BMT Forum Bot
-
Posts
12,571 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
1
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Gallery
Events
Blogs
BMT Wiki
Collections
Store
Everything posted by BMT Forum Bot
-
Researchers at the Highway Loss Data Institute in Arlington, Va., say laws prohibiting motorists from texting while driving are not bringing down crash rates. In fact, HLDI says crash rates tend to increase after a ban goes into effect. View the full article -
Sales of used Class 8 commercial vehicles were up 55 percent in August compared to the prior year on a "same dealer" basis, according to ACT Research Co. View the full article
-
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation aimed at reducing the amount of copper in brake pads -- a bill brake makers applauded after working with legislators to address potential problems with the initial proposal. View the full article
-
The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that driver fatigue stemming from acute sleep loss was to blame in a multi-vehicle crash that claimed 10 lives in Oklahoma last year. View the full article
-
William Zollars, chairman, president and chief executive officer of YRC Worldwide, announced hi will retire from the company upon the successful completion of YRC Worldwide's comprehensive recovery plan. View the full article
-
What do an old-school auto manufacturer, a soft drink maker, the world's largest discount retailer, a consumer packaged goods company -- and some of the country's most creative trucking companies -- have in common? Innovative use of information technology. View the full article
-
Driver turnover rose measurably during the second quarter for the first time in nearly four years, according to the American Trucking Associations. View the full article
-
What is being billed as "a major investigation into transportation safety in America," conducted by journalism students from 11 universities, says the National Transportation Safety Board, the federal panel charged with investigating accidents and proposing ways to prevent them, has essentially given up on 1,952 of its safety recommendations - one of every six it has made since 1967. View the full article
-
The Teamsters and YRC Worldwide announced Friday that they have reached a tentative agreement. View the full article
-
The average price of diesel fuel fell for the first time in three weeks, according to weekly figures from the U.S. Department of Energy. View the full article
-
The California Air Resources Board says an innovative financial incentive program has helped put more than 650 hybrid trucks and buses on California roads. View the full article
-
FleetPride has acquired Southwest Brake & Parts, Inc. View the full article
-
North American Detroit Diesel-Allison and Webasto distributors and will soon be sporting a new image View the full article
-
On a recent visit to Woodland Park, Colo., -based Sturman Industries, I was privileged to view the first beginnings of Eddie Sturman's crank-free internal combustion engine. View the full article
-
At the 63rd IAA truck show, held September in Hannover, Germany, DAF showed its medium-duty LF Hybrid in production form. View the full article
-
The Association of America Railroads voiced its opposition to the Obama administration's request that Congress make permanent programs allowing higher-weight trucks access to the Interstate system in Maine and Vermont. View the full article
-
August commercial trailer net orders were up 55 percent from August of 2009, continuing a healthy rebound from what was one of the worst years in the commercial trailer industry, according to ACT Research Co. View the full article
-
Six rest areas on interstate highways in New York State will be closed this fall due to budget cuts. The closures affect several NYSDOT rest stops on Interstates 81, 87, 88 and 90, and do not impact any travel plazas located on the New York State Thruway. View the full article
-
Jasper Engines and Transmissions broke ground September 8 on a 41,250-square-foot expansion to its Crawford County, Ind., facility. View the full article
-
In an apparent case of the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing, even as Schneider National's safety VP Don Osterberg was participating in the National Distracted Driving Summit in Washington, D.C., this week, the company was using texting in its recruiting ads. View the full article
-
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce released what it says is a first-of-it-kind annual index designed to look over time at how U.S. transportation infrastructure is serving the needs of the U.S. economy and business community. View the full article
-
Jeffrey Schlecht, a technician at Omaha Truck Center's shop in Norfolk, Neb., won the SuperTech competition at the Technology & Maintenance Council's Fall Meeting in Raleigh, N.C., this week. Schlecht outscored 40 other competitors in a series of written and hands-on tests set up by industry volunteers at the Raleigh Convention Center. View the full article
-
Despite a slow-growth economy, driver training program administrators with recently certified or recertified Professional Truck Driver Institute courses are experiencing an increase in demand for their graduates and expect to benefit from the federal government's new CSA 2010 enforcement initiative. View the full article
-
The FMCSA Office of Analysis, Research and Technology will host a webinar examining last year's historic decline in truck crashes. The webinar will be held Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1-2 p.m. Eastern Time. View the full article
-
Oshkosh Corp. Chairman and CEO Robert Bohn has decided to retire at the end of this year. The company has named Charles L. Szews chief executive officer, effective Jan. 1, 2011. View the full article
BMT Forum Logo
