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News•May 19, 2010

Ford Recalls Rangers With Manual Transmission

WASHINGTON - Ford Motor Co. is recalling nearly 3,000 MY 2010 Ranger vehicles equipped with manual transmission.

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News•May 18, 2010

AmeriFleet Promotes Davis to Dispatcher

ALPHARETTA, GA - AmeriFleet Transportation announces the promotion of Mark Davis to dispatcher.

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News•May 17, 2010

New Book Seeks to Improve Interaction between Motorists and Commercial Drivers

CROSSVILLE, TN - A long haul trucker aims to provide crucial information on how the normal, everyday driver of a non-commercial vehicle can drive safely around commercial vehicles.

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News•May 14, 2010

Google & GM May Partner on Roadside Assistance

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - Google and General Motors may pair smartphones based on the Android operating system with GM's OnStar driver roadside assistance service, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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News•May 12, 2010

NHTSA to Probe Timeliness of 2005 Toyota Recall

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on May 10 opened an investigation into whether, in 2005, Toyota Motor Corp. notified the agency of a steering relay rod safety defect within five business days of learning of the defect, as is required by law.

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News•May 12, 2010

California Reminds Insurers of Crash Part Regulations

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Department of Insurance's legal division on April 30 issued a written notice aimed at reminding auto insurance companies of state law regulating the use of non-OEM replacement crash parts.

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News•May 12, 2010

Volvo Cars' Crash-Test Lab Turns 10

GŐTEBORG, SWEDEN - Volvo Cars' crash-test laboratory in Torslanda turns 10 years old this year -- and the almost 3,000 full-scale tests that have been carried out during the facility's first decade have helped give Volvo owners safer cars, the company said.

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News•May 12, 2010

Industry Expo Highlights Driver Focus Guidelines

HOUSTON - Automakers attending the Intelligent Transportation Society of America's (ITS) annual exposition on May 5 underscored two industry-led initiatives: the Driver Focus Guidelines and the EcoDriving USA program.

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News•May 12, 2010

Toyota Adds More Event Data Recorder Readout Devices

TORRANCE, CA - Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. on May 5 announced it has expanded the number of event data recorder (EDR) readout devices in North America and the U.S. territories to 150 and is training internal and field staff on their use.

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News•May 12, 2010

Report: Trucker in Fatal Kentucky Crash Was on Cellphone

LOUISVILLE, KY - A new Kentucky State Police accident report concludes that the Alabama truck driver who crashed into a van on Interstate 65 near Munfordville, Ky., killing 10 people and himself on March 26, was talking on a cellphone at the time of the collision, the Courier-Journal reported.

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