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Safety Groups Want Behind-the-Wheel Training Rule for New Truckers

By: Clarissa Hawes, Source: Trucks.com, Originally Published: 1.12.17 Highway safety advocates and independent truckers are frustrated that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration doesn’t plan to require a minimum number of hours of real-world driving for new truck drivers. A coalition of organizations that includes Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers

Kinder Morgan CEO to be deposed in Belton leak case

By: Mike Eads, Source: Independent Mail, Originally Published: 12.21.16 GREENVILLE – A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Kinder Morgan CEO Ron McClain can be deposed for a lawsuit that alleges his company ruined several hundred acres near Belton with a 2014 gasoline leak from its Plantation Pipe Line. U.S. District Court Judge Henry Herlong said

The Economic and Societal Impact of Motor Vehicle Crashes, 2010 (Revised)

The DOT and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have released a study on motor vehicle crashes. The following is an excerpt from the introduction. In 2010, there were 32,999 people killed, 3.9 million were injured, and 24 million vehicles were damaged in motor vehicle crashes in the United States. The economic costs of these

Donald Trump Agrees to Pay $25 Million in Trump University Settlement

Donald J. Trump has reversed course and agreed on Friday to pay $25 million to settle a series of lawsuits stemming from his defunct for-profit education venture, Trump University, finally putting to rest fraud allegations by former students, which have dogged him for years and hampered his presidential campaign. The settlement was announced by the

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