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With “Teens and Trucks,” the Roadmap this Summer is on Safety

Teenagers from the National Capital region today pledged to make this summer safer for all drivers by giving large trucks plenty of room, avoiding their blind spots and signing a “No Texting Promise” during a truck safety demonstration organized by … Continue reading

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Hours of Service Rules – Recipe For Disaster

First off this is total speculation – the rules have not changed, yet. I just think that if the rules are changed from 11 hours of driving – to 8 hours of driving – without anything else being changed that … Continue reading

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Hours of Service Under Attack – Again

Even though trucking is the safest it has ever been as far as accidents go. Advocates for safer highways are still attacking the hours-of-service in which limits the hours per day a truck driver can work/drive – but that is … Continue reading

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