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09
Apr
FMCSA OKs Window Tinting
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has confirmed to the International Window Film Association that window tinting is permitted on commercial motor vehicles.
In a Sept. 26 letter to FMCSA, the IWFA said “historically, the enforcement community and the trucking industry have clearly taken the position that ‘no’ film was allowed on any vehicle operated as a commercial vehicle.” The agency responded that such enforcement would have been done contrary to regulations. It also had published guidance that said trucks can use “clear” window films as long as at least 70 percent of the normal light is transmitted.
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09
Apr
So many graduates, so little time!!
Here are just some of our graduates for the month of March! Congrats to them on their future journeys!
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02
Apr
Peterbilt Makes Stability Control Standard
The Bendix ESP full-stability system with Automatic Traction Control becomes standard equipment in May 2012 on most Peterbilt Motors Company’s heavy-duty trucks and tractors.
The Bendix ESP full stability system works in conjunction with Anti-lock Braking Systems to maintain vehicle stability and help mitigate rollovers, jackknifing and loss-of-control situations by selectively applying brakes when excessive wheel slip or a critical stability threshold is compromised.
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27
Mar
Volvo Hybrid Truck Goes For Speed
Volvo Trucks is taking hybrid technology to the next level in high-speed/high-performance racing.
Volvo is showing the modified Mean Green hybrid VN race truck at a truck show in Louisville, Ky. The truck is a combination test bed/demonstration truck that is intended to show that in addition to improved fuel economy and reduction in greenhouse gas exhaust emissions, hybrid technology offers greater vehicle performance.
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19
Mar
DOT Pegs Highway Spending At $101B Annually
The U.S. Department of Transportation March 16 announced a new report on the state of America’s transportation infrastructure points to a sizable gap between current spending and projected levels of investment needed to maintain the nation’s highway and transit systems.
DOT’s report, “2010 Status of the Nation’s Highways, Bridges and Transit: Conditions and Performance,” projects that $101 billion, plus increases for inflation, would be needed annually over the next 20 years from all levels of government – local, state and federal – to keep the highway system in its current state. It also identifies investments to improve the current state of highways and bridges that could total up to $170 billion a year.
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