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Safety & Compliance•by Staff•October 27, 2015

Ram 1500 Trucks Recalled for Rear Axles

The recall affects 65,760 pickup trucks in the 2015 and 2016 model years.

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Vehicle Insights•by Staff•October 27, 2015

Is Volvo's Intelligent Truck a Smartphone on Wheels?

Today, there are about 175,000 online-connected Volvo trucks on Europe’s roads. A number of them can already today send information about when they need maintenance and some of the necessary service work can even be administrated remotely.

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Operations•by Staff•October 27, 2015

Highway Bill Patch Could Derail Over Train Safety Measure

The latest proposed extension of federal highway funding includes a provision to delay a mandate for automatic-braking equipment on trains that could turn passing the measure into a game of political football.

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Small Fleet•by Staff•October 27, 2015

Gasoline Falls to $2.22 Per Gallon

The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded fell 4.9 cents to $2.228 for the week ending Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

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Maintenance & Uptime•by Staff•October 26, 2015

Bridgestone to Acquire 800 Pep Boys Stores

Bridgestone Americas is moving to acquire automotive parts retailer and service provider Pep Boys in an all-cash transaction valued at $835 million in share value, the company announced.

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Safety & Compliance•by Staff•October 26, 2015

Driving Dynamics Introduces Mobile Driving Simulator

Driving Dynamics Inc. has introduced its DrīvActiv system, a full-scale mobile simulator that will be available as part of the company's driver safety training curriculum by April 1.

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Operations•by Mike Antich•October 26, 2015

Ingersoll Rand Shuffles Fleet Roles

Ingersoll Rand has named Dean Dunton, PMP, its fleet and safety manager for North America in a promotion that gives him fleet management responsibilities. Previously, Dunton was senior fleet and safety specialist for Ingersoll Rand.

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Safety & Compliance•by Staff•October 26, 2015

Video Safety Tip: Driving in Fog

AAA and the Texas Department of Insurance offer advice on how to drive safely in foggy conditions.

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Safety & Compliance•by Staff•October 26, 2015

New Brake Control Tech Set for 2018 Rollout

The Integrated Brake Control system from ZF TRW is designed to better support advanced safety functions in future vehicles and should arrive in a high-volume vehicle in 2018.

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Technology & AI•by Staff•October 23, 2015

Silicon Valley Company Offers Low-Cost Telematics Device

San Francisco-based Voyomotive plans to offer an OBD II controller that can provide an array of vehicle performance and diagnostics data to a user's smartphone as a lower-cost telematics solution.

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