By Jim Beach, Contributing Editor Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief Driver monitoring has evolved tremendously in recent years. Some carriers still rely on reports from a 1-800 “how’s my driving” number to find out when… Read More »Monitoring Driver Behavior can Improve Safety and Reduce Costs
UPDATED: 11/30/2011 4:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Hino Trucks has signed a multi-year contract that makes Allison Transmission the exclusive supplier of transmissions for all Hino conventional trucks… Read More »Hino Trucks Signs Transmission Pact With Allison
By Tom Berg, Senior Editor Everything has a life span, but some of the things we make die sooner than they used to. For trailers, shortened lives usually can be blamed on corrosion caused by… Read More »Long-Life Trailer Specs
UPDATED: 11/29/2011 12:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration expects to complete work on a final hours-of-service rule within the next 30 days, according… Read More »FMCSA Expects Final Hours-of-Service Rule Within 30 Days
Short demo drive of Caterpillar’s first on-highway truck reveals whether it lives up to its ‘premium’ billing. By Tom Berg, Senior Editor We came, we saw, we drove — but not far. Caterpillar people are… Read More »Quickspin: Driving the new Cat Truck
UPDATED: 11/28/2011 11:30:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This The Department of Transportation announced a final rule that will ban interstate truck and bus drivers from using hand-held cellphones while… Read More »DOT Sets Final Rule Banning Truck Drivers' Use of Hand-Held Phones
UPDATED: 11/22/2011 1:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Trailer Bridge Inc. reported a third-quarter loss of $1.9 million, or 16 cents per share, compared to net income of $6,900,… Read More »Trailer Bridge Reports Third-Quarter Loss
UPDATED: 11/22/2011 3:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Most trucking companies believe the federal government’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program is an improvement over the SafeStat system it replaced, the… Read More »Most Truckers See CSA as an Improvement, ATRI Study Says
UPDATED: 11/23/2011 8:40:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Initial jobless claims increased by 2,000 last week to 393,000, the Labor Department said Wednesday. Economists had forecast 390,000 new claims,… Read More »Jobless Claims Rise for Week
No news will be posted on Truckinginfo.com today due to the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Please feel free to browse through our blogs or one of our in-depth sections, from Trucks Trailers to Drivers, or check… Read More »Happy Thanksgiving
UPDATED: 11/23/2011 8:50:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Consumer personal spending edged up 0.1% in October, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. The slight increase followed a revised 0.7% gain… Read More »Personal Spending Increases 0.1% in October
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/briefing-room.html FMCSA 35-11 Wednesday, November 23, 2011 Contact: Candice Tolliver Burns Tel: 202-366-9999 U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces Final Rule… Read More »U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces Final Rule That Bans Hand-Held Cell Phone Use by Drivers of Buses and Large Trucks