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Transportation risk managers and commercial drivers who are trying their best to provide better safer roads are struggling with the complexity of sleep apnea, a disorder that contributes to daytime drowsiness. Such sleep disorders among truckers result in reduced efficiency, absenteeism, accidents and often death.According to a 2002 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the American

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The ATA has requested the federal regulators to add more flexibility to the truckers' hours of service rules, but not to cut the daily driving limit of 11 hoursA senior ATA official said that the current rules are working successfully at the first of four Federal Motor Carrier Administration "listening sessions" on trucking hours of service."Retain them, but add flexibility to the sleeper berth

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A driver pre-employment screening program presented by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has accomplished a long-sought goal of the American Trucking Associations.In the month of December, FMCSA announced plans to proffer carriers access to an electronic database of drivers' scrutiny and accident records starting from December. Drivers had to sign an approval form agreeing to allow

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The US government had recently decided to permanently close 19 safety rest areas and to greet centers made last year by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. But this decision was reversed after the influence of American Trucking Associations (ATA) and the Virginia Trucking Association (VTA).The unexpected resolution to lessen such facilities in the state from 42 to 23 was made for budgetary

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The Minnesota Trucking Association proclaimed a year-long effort to provide information and training to its members and their drivers to improve road safety. The "Keep Both Hands on the Wheel" campaign will focus on reducing diverted driving by making the truckers, their employers, contractors and the public to follow safe driving habits.John Hausladen, president of MTA has said that safety is

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American Trucking Association says LA port can't control truck transport services. The ATA filed its final response in concise with the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles looking for a summary judgment in it's defy to certain aspects of the Port of Los Angeles clean-truck concession requirements. ATA alleged that few aspects of the port's concession requirements break the federal pre-emption

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Few weeks back we had a post about the new clean-air guideline that comes into effect at the ports on Jan 1st and about the depression that this caused in truckers. But now there is a change being made in this ban.The Los Angeles Harbor Commission has announced an additional set of changes to the Port of Los Angeles toll to permit truckers to carry on operating their existing trucks past the ban

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The GM Co. and Chrysler, promised the preservation of U.S jobs, by taking billions of dollars from the U.S tax payers, but now are threatening the Union jobs to vulnerable situations.They are aggressively reducing the costs by employing cheap, non-union car hauling companies to transport vehicles from factories to dealer lots, putting people out of work. "Many of these replacement drivers come

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The U.S government's trusted-shipper system that offers a speedy passage across American borders for trusted trucking companies has started attracting the Mexican drug smugglers.Almost all the trucks enrolled in the program stop at the border for just 20 seconds before entering the United States. And nearly nine out of 10 of them do so without anyone looking at their cargo.But among the few

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Modec Ltd, an electric van manufacturing company in Coventry has signed a "milestone" agreement with a US firm to jointly produce zero-carbon trucks in North and South America.Modec Ltd was established in September 2004 and employs 85 staffs at its plant on Binley Industrial Estate.It was honored a £23m grant by the US government for the Navistar venture in August.The founder of this successful

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The Illinois truckers were restricted to drive at a speed of 55-miles-per-hour on rural interstates but recently the Illinois Department of Transportation has decided to increase the limit 65-miles-per-hour at the beginning of next year.The change in the speed limit will now let them travel at the same speed as other drivers and it also helps them to reach their destination earlier.Transportation

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"There will be no Christmas for us this year," this was said by Romero the President of port drivers association. The new clean-air guideline that comes into effect at the ports on Jan 1st is what has made him say this. The new clean-air guideline will be prohibiting all pre-1994 trucks and 1994-2003 rigs that have not been retrofitted with pricey diesel particulate filters.The bans are part of

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A union of car makers, battery manufacturers, utility operators and auto transport companies called on Congress to put forward tax credits for buying all-electric plug-in vehicles as part of a $128 billion program to acquire seven million such vehicles on the road by 2018. The "cash for volts" technique is part of an effort by the Electrification Coalition, a 13-member group that comprises Nissan

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Autodata Corp. has reported that the total sales of cars and light trucks were unchanged at just over 838,000 compared with October of last year, but rose 12 percent from a gloomy September 2009. The results indicated that some consumers have started to spend again and the sputtering economy is beginning to pull out of trouble."It's ... a fairly stable kind of footing that the industry is getting

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Automakers can expect the U.S. government to be conscientious to its multibillion-dollar stake in their businesses next year and selective in its efforts to reform the industry.Government emphasis has varied from bailouts and bankruptcy to investment oversight and innovation, with congressional and White House demands for greater fuel-efficiency driving the agenda."There's not much appetite for

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President Obama raised the bet for kicking the fossil fuel habit in a speech held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, saying the country's reliance on fossil fuels hurts the economy and the nation that moves beyond them will reap huge benefits.Obama spurred the nation on in the contest to develop clean energy, saying the United States risks losing its leading position if it fails to win

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Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC ("Oncor") is a regulated electricity supply and transmission business that uses greater asset management skills to offer reliable electricity delivery to consumers. Oncor controls the largest circulation and transmission system in Texas, delivering power to approximately 3 million homes and businesses and operating approximately 117,000 miles of transmission

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In an unanticipated U-turn, the U.S. Senate has agreed to continue to back research for the next generation of hydrogen cars - funding that the Obama administration had earlier planned to cut.The move was established last Thursday as Senate members voted to commit $187 million to hydrogen research, approximately as much as was promised before the indecision.Don't hold your breath for the move to

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ARC Advisory Group is the leading research and advisory firm for manufacturing, energy, and supply chain solutions. Their coverage of technology from sensors and automation to production, design, and business systems makes us the go-to firm for business and IT executives around the world.The firm says that the production slowdowns has blocked machinery orders but has forced producers into

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GM Daewoo has decided to stop production at all its manufacturing facilities from Dec. 22 until Jan. 4 next year. The work stoppage stems from the deterioration of exports along the global economic slowdown.Chances are that GM Daewoo plants that roll out SUVs and mid-sized sedans, whose sales have fallen sharply, will be closed for the whole month of December. Renault Samsung, in the meantime, is

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An increasing number are willing to buy plug-in hybrids from Toyota, Chevy, Ford, Fisker. Oil prices have doubled from their low this year. People are setting up to save on fuel for years, by using more low-cost electricity and less gasoline.The amount of money spent for fuel is about millions for the delivery of our mail and goods. About one million new vans are bought annually in North

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All of a sudden when someone asks such a question I am sure no one will be able to answer. Or else the answer can be "Soft drinks are just liquid, how can they be compared to the weight of cars? And Can they as heavy as huge number of cars?"Ok, let's do some math to find out the answer for this question.A liter of soft drink weighs about 1 kilogram. At 65% bottle/cans (exclusive of the 35%

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Technology brings seemingly 'out-of-this-world' and ideas 'down to earth'If you want to know about Advanced Vehicle Transport, imagine high-speed, horizontal conveyors for cars.The similarityImagine being at an airport and having to walk to a terminal that is equivalent of three football fields in length, set end to end, just to catch a flight - with baggage in tug, no less. Now envisage covering

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Many people think that the infrastructure for a hydrogen-powered car just isn't there, and they're typically right. There have been a few progresses in hydrogen production recently, but the supply system is the weak point. Honda hasn't let that dissuade to the production of a hydrogen fueled car, and neither is Mercedes-Benz, which plans to launch a production hydrogen fuel-cell car in the U.S.

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