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Diesel

After two weeks of increases, the price of diesel fell across the country this week, dropping around eight cents.

Courts
Postal Service

Postal contractor Louis V. Lepak Co. is suing the Postal Service in federal court, accusing the agency of surreptitiously insourcing its contract and trying to hire away its drivers.

Transportation Department

Companies using Nationwide Technologies’ electronic logging device (ELD) must switch devices by April 4, after a regulator delisted the product.

Transportation Department

Federal officials are seeking comments on how to regulate an automated driving system (ADS) in trucks.

ELD

Fleets using an electronic logging device (ELD) from TMS ONE have until April 1 to switch devices, after the product was delisted Jan. 31.

Diesel

After several weeks of decline, the nationwide price of diesel rose for the second week in a row, climbing around two cents.

Recalls
Transportation Department

The manufacturer of Mack Trucks and Volvo Trucks will have to pay up to $130 million in penalties over its poor handling of recalls and reporting requirements.

Transportation Department

Efforts to strike a certification requirement for rear impact guards have been shot down by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

Transportation Department

Positive drug tests among truck drivers rose nearly 25 percent in 2022 compared to 2021, according to the federal database.

Research

Around 20,000 fewer Class 8 used trucks were sold in 2022 than in 2021, according to one report.