To cone or not to cone? Autonomous vehicle makers ask the question
Trucking safety advocates are at odds with corporate-backed attempts at implementing a roadside safety exemption for autonomous trucks. For those unaware, current regulations require drivers to use three emergency reflective triangles, or at least six fusees or three liquid-burning road flares, if they stop on the road for reasons other than traffic.
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Just five days after Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed into law a bill approving driverless vehicles, Gatik and Walmart announced on Thursday plans to deploy autonomous trucks in the state.
Kelly signed Senate Bill 313 into law last Friday. It had passed the Kansas House on a 75-44 vote and the Senate 23-17. The law was backed by both Gatik and Walmart (NYSE: WMT). Kansas is the 25th state to pass legislation that enables fully autonomous vehicles to operate on public roads.
The companies did not...
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The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, the battle lines are being drawn in the regulatory fight over broker transparency, and now the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will consider dueling petitions. Plus, J.B. Hunt announced several executive changes, and self-driving startup TuSimple secures $350 million in funding.
Sides stake out their broker battle linesFederal regulators are considering opposing petitions on rulemakings...
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The autonomous vehicle (AV) niche is gaining momentum, with incumbent automakers and high-profile startups pushing pilot vehicles on public roads and testing their technology to improve self-driving capabilities. In the commercial context, the trucking mid-mile segment might become one of the early adopters of this technology as trucks can encounter less traffic when hauling freight across interstates and highways.
While this would mean that fleets in the mid-mile segment could considerably...
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The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening today in the freight ecosystem. In this edition, we find out that how a driver is trained matters more than his or her age, and we learn more about Navistar’s partnership with TuSimple and why they believe a production-ready self-driving truck will be on the nation’s highways by 2024. Plus, small fleets and owner-operators now have a way to bid on dedicated freight, and the rails are concerned about heavier and longer trucks becoming a reality.