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Trucking industry pushes for automatic emergency braking on all new vehicles
For years the auto industry fought the mandating of various safety technologies. Airbags, for example, were opposed by most

Startups accelerate efforts to reinvent trucking industry
Investors are pouring millions of dollars into startups hoping to disrupt the $700 billion trucking industry, the latest example

U.S. Postal Service opts for RAM cargo vans
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles recently announced it will supply the U.S. Postal Service with more than 9,000 Ram ProMaster cargo

Trucking industry bracing for a downturn
Private trucking and logistics executives say that spot-market demand has turned soft this month and that the contractual rate

Repair Work Continues in South Carolina Following Flood
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Life has started to return to normal in areas of South Carolina inundated by massive floods

Driver shortage will continue to rise, says ATA
The trucking industry will need to hire 890,000 drivers in the next decade to replace retirees and meet rising
Increase in Trucking Interstate Weight Limits Debated
With both sides of the debate over heavier trucks readying for battle via the markup of the next federal

Are women the answer to trucker shortage?
Female truckers are sliding into long-haul cabs as companies seek to end a U.S. driver shortage, and they’re proving

ATA urges Congress to provide truck driver hair testing option
In an August 24 letter, American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves asked Congress to move forward with

Experts predicting tech will cost trucking jobs
The revolution in self-driving vehicles could see as many as 8.7 million Americans lose their jobs in the trucking

NTSB says fatigue caused Tracy Morgan’s crash
The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that the probable cause of the accident near Cranbury, New Jersey, involving

ATA asking industry to rank concerns
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), the trucking industry’s not-for-profit research organization, recently launched the 2015 Top Industry Issues