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News
Senate approves truck equipment mandates, dispatcher oversight measure
The U.S. Senate votes to advance a major infrastructure package that includes new regulations for trucks.
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AskWaves
How does Congress want to make trucking safe in 2022?
Lawmakers controlling the purse strings in Congress urge FMCSA and NHTSA to take action on their safety directives in 2022.
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Autonomous Vehicles
Automated versus autonomous driving: Is that truck behind me a robot?
Level setting the descriptions of autonomous vehicles gets simpler as industry coalesces around two main identifiers.
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News
Safety ratings at risk for violators of proposed speed limiter law
Bipartisan legislation would limit truck speeds to no more than 70 mph.
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Trucking Regulation
Congress starts down road to automatic braking mandate
The Senate bill introduced requiring automatic brakes would apply to new trucks starting two years after the final rule.
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Trucking Regulation
Speed limiters, automatic braking on NTSB Most Wanted List
NTSB again highlights the need for automated safety devices in trucks in its latest top 10 list.
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Equipment
Tech-enabled used truck trade-ins could boost road safety
Heavy-duty trucks with collision avoidance, emergency braking and other safety technologies are beginning to enter the used truck market, potentially making the roads safer as…
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News
Bendix seeks FMCSA exemption for camera safety systems
Request follows similar FMCSA waivers recently provided for truck dashcams.
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News
IIHS: Truck safety equipment could cut 40% of rear-end collisions
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study shows a greater than 40% decrease in rear-end collisions for trucks with forward crash warning and automatic emergency braking.
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Truck Reviews
2020 Freightliner Cascadia evolves into technological tour de force
Already the undisputed Class 8 sales leader, the 2020 Freightliner Cascadia arriving this fall is a technological tour de force that allows the truck to…
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