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Updated: 12/21/2010 1:00:00 PM
DOT Opens Comment Period on Proposal to Ban Truckers’ Hand-Held Phones

FMCSA Will Accept Comments Through Feb. 22


The Department of Transportation has published its proposed rule restricting truck drivers from using hand-held cellphones while operating and opened a two-month public comment period on the proposal.
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published the proposed rule in Tuesday’s Federal Register. Public comments will be accepted for 63 days, until Feb. 22.

FMCSA first unveiled its plan Friday, which would set fines for truck drivers as high as $2,750 per violation, while carriers’ could face fines of up to $11,000 for drivers’ using hand-held phones while driving a commercial motor vehicle.

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Used Truck Sales Slow in July on Year-Over-Year Gain - Truckinginfo.com

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9/1/2010 Used Truck Sales Slow in July on Year-Over-Year Gain


Used truck sales fell 20 percent from June to July, but unit sales are still up on a year-over-year basis, according to ACT Research Co. In the latest release of the State of the Industry: U.S. Classes 3-8 Used Trucks, ACT said used truck sales are 43 percent above 2009 on a year-to-date basis.

Average used truck prices continued to move slightly higher in July, despite a slight rise in average age and miles of sold units.

"The average mileage of used Class 8 trucks sold in July rose above trend due to a higher than average number of older trucks being wholesaled," said Steve Tam, vice president-commercial vehicle sector with ACT. "Anecdotal evidence suggests a shortage of late model, low mileage equipment. This trend will likely continue for several more months until new truck purchases increase and bring in equipment that sat idle during the economic slowdown."

The ACT Used Truck database includes about 2,500 transactions per month and over 100,000 used truck transactions over the past decade. The company is working with used vehicle market participants to push the number of reported transactions significantly higher. ACT estimates that approximately 10 percent of used Class 8 transactions are included in the database.

In the current report, ACT has initiated trend reports for the average used price for the top-selling Class 8 model for each of the major truck OEMs - Freightliner (Daimler); Kenworth and Peterbilt (Paccar); International (Navistar); and Volvo.

ACT publishes new and used commercial vehicle industry data, market analysis and forecasting services for the North American market, as well as the China truck market.

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