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Truck safety improves in 2008

The U S trucking industry showed improvement in truck safety, including a significant increase in the number of drivers who passed roadside safety inspections...

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NTEA Recognizes 13 New MVP Companies

Through its Member Verification Program (MVP), the National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) has recognized 13 member companies and requalified 44 companies for their commitment to safety and quality standards...

Pace American Passes National Safety Compliance Inspection

Pace American, Inc., has passed the National Association of Trailer Manufacturers’ (NATM) safety compliance inspection, part of NATM’s voluntary Compliance Program...

WABCO Releases OnGuardMax Emergency Braking System

WABCO Holdings Inc. today introduced OnGuardMax at the IAA 2008 trade show...

2009 Ram Big on Safety Features

The 2009 Dodge Ram safety and security features include standard advanced multi-stage front driver and passenger air bags, standard supplemental side-curtain air bags and available ParkSense Rear Park Assist System...

New EWR Data Confidentiality Rules Issued by NHTSA

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a notice in the July 28 Federal Register based on the result of a lawsuit over confidential treatment of certain early warning reporting (EWR) data submitted by vehicle manufacturers...

AEM asks OSHA for new crane safety standards

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has urged the U.S. Department of Labor and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to act now for timely completion of new crane safety standards...

FMCSA To Host Webinar On Onboard Safety Systems

On July 16, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) will co-host a webinar on the costs and benefits of onboard safety systems...

Bendix, MEMA Leaders Push Safety Measures

For the second time this year, leaders from Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC are part of a Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) delegation...

Utility's Plant in Arkansas Receives National Safety Award

For the fourth time in the last five years, Utility Trailer's manufacturing plant in Paragould, Arkansas, was awarded the Plant Safety Award by the Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association (TTMA)...

Bosch receives international safety laurels

Bosch, a pioneer in the development of the ESP Electronic Stability Program, has received awards from FIA (Federation Internationale l.'Automomobile)...

Evolving regulations encourage growth of safety systems in Class 6-8 truck market

Evolving regulations offer huge potential for the growth of safety systems in the Class 6-8 truck OE market in North America. Additionally, the market...

Growth of Safety Systems in Class 6-8 Truck Market Encouraged by Evolving Regulations

Evolving regulations offer huge potential for the growth of safety systems in the class 6-8 truck OE market in North America...

Hobart celebrates safety milestone

Employees throughout several business units at Hobart Brothers Co recently reached a safety milestone: 1.5 million man-hours without a lost time accident....

Bendix displays its safety innovations

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC and Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC continue to introduce advanced commercial vehicle safety and braking system...

Safety Vision sales hit a milestone

Safety Vision, a global provider of mobile video systems, announced that sales since its 1993 inception have topped the quarter-billion dollar mark. Founded...

Product safety, liability seminars scheduled

The annual product safety seminar conducted by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) will be held April 16-18, 2007, at the Millennium Maxwell...

Safety guide written for welders

The Lincoln Electric Co has released an updated Arc Welding Safety Guide (E205) aimed at explaining in a straightforward way the issues relating to arc...

Bendix: Fake parts threaten safety

The issue of counterfeit parts being sold in the United States can pose a risk to highway safety, according to a representative of Bendix Commercial Vehicle...

Safety @ 360 enhances ready mix safety

Oshkosh Truck and its subsidiaries McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing and London Machinery, are offering a series of advancements under the companies' Safety...

FMCSA to create safety advisory committee

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced the establishment of the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee to advise the Administrator on the creation and implementation of safety regulations and programs...

American School Bus Council responds to school bus safety report

The American School Bus Council has issued a statement following recent Associated Press reports that indicate school bus accidents are double what had previously been reported....

Volvo initiates safety recall of 42,000 VN, VHD trucks

Volvo Trucks North America has informed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that the company will initiate a voluntary safety recall of...






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