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Trucking contributed $6.3 million to campaigns this cycle, mostly to Republicans

As an update to the figures published by CCJ last month regarding trucking contributions to the 2016 election cycle, trucking industry political contributors gave $6.32 million to political campaigns this election cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

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Cargo thefts, values fall year-over-year in third quarter

Cargo theft reporting firm CargoNet received 447 reports of  cargo theft in the third quarter of 2016. The 447 total reports – which included 309 incidents of vehicle theft, 201 incidents of theft of cargo and 25 incidents of fraud –

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DOT forming advisory committee for autonomous transportation

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced this week he will establish an advisory committee on automated transportation, meant to help regulators frame policy around the development and deployment of automated

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FMCSA committees formally recommend requiring truckers with high BMI to be screened for sleep apnea

Two FMCSA advisory committees this week stamped their approval on recommendations to the agency regarding which truck drivers should be screened for obstructive sleep apnea before being cleared to drive.

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XPO sells truckload business to TransForce a year after acquiring Con-way

XPO Logistics announced it has sold its truckload business –the bulk of which came via a October 2015 acquisition of Con-way — to TransForce Inc. (No. 7 in the CCJ Top 250) for approximately $558 million in cash

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Volvo Trucks shows off new Driver Assist platform with latest crash avoidance tech

Volvo Trucks North America gave industry press and fleet customers an up close look this week at the company’s new Volvo Active Driver Assist system in a track demonstration in Laurens, S.C., showing off the crash avoidance tech meant to prevent  

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FTC: Groups fraudulently posed as DOT reps to scam owner-ops out of nearly $20M

The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against James Lamb and several of his motor carrier business services companies claiming they scammed thousands of owner-operators and other transportation providers out of nearly $20 million.

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Brakes, hours and logs lead Roadcheck 2016 violations

Inspectors during the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual 72-hour International Roadcheck campaign placed 21.5 percent of trucks inspected out of service, along with 3.4 percent of drivers, according to numbers released Oct. 20 by CVSA. CVSA reported 9,080 trucks were placed out of service during the inspection blitz, while 1,436 drivers were placed out of service. […]

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Autonomous truck makes first commercial delivery

The path toward a “driverless truck†is full of firsts, many of which have yet to take place. But last week the movement cleared one of its most significant hurdles to-date – actually making an autonomous delivery.  

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