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Interest group seeks national cell phone ban for truckers
WASHINGTON -- A U.S. advocacy group has filed a petition with the DOT, calling on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to implement a rule to restrict the use of "unsafe electronic devices" by commercial truck drivers, regardless of whether they're needed for the job.
Braking Point: There’s options for NHTSA’s stop distance rule
TORONTO -- After more false starts than an old cabover on a February morning in Saskatoon, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a long-awaited new braking standard that cuts allowable tractor stopping distance by 30 percent.