Bamboo and Rattan Electric Car Wows in Milan
Filipino furniture designer Kenneth Cobonpue presented an ultra-lightweight car design last week that takes the use of renewable materials to a whole new level. Using bamboo and rattan, Cobonpue feels that the project – called “Pheonix” – pe…
Police arrest N.Y. man for church arson
State police at Harrisburg charged a New York man in connection with an arson at a Grantville church shortly after 4 p.m. Saturday.
Oregon’s Diesel Required to Contain 5% Biodiesel
Oregon is about to become the second state to require that most of the diesel sold there contain at least 5 percent biodiesel (B5), according to the National Biodiesel Board.
Highway Fatalities Lowest Ever Recorded
Despite Americans driving nearly 21 billion more miles last year, U.S. highway traffic fatalities dropped 3 percent from 2009 to the lowest levels in recorded history. The fatality rate also dropped, to 1.09 per 100 million vehicle miles traveled (V…
Dubowick Elected TRALA Chairman
Terence Dubowick, national account manager for the Mack Leasing System and the Volvo Truck Leasing System, was unanimously chosen by his industry colleagues as 2011 – 2012 Chairman of the Truck Renting and Leasing Association.
Canadian Professor to Research Trucker Health
A professor at the University of Moncton in the Canadian province of New Brunswick is launching a study of the health habits of 1,000 truck drivers.
EOBR Mandate Reintroduced in Senate
Two senators have restarted last year’s effort to pass a bill that would mandate electronic onboard recorders on most trucks.Sens. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., and Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., reintroduced the Commercial Driver Compliance Improvement Act, a bil…
Accident report: Lithium batteries on UPS plane should have been treated as hazardous cargo
The cargo of a United Parcel Service plane that caught fire and crashed last year included lithium batteries that should have been declared as hazardous cargo, but weren’t, according to an accident report released Sunday by the Dubai government’s civil…
Volkswagen showcases Think blue. Factory. sustainable production concepts at Hannover Messe
At Hannover Messe 2011, Volkswagen is focusing on the link between ecologically sustainable mobility and resource-efficient production processes, and is presenting its “Think Blue. Factory.” concept to make production more efficient and con…
Hours of Service
The impact of “human factors” on road safety is the focus of a three-year study being prepared by Transport Canada.