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Jul 22, 2008

RULES * USA - NHTSA Drops Rule to Require Rear View System for Midsized Trucks

Washington,DC,USA -Occupational Health & Safety -July 22, 2008: -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has terminated a 2005 proposed change in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 111, "Rearview Mirrors," that would have required straight trucks with a gross vehicle weight rating between 10,000 and 26,000 pounds to be equipped with a system that gave the drivers a view of objects directly behind the vehicles... NHTSA, a DOT agency, said data generated since its 2005 notice of proposed rulemaking shows midsized trucks account for only four of the estimated 183 back-over fatalities per year. Also, the recently signed Cameron Gulbranson Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007 requires NHTSA to revise the federal standard for rear visibility specifically to reduce backing crashes involving children and disabled people...

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Apr 21, 2008

CAL TRUCK RULES * USA - Border-based trucking company fined by California

An international trucking business with terminals on both sides of the California-Mexico border will pay an administrative fine for failing to comply with California emission rules

Sacramento,CAL.,USA -Land Line Magazine -April 18, 2008: -- ... Cal-Mex International Broker Inc. has agreed to pay the California Attorney General’s office $50,000 after a California Air Resources Board investigation showed the company didn’t properly self-inspect its 20-plus truck fleet for excess diesel emissions... Trucking companies that operate in California are required to comply with the state’s Periodic Smoke Inspection Program and the Heavy-Duty Vehicle Inspection Program, among other emission regulations...

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Sep 7, 2007

Rules for Automakers * USA - NHTSA Mandates New Vehicle Information

Beginning Sept 1, automakers must post crash-test ratings, realistic mpg info

Detroit,Mich,USA -The Detroit News -August 30, 2007: -- ... About 85% of vehicles are currently tested by NHTSA, more to be added shortly... All vehicles must have tire pressure monitoring systems, also beginning Sept 1... All automakers must add side air bags in 50% of vehicle up to 8.5K pounds by 2009... Critics says NHTSA ratings aren't tough enough, most vehicles given 4 or 5 stars... Gas-electric hybrids to take biggest hit, as much as 20%, as "real" EPAs posted... Go to www.fueleconomy.gov to see comparison of 2007 mileage ratings vs 2008... New EPA stickers drop most model city driving estimates by 12%, highway to 8%... 2008 is 1st of 3 transition years; by 2011, all automakers must use new system...

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Jul 6, 2007

* Australia - Trucks to keep left

Truck drivers are almost certain to be forced into the left lane in trials on the Princes Freeway and Western Ring Rd.

Geelong,Victoria,Australia -The Geelong Advertiser, by Simon Gladman -6 July 2007: -- Road safety campaign would also urge all road users to use the slow lane more often... The Victorian Transport Association yesterday revealed the plans were "well on the way"to being introduced... Transport association chief executive officer Philip Lovel said the plan encouraging all road users to use the left lanes was an "interesting" development... (Photo by eTrucker: Whether on blacktop or dirt, hauling across the Australian Outback is a job for the toughest trucks and toughest drivers you’d ever want to meet)

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Mar 16, 2007

RULES * USA - Red-Light Cameras

* Nevada bills would OK red-light cameras, stricter seat-belt rule
Nev,USA -Land Line Magazine -March 14, 2007: -- A couple of bills moving through the Nevada Senate are intended to make the state’s roadways a little safer... The Senate Transportation and Homeland Security Committee voted Tuesday, March 13, to approve a bill that would allow red-light cameras to be posted throughout the state and another bill that would permit police to pull over drivers for failure to buckle up... Another bill offered by Nolan, that is headed to the Senate floor would allow for primary enforcement of the state’s seat belt law. Currently, law enforcement officers in the state can issue seat-belt citations to drivers only after stopping a vehicle for another traffic violation, such as speeding...


* Texas bills target red light cameras
TX,USA -Land Line Magazine -March 12, 2007: -- A handful of bills in the Texas Legislature would either rein in or eliminate cities’ use of automated cameras... The cameras, which snap pictures of red-light runners or speeders’ vehicle tags, have been authorized in various cities throughout the state since 2003. Tickets are mailed to vehicle owners, regardless who was driving at the time... A bill offered by Senate Transportation and Homeland Security Chairman John Carona, R-Dallas, is intended to make the use of red-light cameras less lucrative for local coffers. The bill – SB125 – would cap fines for running red lights and require cities to share fines generated by the cameras with the state...

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