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The Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (TRAN) concluded its first week of hearings examining the detrimental impact of the Driver Inc. scheme on the trucking industry. Over two days, 10…
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently released proposed guidelines to help address driver distraction caused by mobile and other electronic devices in vehicles. The…
NHTSA Proposes ‘Driver Mode’ to Lock Cell Phone Features While Driving Read more...
Emergency responders and other volunteers from the community of Virden, Man. nobly came to the aid of hundreds of truck drivers last week after a blast of winter weather closed…
CTA Chair Reaches Out to Virden Responders for Aiding Stranded Truckers Read more...
The US Dept. of Transportation asked for public input to determine the setting in the proposed heavy-duty truck speed limiter mandate, with a majority of fleets favouring 65 mph, reports…
ATA Doesn’t Support Speed Limiter Rule as Currently Proposed Read more...
Special legislation to fix the legislative glitch that threatened use of a 34-hour restart as part of the hours-of-service rule for truck drivers passed the Senate by a 63-36 vote…
Congress Completes HOS Fix Read more...
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) has signed S.B. 995 into law on Dec. 9, authorizing electronically coordinated truck platooning on Michigan roads by creating an exception to the state’s minimum…
Michigan Law Opens a Door for Platooning Read more...
By David Bradley Canada is a trading nation. We have to be. Our domestic market is simply too small to sustain our standard of living. We are good at producing…
EDITORIAL: We Need Bridges, Not Walls Read more...
Transport Canada continues to move forward on a number of TDG related issues and is seeking feedback on two new initiatives. These include: Further International Harmonization (Gazette I Notice –…
TC Seeking Feedback on UN TDG Harmonization and Training Concepts White Paper Read more...
After a bit of a slump next year, the North American Class 8 market will turn up in 2018 based on a combination of factors, according to Kenny Vieth, president…
Truck Market Poised For Breakthrough in 2018-2020 Read more...
Members of the Trump transition team are trying to quell concerns that the incoming administration is bent on sparking a protectionist trade war with Canada, Mexico and other trading partners…
Trump Official: Administration Won’t Gut NAFTA Read more...
