Kenworth’s Predictive Cruise Control now in production
KIRKLAND, Wash. – Kenworth’s Predictive Cruise Control is now in production for new T680s and T880s specified with the Paccar MX-13 engine. According to Kenworth, it is available as a factory-installed option and combines cruise control with GPS to help…
PIT Group schedules biannual Energotest event
MONTREAL, Que. — FPInnovations’ Performance Innovation Transport (PIT) Group, a research group for the North American trucking industry, announced today that its Fall 2015 Energotest event will be held September 9-18 at the Transport Canada test track in Blainville, Québec.…
ACT Research: US trailer orders decline
COLUMBUS, Ind. — According to the most recent State of the Industry: U.S. Trailers published by ACT Research, trailer net orders in July declined 27% month-over-month. ACT says the fall from 27,900 units to 20,300 units is no cause for…
Mack Show Truck Stars at Evel Knievel Documentary Premiere
Evel Knieval’s 1974 Mack FS cabover “Big Red” outside the premiere of the film Being Evel. Photos: Steven Martinez The Evel Knievel documentary “Being Evel” premiered in Hollywood Wednesday, complete with a star-studded red carpet and an immaculately r…
Workers Advocates Want Hair Testing Out of Transportation Bill
In a joint letter to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, 17 organizations urged the committee to reject hair testing for federal drug tests. The letter requested that hair specimen testing be removed from the DRIVE Act in the Senate …
ITS Dispatch Integrates With uDrove App, Devices
The desktop and mobile solutions of uDrove will now integrate with ITS Dispatch’s software offering, providing expanded control over fleet and driver operations. Information from uDrove’s smartphone app and on-road devices will be automatically uploade…
Hillview files for bankruptcy after lawsuit with truck driving school
The City of Hillview, in Bullitt County, has filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy with the United States Bankruptcy Court in the Western District of Kentucky. As Business First previously reported, the filing comes after a truck driving school, Truck America…
Port of Virginia Relaunches Clean-Diesel Incentive Program
The Port of Virginia has relaunched its Green Operator Program, which provides up to $20,000 toward the purchase of clean-diesel trucks that service the port and up to $6,000 toward the purchase and installation of retrofit devices, announced Virginia …
Hero Cop Saves Trucker’s Life
Eric Devers of the Ohio State Highway Patrol was recently honored for saving a truck driver’s life, and it’s all because the entire incident was captured on his dash-cam. Officer Devers arrived at the scene of a crash in which a semi-truck veered off t…
More than 45 trucks to participate in Touch-a-Truck event this Friday
OSHAWA, Ont. — Spectra Venue Management, the operators of the General Motors Centre, announced earlier this week that there are more than 45 vehicles participating in the third annual Touch-a-Truck event. The event is taking place Friday, August 21, 2015,…