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Trucks ready to fight Connecticut’s new tolling plan
A congestion tolling proposal by Connecticut’s new governor that would charge both cars and trucks for using state highways will be strongly opposed by the state’s trucking lobby, FreightWaves has been told. After initially backing a truck-only tolling plan released by the state shortly after he was elected in November, Governor Ned Lamont changed course […]
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FreightWaves Research Institute announces ‘War on Detention’ pledge
The FreightWaves Research Institute, in conjunction with industry partners, universities and technology vendors announces the “War on Detention Pledge” – a promise for companies involved in the freight transportation ecosystem to develop and advance research, initiatives and best practices to mitigate uncompensated asset and driver detention. Read more at : https://www.freightwaves.com/news/research-institute-war-on-detention Article by : FreightWaves staff Source […]
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Indiana patrollers to monitor truckers’ on-highway protest Thursday
The Indiana State Police will have extra patrollers monitoring the 50-mile I-465 loop around Indianapolis on Thursday as a group of truckers, many of them owner-operators, plan an on-highway protest. Thursday’s planned protest is a part of a larger effort calling for an April 12 shutdown, organized around a variety of truckers’ Facebook groups under […]
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Connecticut governor backs off of trucks-only toll plan
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, in an op-ed piece published in the Connecticut Post Saturday, Feb. 16, seemingly is reconsidering a trucks-only tolling plan he campaigned on during his run for office last year. Despite not having a specific plan for the tolls, the newly elected governor campaigned to enact a trucks-only toll similar to what is in place […]
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Truck recalls exceed sales, year in and year out
In the past several months alone, more than 35,000 trucks manufactured by Paccar, Daimler, Autocar and Navistar were recalled for defects involving seatbelts and clutch issues, according to news reports and NHTSA documents. That’s a lot of trucks, almost double the number of Class 8 trucks sold in January 2019. Read more at : https://www.freightwaves.com/news/economics/truck-recalls-exceed-sales Article […]
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Owner-operator of the Year finalist Danny Jewell still rolling after a half-century
Danny Jewell is one of three finalists for the 2018 Owner-Operator of the Year award, produced by the Truckload Carriers Association and Overdrive. The winner, who will receive a $25,000 cash prize, will be announced in March at TCA’s annual convention in Las Vegas. The other two finalists are Kevin Kocmich and Robert Roth. Danny Jewell, […]
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China may be first in large-scale autonomous vehicle adoption
The promise of driving has been looming over the transportation industry for the better part of this decade, but full-scale commercial adoption of the technology is still a topic of contention. This is because there are simply too many factors that play a role in deciding the roadmap to adoption, with technology development being the […]
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Soaking rains, flooding possible across the Southeast this week can cause problems for drivers
Typically, snow and ice are what slow down truckers the most during the winter, and this will probably happen in some parts of the country. But this week flooding will be an additional threat to drivers, mainly in the Southeast. There’s a good chance of road closures, as well as property damage to homes and […]
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Don Christner presents ‘Open range trucking in Wyoming’
Trucker and sometime Overdrive Extra blog contributor Don Christner added the video to the Overdrive’s Dashcam Central repository for reader-submitted dashcam videos. “We have some open range in Wyoming,” he says, and the road he was traveling shown above passes through some of it. Read more at : https://www.overdriveonline.com/don-christner-presents-open-range-hwy-in-wyoming/ Article by : Overdrive Staff Source and credits : https://www.overdriveonline.com/
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