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Parcel carrier LSO deploys SmartDrive video-based safety program

SmartDrive Systems announced that REGIONAL parcel carrier LSO, formerly Lone Star Overnight, has adopted its video-based safety PROGRAM. LSO delivers throughout the Southern states of Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana and in Mexico.

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Comment period for proposed diabetes rule change closes Monday

The comment period for FMCSA’s proposed rule to change how DIABETESis handled relative to drivers’ medical certification ends Monday, July 6. The proposed rule would allow drivers with DIABETES, instead of obtaining an exemption every two years from FMCSA, to obtain a Medical Examiner’s Certificate

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Sources indicate GM, Navistar nearing partnership

General Motors exited its 2009 bankruptcy without a medium duty commercial TRUCK segment and was greeted by a country stifled by recession, but all indications are the Detroit behemoth is set to come roaring back.

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Special edition: using technology to recruit and retain more drivers

The TRUCKINGindustry could immediately fill more than 30,000 driving POSITIONS. Carriers also will need to fill 100,000 positions

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4 ways to make driver training count

For the past 20 years, Cowan Systems (CCJ Top 250, No. 60) did not hire drivers with less than two years of experience. This standard has changed to meet conditions in the labor market, as it now hires drivers with one year of verifiable work experience

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Connected World: The Internet of Things now includes the Internet of Trucking Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) has a different meaning depending on your vantage point. As a consumer, the “things†could be your phone, Fitbit, smart clothing, car, home appliances and other devices sharing a common network and Internet connection.

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Stability control mandate officially published, set to take effect Aug. 2017

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration published a Final Rule in the Federal Register Tuesday that will require all trucks made Aug. 1, 2017, and after to be equipped with electronic stability control systems designed to prevent vehicle rollovers.

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Senate committee clears six-year, $275 billion highway bill

The Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee on Wednesday unanimously passed a six-year, $275 billion called the DRIVE Act.

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Transport America creates truck-specific weather alerting

The North Polar Vortex streamed south between December 2013 and April 2014, causing unusually cold weather in parts of Canada and the eastern United States.

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