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Commercial Carrier Journal

• WSTA sues California over driver classification standard, asks DOT to interject over break laws July 20, 2018
  Taking aim at two separate legal issues brimming in California, the Western States Trucking Association this month filed a petition with the U.S. DOT asking it to interject in the ongoing dispute over California’s breaks requirement and filed a lawsuit challenging a recent California Supreme Court ruling regarding owner-operator status.
  CCJ Staff
• Indicators: Maxed-out capacity, record rates has ‘trucking conditions’ humming July 20, 2018
  A hot economy is yielding strong freight demand, and the industry is operating at full capacity, which has driven rates to record highs. FTR says trucking conditions "are only expected to improve as freight season enters its peak." However, uncertainty over trade and the labor market could pose threats.
  CCJ Staff
• Born at the right time: XPO Logistics seizes on growth in omni-channel retail, e-commerce July 19, 2018
  XPO, less than a decade after the carrier was founded, is the largest last-mile provider of heavy goods and the second-largest contract logistics provider worldwide. But XPO isn’t stopping there, as the company has announced several recent technology developments that will help cement itself as a leader in the brokerage and trucking spaces for years […]
  Jeff Crissey
• More than 18,000 Freightliner Cascadia tractors recalled July 19, 2018
  The brake caliper mounting bolts on approximately 18,105 model year 2018-2019 Cascadias may not have been properly tightened, which could result in the caliper detaching. This would reduce braking performance and increase the risk of a crash.
  Matt Cole
• Facing lawsuit from ATA, Rhode Island touts trucks-only toll plan July 19, 2018
  A month into Rhode Island's plan to institute truck tolls across the state, it says it has generated more revenue than expected. The plan has been opposed by trucking groups, notably ATA, who filed a lawsuit this month seeking to overturn the tolling plan in court.
  CCJ Staff
• Inspectors to focus on brake violations in weeklong enforcement spree in September July 19, 2018
  Truck inspectors will ramp up enforcement Sept. 16-22 as part of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's annual Brake Safety Week, CVSA announced Monday.
  CCJ Staff
• Mack Trucks installs video telematics option for waste haulers July 19, 2018
  Mack Trucks has a factory pre-wire option for the Lytx video telematics platform that eliminates installation time.
  Aaron Huff
• Test drive: International MV Series July 18, 2018
  Tooling around urban areas at low speeds doesn't yield the same same benefit and as such, the basic design of International's small vocational entry hasn't changed measurably in nearly 20 years.
  Jason Cannon