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AHAA member in the news: Cold FireTactical achieves NTOA member tested and recommended status!

Recently Cold Fire Tactical, which got it’s start in Law Enforcement, had product submitted for testing and review to the National Tactical Officers Association. They are proud to announce that they passed!

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Jury awards $2.6 million to Swift owner-operator for negligence in equipment maintenance

A jury in a Houston-based federal court has found Swift liable in a lawsuit brought by an owner-operator leased to the company who claimed negligent maintenance practices by Swift caused a trailer to run over his foot. 

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Trucking’s technology revolution already begun, futurists say at CV Outlook panel

It’s easy to get caught up in all the glittering new technology truck OEMs and associated component suppliers are putting out today. 

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The driver shortage is real

“I don’t care if you’re running 50 trucks or 5,000, you have a driver problem,†Covenant Transportation Group Chairman David Parker told attendees at CCJ Market Movers, a new town-hall style event held Thursday, Aug. 27, during the Great American 

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JB Hunt countersued by fleet software provider for $5M; company claims carrier broke confidentiality agreement

JB Hunt has been countersued by transportation management software provider MercuryGate, who’s seeking $5 million 

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17-group coalition wants trucker drug testing provision removed from Senate highway bill

A coalition of labor advocacy and lobbying groups has sent a letter to transportation-focused lawmakers in the U.S. House asking them to reject a recent Senate proposition that would allow trucking companies to use hair testing for driver drug screening in 

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Major carrier asks FMCSA to allow its drivers to use split sleeper berth periods

CRST Expedited, No. 17 in the CCJ Top 250, has filed an exemption request with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration asking the agency to allow some CRST drivers to use split sleeper berth 

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Tracy Morgan crash update: NTSB blames truck operator’s lack of sleep, creates animation of crash scene

The root cause of the fatal June 2014 crash involving a Walmart tractor-trailer and actor/comedian Tracy Morgan was a tired truck operator 

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The connected vehicle: work together or go at it alone?

Truck, trailer and component manufacturers have a vision for the connected vehicle. And so do telematics providers. Both sides want to use technology to make vehicles safer, more efficient and productive. 

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