By TruckingInfo Staff The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s new Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) enforcement program has prompted many fleets to concentrate more on their recruiting and hiring processes. Technology is stepping up to help.… Read More »Technology, CSA and Driver Qualification
UPDATED: 12/15/2011 4:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Rush Enterprises said it has acquired West Texas Peterbilt, a dealership with five locations in Texas, for $25 million. The purchase… Read More »Rush Acquires West Texas Peterbilt
Crude oil analyzer was installed on this Heil tanker by Rush Peterbilt’s shop in San Antonio as part of its work to support the oil boom in the region, says Service Manager Fred Scott. Trailer… Read More »Oil boom needs special equipment on trailers and trucks
UPDATED: 12/14/2011 3:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This The Department of Energy has altered its weekly gasoline price average to $3.286 a gallon, a 0.4-cent weekly decline, from a previously… Read More »Gasoline Price Update: Price Drops 0.4¢ to $3.286
The turnover rate for truckload drivers at large fleets rose to 89% in the third quarter of 2011, the fourth straight quarterly increase, an indication of increased demand and competition for drivers, according to the… Read More »Truckload Turnover Rises for Fourth Straight Quarter
UPDATED: 12/13/2011 4:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This U.S. drivers would not be able to send text messages or use mobile phones — even with headsets or speakers —… Read More »NTSB Wants Ban on All Phone Use and Texting While Driving
The new Commercial Truck TPMS System with Hook Go features will measure and record tire pressures and internal temperatures. This system is installed inside the wheel/tire cavity in the drop center of the wheel. This… Read More »Esco Enters Commercial TPMS Market
UPDATED: 12/12/2011 12:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Protesters from the Occupy movement marched on West Coast ports including in Oakland and Long Beach, Calif., Monday, in an effort… Read More »Protesters March on West Coast Ports
Preliminary 2010 fatality and injury data shows that highway deaths fell to 32,885 for the year, the lowest level since 1949. The data also revealed that truck-related fatalities increased by nearly nine percent to 3,675.… Read More »Highway Fatalities Drop, Truck-related Deaths Rise
UPDATED: 12/8/2011 12:30:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This U.S. highway deaths fell to the lowest level in 2010 since 1949, but truck-related fatalities rose for the first time since… Read More »Highway Fatalities Fall to Record Low; Truck-Related Deaths Rise
By Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief Don’t expect trailer-on-flatcar to go away anytime soon, but expect it to increasingly be via 53-foot trailers. In FTR’s “State of Freight” webinar Thursday, senior consultant Larry Gross noted… Read More »TOFC still going strong
UPDATED: 12/9/2011 9:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This The U.S. trade deficit narrowed by 1.6% in October, shrinking to its lowest level of the year, the Commerce Department said… Read More »U.S. Trade Deficit Narrows in October