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Most fleet purchasing professionals know the basic principles of process improvement, such as understanding the value of reviewing current asset performance, identifying operational deficiencies and improving design...

Overloading a commercial vehicle, and exceeding the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR), individual gross axle weight ratings (GAWRs) or gross combined weight rating (GCWR) can cause many issues, such as operational...

F/CMVSS 205 is intended “to reduce injuries resulting from impact to glazing surfaces, to ensure a necessary degree of transparency in motor vehicle windows for driver visibility, and to minimize the possibility of...

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 125 establishes shape, size and performance requirements for nonpowered day and night warning devices that can be erected on or near the roadway to warn approaching traffic...

NTEA's whitepaper, Reducing emissions on the conventional fleet, highlights key factors in mitigating the environmental impacts of today’s truck fleets. NTEA’s Chris Lyon and Aeroz-America’s Mike Visser offer perspective...

For snowplow applications, chassis manufacturers, including Ford, General Motors (GM), Nissan and RAM, have specific recommendations on the vehicles and options needed for snowplow compatibility on lighter-duty trucks...

A common inquiry from members involves how to account for missing incomplete vehicle documents (IVDs) when certifying a customer’s truck before the replacement IVD is received.

NTEA commonly fields questions on which vehicle standard mandates backup alarms. Although rear vision system requirements — as part of FMVSS 111 — are required for trucks with a 10,000-pound or less gross vehicle weight...

The Technical Services Department receives numerous inquiries on how to locate chassis gross combined weight ratings (GCWRs). Customers looking for GCWR on a commercial straight truck pulling a trailer may incorrectly...