of payload delivered contributes directly to the bottom line, and excellent maneuverability and visibility are valued. The bumper setting […]

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