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Transportation businesses face a host of dynamic risk issues that can significantly impact their financial and operational health. The news in this category focuses on the latest safety and security initiatives, resources and regulations and addresses topics that include fleet safety, claims administration, driver hiring and retention, risk management and compliance.

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Regulators Consider Up to One-Year Exemptions for ELD Integration Challenges

Federal trucking regulators are considering granting a one-year exemption from certain technical requirements of the electronic logging device mandate for carriers having difficulty integrating ELD software updates with their fleet managment systems.

January 30, 2018
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Waymo Buys 鈥楾housands鈥 More Chrysler Vans for Driverless Service

At some point this year, Alphabet Inc.鈥檚 Waymo plans to roll out a ride-hailing service using driverless cars. It just bought more vehicles to make that happen.

January 30, 2018
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Capitol Agenda for the Week of Jan. 29: State of the Bridges

One-fifth of Iowa鈥檚 bridges are structurally deficient, as are more than 4,100 bridges in Pennsylvania. Twenty-three percent of bridges in Rhode Island are in that category. And, Washington, D.C., has eight of them. What's Congress going to do about them? Here's a look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

January 29, 2018
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Why Self-Driving Cars Will Likely Be Light-Colored

The issue involving something as simple as choice of paint color underscores the sweeping effects of self-driving cars for automotive engineering, said Samit Ghosh, CEO of automotive consulting and engineering firm P3 North America.

January 29, 2018
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Iowa Tops ARTBA List of States With Deficient Bridges

Iowa is home to the most structurally deficient bridges, while the District of Columbia contains the fewest, according to a recent report from the American Road and Transportation Builders Association.

January 29, 2018
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Concerned About Self-Driving Cars? You鈥檙e Not Alone

As automakers push aggressive time frames for introducing driverless vehicles, the outreach needed to convince the public that the technology represents a positive development appears still to be wanting.

January 26, 2018
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Cross-Border Training Program Saving Commercial Truck Drivers

Commercial truck drivers in Mexico who go through a new Arizona cross-border program are less likely to be flagged for safety violations when they show up at ports of entry, officials said.

January 26, 2018
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Apple Expands California Self-Driving Test Fleet to 27 Cars

Apple Inc. has expanded its California self-driving test fleet to 27 vehicles as it accelerates efforts to catch up with competitors such as Alphabet Inc.鈥檚 Waymo.

January 25, 2018
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Second US Safety Agency to Investigate Tesla 鈥楢utopilot鈥 Crash

A second federal safety agency has opened an investigation of an accident in which a Tesla car on 鈥淎utopilot鈥 rammed into a parked fire truck.

January 25, 2018
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Massachusetts Creates Commission on Disruptive Technologies Like Self-Driving Cars

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Jan. 23 created the commission through an executive order and appointed his former chief of staff, Steve Kadish, as the chairman.

January 24, 2018