USDOT Launches Three-Year Truck Driver Training Pilot Program
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production July 9, 2018 0 COMMENTSTransportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced during a press event in Nebraska on July 3 that USDOT will officially launch a long-awaited pilot program to permit 18 to 20 year olds who possess the U.S. military equivalent of a commercial driver’s license or “CDL” to operate large trucks in interstate commerce. Chao was in Nebraska to […]
READ MORESurvey: While Trust in Connected-Automated Vehicles Low, Savings Could be High
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production July 9, 2018 0 COMMENTSTwo recent polls conducted by insurance firm Esurance indicate that even though a large percentage of motorists remain uninterested in giving control of the steering wheel over to self-driving or connected and autonomous vehicles – called CAVs for short – the potential savings of doing so could amount to several thousand dollars per year, along […]
READ MORESlow Down, Be Safe in Those Work Zones
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production March 23, 2015 0 COMMENTSThis week, March 23-27, is National Work Zone Awareness Week, a time when national and state transportation agencies and associations try to spur greater attention to driving safely through highway work areas. That may sound simple, but it clearly isn’t. About 600 people die each year from roadway crashes in work zones, when high-speed vehicles […]
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