Here’s a list of the top trucking-related news now trending on the Internet:
- Los Angeles forks over $26 million to settle lawsuit surrounding its ban on naps by trash truck drivers: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-la-trash-truck-nap-ban-settlement-20140811-story.html
- Volvo Trucks opens test track at its factory in Dublin, VA: http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/volvo-truck-test-site-opens-in-dublin/27434322
- U.S. Xpress boosting its driver pay rates by 13%: http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2014/aug/13/us-xpress-boosts-driver-pay-13-percent-to-meet/
- Con-way Truckload rolls out enhanced pay package for drivers: http://www.con-way.com/en/about_con_way/newsroom/press_releases/Aug_2014/2014_aug_12
- Highway fatalities are down 4% in the first half of this year compared to the same stretch in 2013: http://www.nsc.org/Pages/National-Safety-Council-estimates-traffic-fatalities-down-4-in-first-six-months-of-2014-.aspx
- A truck driver in a fatal wreck may have had vision problems: http://abc7chicago.com/traffic/questions-linger-of-truck-drivers-visibility-issues-in-fatal-i-55-crash/254916/
- Natural gas-fired trash trucks expected to save this city some money: http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/New-garbage-trucks-in-Lexington-saving-tax-dollars-270915821.html
- EPA approves a new bio-based gasoline for cars and trucks: http://www.jsonline.com/business/epa-approves-virent-biofuel-for-use-in-cars-trucks-b99329549z1-270966421.html
- Dayton Freight opens $3.5 million facility in Missouri: http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2014/08/12/dayton-freight-opens-new-3-5m-center-in-missouri.html
- New “reverse logistics” regulations could be in the works: http://ohsonline.com/articles/2014/08/12/phmsa-proposes-reverse-logistics-definition.aspx
- Proposed makeover of Tampa Bay’s transit agency put on hold: http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2014/08/12/reorganization-of-hart-board-put-on-hold.html