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PACCAR Incorporated KENWORTH / 2015-2016 PETERBILT / 2015-2016 Vehicle Speed may Unexpectedly Increase

PACCAR Incorporated (PACCAR) is recalling certain model year 2015-2016 Peterbilt 220 and Kenworth K300 trucks manufactured September 1, 2014, to March 30, 2015. Each time the cruise control speed decrease button is pressed, the vehicle speed will actually increase by one mile per hour.

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VEHICLE LOADING AND DAMAGE PREVENTION MANUAL Release 2.1

The following document was put together by members of the Auto Haulers Association of America. Our goal is to have a document that would serve as a foundation for driver training. Thus, we felt it important to keep it as simple, and straightforward as possible. Areas of emphasis include driver safety, and damage prevention. This […]

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Here’s where carrier costs rose and shrunk in 2014 (Hint: driver pay up, fuel down)

Carrier spending on fleet equipment upgrades and increases in driver pay more than offset lower fuel prices in 2014, according to the annual Operational Costs of Trucking report issued Sept. 28 by the American Transportation Research Institute.

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Firestorm of controversy over trucker pay hits Vancouver port

British Columbia’s first container tucking commissioner has resigned after audits revealed Port Metro Vancouver truckers were shorted pay. 

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Latest on hours of service: DOT enters next phase of 34-hour restart study, short-term gov’t funding won’t affect ‘restart rollback’

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Oct. 1 it has concluded the data collection phase of the Congressionally required study on 2013’s 34-hour restart rules.

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Caterpillar cutting 10,000 jobs as revenues fall below expectations

Global equipment giant Caterpillar announced Sept. 24 it could be cutting about 10,000 jobs in the coming years as part of across-the-board cost-cutting measures intended to save the company $1.5 billion a year once implemented. 

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Paccar files non-compliance petition over potential turn signal indicator recall for certain Petes, KWs

Paccar has filed a petition with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to request an exemption from providing a recall notification for an issue with the turn signal indicators on trucks’ dash instrument panel. 

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TCA says costs outweigh benefits in 91,000-pound proposition

A Congressional move to allow 91,000-pound trucks on U.S. highways would do more to hurt the trucking industry’s productivity than help it, says the Truckload Carriers Association, who recently penned a letter to Rep. Reid Ribble regarding 

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Here’s looking at you: Fleets trying to sell event recorder safety message to drivers

Much ink has been spilled regarding the tanking public perception numbers of law enforcement agencies in the year since the highly publicized death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. Cell phone footage from several other high-profile incidents since that time only have added fuel to the fire. 

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