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FMCSA Seeks Comments on Plan to Improve Truck, Bus Safety

“It’s vital that our stakeholders—starting with the American motoring public—participate in this dialog to shape the future course of truck and bus safety," said FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro.

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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has asked the American public to comment on its draft strategic plan that will serve as a five-year guide to achieving its mission to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large commercial trucks and interstate buses.

“At the Department of Transportation, safety is our number-one priority,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. “This strategic plan represents a fresh and bold new view on issues critical to bus and truck safety, and I encourage Americans across the country to provide feedback and help shape the final plan.”

Titled “Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 2011 – 2016 Strategic Plan: Raising the Safety Bar,” the plan is geared to:

• raise the bar to enter the motor carrier industry;
• maintain high safety standards to remain in the industry; and
• remove high-risk carriers, drivers, and service providers from operation.

Comments on the draft strategic plan can be submitted to the Federal Docket Management System at www.regulations.gov, Docket ID No. FMCSA-2011-0098.

In addition, FMCSA has set up an IdeaScale Community on its main website, www.fmcsa.dot.gov, to comment on the plan. IdeaScale is a Department of Transportation initiative providing an interactive, online, transparent space for people to engage in conversation about draft proposals and vote whether they agree or disagree, which also allows FMCSA to ask clarifying questions to make sure the best comments and ideas are submitted.

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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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