Industry News – August 2011

Events

Landline Magazine CVSA Brake Safety Week planned for Sept. 11-17 – 8/22/11

Passenger Vehicle News

NY Times (Blog) 15,500 Navistar School Buses Recalled for Possible Fire Hazard – 8/26/11

All Car Tech Connected Vehicle Tests To Begin In Official NHTSA Trials – 8/23/11

Chicago Tribune NHTSA finds no defect after review of Corolla airbags – 8/17/11

WWLP.com Use of Electronic Devices While Driving – 8/19/11

Insurance Journal Americans Support National Law on Teen Driving: Survey – 8/9/11

Autos.Yahoo.com (CNBC) 15 Dangerous Cities for Driving – 8/4/11

Insurance Journal Survey: Americans Think They Are Great Drivers; Habits Show Otherwise – 8/2/11

Transportation Regulations

Today’s Trucking ATA wants “outdated, obsolete” trucking regs scrapped – 8/30/11

Detroit News NHTSA revamps effort to curb drunken driving – 8/29/11

Occupational Health & Safety NHTSA Rejects School Bus Seat Belts Again –

Trucking Info DOT to Revise Dozens of Regulations – 8/26/11

Washington Post Feds reject request to require seat belts on school buses – 8/25/11

FMCSA FMCSA Improves CSA Safety Measurement System – 8/22/11 Update

Trucking Info NHTSA Preparing to Require Stability Control Systems on Tractors – 8/18/11

Wall Street Journal (Blog) Safety Group: Seven Ways To Make Driving Less Deadly – 8/18/11

Journal of Commerce DOT Sends $417 Million in Road Grants to States – 8/17/11

Fleet Owner The benefits of modest economic growth – 8/17/11

Fleet Owner FMCSA drops plans to regulate farm trucks as CMVs – 8/15/11

Trucking Info Obama Administration Announces First Fuel Economy Standards for Medium and Heavy Trucks – 8/9/11

Transport Topics Obama Announces Heavy-Duty Truck Fuel Economy Standards – 8/9/11

Today’s Trucking FMCSA safety plan deemphasizes cars: ATA – 8/3/11

Transportation Nation Federal Legislation Could Force Farmers To Get a Commercial Driver’s License – 7/27/11

Trucking News

Transport Topics Appeals Court Throws Out EOBR Rule – 8/29/11

DC Velocity Driver shortage is everybody’s issue – 8/26/11

NPR.org The Hidden Lives Of Long-Haul Truckers – 8/25/11

Kansas City Business Journal Trucking weakens in July, American Trucking Associations says – 8/24/11

Trucking Info Truckstop Chains Upping Fitness Options – 8/24/11

Trucking Info Truck Driver Social Media Convention to be Held – 8/15/11

The Trucker ARTI survey on CSA reveals areas of understanding, prevalent myths – 8/12/11

The Trucker Survey: Drivers don’t understand principal elements of CSA – 8/11/11

The Trucker Study shows more education needed among drivers about CSA – 8/10/11

Fleet Owner Trucking’s efforts to pay it forward -8/9/11

Torque News Obama to announce new heavy truck rules today – 8/9/11

Triad Business Journal Rising demand yields turnover, higher costs for trucking firms – 8/5/11

Truck News US report finds 40% of fleets currently dealing with driver shortage – 8/5/11

Fleet Owner Trucking company involved in fatal train crash countersues railroads – 8/3/11

Texas Tribune Texas Short on Truckers as Demand Increases – 8/3/11

Florida Today Truck-driver shortage continues to get worse – 8/1/11

Transport Topics ATA Says FMCSA’s Strategic Plan Doesn’t Go Far Enough in Addressing Crash Causes – 8/1/11

Vehicle Technology

Fleet Owner One solution to managing cell phone use – 8/24/11

Fleetowner New tool monitors roadside inspection data – 8/17/11

Claims Journal Black Box Implications for Auto Insurers – 8/1/11