Hope you all had a wonderful summer and are ready to gear up for fall.  We are so pleased by the favorable reports we are getting from you over the use of the new VITAL program.  What – you have not tried it yet?  If not, call or email Laib Roberts over here at CAB (212-244-6575, ext 227) and see what you have been missing.

As part of our commitment to our client base, the CAB team is constantly working on new features to aid and enhance the use of our popular online tools. In response to your requests, we have now added to the information in our inspection category to include recorded accidents on any vehicle over the past 36 months. By clicking a button you can get detailed crash reports that offer information not available anywhere else, including the crash events as recorded by the investigating officer and links to any other commercial vehicles that may have been involved in the accident. Additionally, full itemized reports are available based on the individual violation categories to allow underwriters and claims adjusters to focus on specific issues without needing to weed though overwhelming amounts of data. To complete the circle, full integration with our VITAL search engine has been included with all of these enhancements, and a full historical VITAL report can be accessed by simply clicking on a VIN or License number from any of our online reports.

This month we report:

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This is going to be a short Bits and Pieces.  It seems like everyone is on vacation and there are only a handful of cases and very little coming from the government or the transportation industry which is important to transmit.  In fact I am writing this to you from the Green Mountains in Vermont so there are other things I would rather be doing.  Hope you are enjoying your summer.

Here is our report:

NEW BRAKE RULES – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has determined that there will be new stringent new braking standards which will improve large truck stopping distances by 30%. The new standard requires that a tractor-trailer traveling at 60 miles per hour come to a complete stop in 250 feet. The old standard required a complete stop within 355 feet. NHTSA estimates that the new braking requirement will save 227 lives annually, and will also prevent 300 serious injuries. It is estimated to reduce property damage costs by over $169 million annually. Read More