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A bus company cited for brake defects and other violations still won U.S. regulators’ top safety rating a month before one of its vehicles careened down a mountain road because the driver couldn’t stop, records show.
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The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association isn’t waiting for the outcome of a 16-year debate over how long truckers can drive each day. It’s asking for a pass from the rules, however they turn out.
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President Barack Obama’s administration maintained an 11-hour limit on truck drivers’ hours today, scaling back a proposal to give them more rest.
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Five days after the U.S. closed 26 discount bus companies, the National Transportation Safety Board yesterday showed how much work remains to improve safety in the nation’s fastest-growing passenger transportation mode.
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The driver in a New York bus crash that killed 15 people had his driver’s license suspended 18 times and was fired from two previous transportation jobs, according to investigative documents released today.
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Walt Disney Co. is among 62 companies getting a break from U.S. limits on truck-driver work hours that’s intended to help communities put on Independence Day fireworks shows.
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Truck drivers hauling water and sand to U.S. oil and natural gas shale wells can’t extend their daily on-duty hours by using an exemption targeted for special oil- field service equipment, the govenment said.
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Drivers, start your cars and fire up your Wi-Fi. And please don’t crash while tweeting or making dinner reservations on the interstate.
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U.S. auto-safety regulators proposed standardizing keyless ignitions to allow drivers to turn off cars faster and more easily in incidents of unintended acceleration following Toyota Motor Corp.’s record recalls.
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A coalition of consumer groups sued to overturn the U.S. Transportation Department’s trucking fatigue rules, at least the second time this month the regulation has faced a legal challenge.
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