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Preventable or not: Doe’s trailer dinged by dock door

Sick of spinning his duals on snow and ice-covered roads in the Northeast, trucker John Doe happily accepted the task of delivering a load of colorful belly boards and swimwear to the Supreme Surfer

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FMCSA sued by drivers over allegedly divulging too much in pre-employment reports

Six drivers have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration claiming the agency “disparaged†their safety records and diminished their value as truck drivers by oversharing information on

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Association Election Results-2014

Association of Election Results 2014 Congratulations to the new Executive Committee, who will be seated effective July 1 2014! Kirk Williams- Chairman Donald Carney- Vice Chairman Anthony Carpentier-Secretary  

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Lawsuits against Caterpillar consolidated, new suits continue to be filed

More than a dozen lawsuits have now been filed against former truck engine maker Caterpillar over its 2007-2010 year model ACERT C13 and C15 engines, as carriers claim the engines had defects that Cat knew about

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CSA’s Distorted Rankings, Part 1: CSA’s flawed scoring doesn’t stop third parties from judging carriers

Three and a half years after Compliance Safety Accountability began its radical scrambling of how trucking safety is regulated and scored, carriers and owner-operators continue to suffer from its fallout, while bureaucrats struggle to repair

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DOT advised to tackle problems with technology in strategic freight, traffic mitigation plan

A Department of Transportation committee has advised using technology to address certain trucking issues among its 81 recommendations for developing a National Freight Strategic Plan.

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FedEx denies wrongdoing in case over transporting illegal prescription medicines

FedEx has been indicted by the Justice Department on counts of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, distribution of controlled substances and conspiracy to distribute misbranded drugs

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NTSB: Bevy of failures by pilot car, trucking co., authorities caused I-5 bridge strike, collapse last year

The National Transportation Safety Board blames a “series of deficiencies†on the events that led to a truck with an oversized load striking a sway brace on the bridge last May and causing it to collapse

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Bridgestone relaunches GCR tire &sService brand

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO) today unveiled its newly rebranded GCR Tires & Service division. The rebranding effort signifies BATO’s pledge to be the leading provider of commercial tires and service

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