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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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FMCSA wants to change CSA intervention thresholds, make hazmat category public

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published June 29 proposed changes to its Compliance, Safety, Accountability safety program, including lowering some intervention thresholds

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Samsung’s ‘Clear’ Truck Aims to Make the Roads Safer

Samsung wants to leverage its technological expertise to make the roads a safer place.  It’s a situation most drivers have experienced plenty of times: You’re driving down a two-lane highway, stuck behind a slow-moving semi truck and unsure if it’s safe to drive in the opposite lane to pass the vehicle.

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Following court defeat, Walmart weighing next moves in trucker pay lawsuit

Walmart is considering its next steps in a class action suit where a federal judge concluded truckers must be paid at least minimum wage for all time worked

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