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WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With pending legislation and advocacy issues threatening to dramatically raise transportation and supply chain costs, more than 10 industry associations have agreed to participate in a pro-trucking Washington fly-in on Feb. 1. This industry-wide event, called "Stand Up For Trucking," will bring together scores of transportation executives and key stakeholders in trucking. This orchestrated effort is historic because both shippers and...
ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves issued the following statement after the National Transportation Safety Board's report on a 2010 truck-involved crash in Gray Summit, Mo.: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100129/ATALOGO) "Every fatality on our highways is a tragedy, but never more so than when the crash could so easily have been avoided. The NTSB's investigation and report underscores the...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Democratic leaders of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation today introduced legislation to advance commercial motor vehicle (CMV) safety and authorize programs and activities of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the federal agency of the U.S. Department of Transportation responsible for reducing CMV-related fatalities and injuries. <font size="2" face="Arial">The legislation...
ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Administrator Anne Ferro revealed that initial 2010 data on fatal truck crashes indicate truck crash fatalities have increased to nearly 4,000 people. In 2009, 3,380 people were killed in truck crashes and 74,000 others were injured. Administrator Ferro released this information during her testimony on the pending truck driver hours of service (HOS) reforms...
<font size="2" face="Arial">Safety Groups, Victims and Survivors, and Labor Urge Congress Not to Bow to Special Interests on Life and Death Safety Issue</font> WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Safety groups, families of truck crash victims, and labor today joined U.S. Representatives Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and Jackie Speier (D-CA) at a press conference to support revising the truck driver hours of service (HOS) rule to reduce driver fatigue, a...
Hoffa: Federal Regulators Must Protect Workers' Health and Safety WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa today said federal regulators should put the health and welfare of American truck drivers above the greed of the trucking industry. (Logo: <font size="2" face="Arial">http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100127/IBTLOGO</font>) Hoffa's comment came before a hearing on the truck driver hours-of-service rule before...
ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In advance of tomorrow's hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves questioned the aims of groups pressing the federal government to dismantle a successful regulation. (Logo: <font size="2" face="Arial">http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100129/ATALOGO</font>) "Since the Federal Motor...
ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves praised the efforts of the nation's truck drivers, safety directors and law enforcement officers today for their contribution to the continued progress in the industry's safety record. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100129/ATALOGO) "Based on the latest report from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, fatal crashes involving a large truck have...
GARDEN GROVE, Calif., Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Teletrac, a leading provider of advanced fleet management solutions for the trucking industry since 1988, today announced it has been selected by the Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to provide its award-winning Fleet Director® GPS fleet tracking and Hours of Service (HOS) software to FMCSA for its United States - Mexico cross-border, long-haul trucking pilot program. As indicated in...
ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a letter to Cass Sunstein, administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget, American Trucking Associations urged the Obama administration to live up to its promise to relieve the burden of unnecessary regulations as it considers changes to the hours-of-service rules. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100129/ATALOGO) "Late last year, DOT's Federal Motor Carrier Safety...
