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Industry News – September 2011

  • Accident Reconstruction

    • Claims Journal Toyota Announces New Safety Research Projects – 9/16/11

  • Events

    • Bulk Tranporter TMC fall meeting will offer packed educational slate – 9/14/11

  • Insurance Industry

  • Legal Industry

  • Passenger Vehicle News

  • Traffic Crashes

    • NHTSA Seat Belt Use in 2010 – 9/2/11
    • Detroit Free Press Distracted driving numbers don’t tell the whole story – 7/31/11

  • Transportation Regulations

    • Torque News Jeep Liberty under NHTSA investigation for airbag risks – 9/28/11
    • Journal of Commerce Lawmakers Seek End to Trucking HOS Rewrite – 9/27/11
    • Left Lane News NHTSA awards $2.25M contract to develop in-car blood alcohol test – 9/26/11
    • Business Week Court rejects key aspect of Clean Truck Program – 9/27/11
    • Landline Magazine ‘Casually open border?’ DeFazio questions FMCSA’s intention – 9/20/11
    • Sacramento Bee Tolling I-95 is the Wrong Solution for Virginia and the Nation – 9/19/11
    • USA Today Safety board: Ban cellphone use by truckers – 9/14/11
    • Fox News Obama Mandating Rearview Cameras in Cars? – 9/12/11
    • Transport Topics ATA Asks White House to Keep Current HOS Rules in Place – 9/6/11
    • Transport Topics Fixing the EOBR Rule – 9/5/11
    • Bloomberg U.S. Tanker Trucks Need Anti-Rollover Retrofits, NTSB Says – 9/2/11
    • Today’s Trucking ATA wants “outdated, obsolete” trucking regs scrapped – 8/30/11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
    • Transportation Nation Federal Legislation Could Force Farmers To Get a Commercial Driver’s License – 7/27/11

  • Trucking News

    • Kansas City Business Journal U.S. trucking volume decline lessens in August – 9/27/11
    • Logistics Management Trucking news: ATA reports seasonally-adjusted tonnage is down 0.2 percent in August – 9/27/11
    • Business Week Retailers Cautious on U.S. Consumers Risk Holiday Shipping Rush – 9/29/11
    • The Packer Too hot to handle: food truck deliveries and slow coming regulation – 9/23/11
    • National Geographic Smarter Trucking Saves Fuel Over the Long Haul – 9/23/11
    • Journal of Commerce Transport Executives Rank Among Nation’s Richest – 9/22/11
    • Fleet Owner Economic outlook dims, yet freight faces a different fate – 9/15/11
    • The Trucker CVSA targets drivers, mechanics on proper brake inspection, maintenance – 9/12/11
    • Trucking Info Brake Safety Week to Target Brake Adjustment – 9/9/11
    • Overdrive Online CVSA: Brakes top out-of-service violations – 9/9/11
    • Omaha.com Trucking ‘in a great spot,’ says economist – 9/10/11
    • FMCSA CSA Update for Truck Drivers
    • Fleet Owner Contemplating the freight impact of a ‘no growth’ economy – 9/6/11
    • Fox News Government Sues Trucking Company for Taking Keys Away From Alcoholic Driver – 9/2/11
    • Trucking Info Trucking Industry Backs Obama’s Call for Speedy Solution to Highway Funding – 9/1/11
    • 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

    • Extreme Tech Cheers! The built-in car breathalyzer that scans your finger for alcohol – 9/28/11
    • Insurance Journal Google Secretive About ‘Super Safe’ Robot Car Crash – 9/13/11
    • Trucking Info Bendix to Hold Safety Technology Demo in Washington, DC – 9/12/11
    • 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

  • Video

    • WPSDlocal6 NTSB calls for blanket ban on cell phones in big rigs – 9/16/11
    • Digtriad.com Rural Road In NC Ranked As Some Of Most Dangerous In US – 9/2/11