Optronics reveals new LED directional warning lights
Bendix Wingman available for Peterbilt 579, 567 models
Bendix's driver assistance system, Bendix Wingman Fusion, can now be ordered as a factory-installed option on Peterbilt Motors Company Models 579 and 567 highway tractors and vocational trucks.
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems made Wingman Fusion available in 2015. According to the company, the system integrates a suite of Bendix safety technologies – radar, camera, the vehicle's brake system – into a driver assistance system.
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CVSA to hold 2016 Brake Safety Week Sept. 11-17
During the week of Sept. 11-17, 2016, law enforcement agencies across North America will conduct inspections on large trucks and buses to identify out-of-adjustment brakes, and brake-system and anti-lock braking system (ABS) violations as part of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's (CVSA) Brake Safety Week, an annual outreach and enforcement campaign designed to improve commercial motor vehicle (CMV) brake safety throughout North America.
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Dept. of Labor blog adds insult to injury
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J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. Releases Intermodal White Paper
Scania’s got a new truck, but not for North America. Not yet at least.
It's always a treat to watch a new truck get introduced, with all the flash and hype that's usually only reserved for swanky new sports cars.
That's certainly the case for the new big rig being rolled out by Swedish truck maker Scania, which is part of Volkswagen Truck & Bus GmbH ; an all-new platform that's been 10 years in the making with investments totaling about $2.39 billion.
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