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Trucking Industry Flashcards

0
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What percentage of US commodities rely exclusively on trucks to deliver their products and goods

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80%

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1
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What year was the first Diesel engine produced

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1924

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The average daily run for a long-haul, over the road truck driver is nearly how many miles?

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500

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3
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Commercial Class 8 trucks alone logged, on average, how many miles per unit?

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52,000 or so miles per year per unit.

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4
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Businesses choose trucks for nearly how many cents out of every dollar they spend on freight transportation?

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81 cents

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In 2010, Commercial Class 6-8 trucks logged over how many billion miles for business purposes?

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152.4 billion

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6
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American Trucking Associations was established in what year?

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1933

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Motor Carrier Act part II was signed into law what year?

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1935

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8
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What year was the US PATRIOT Act signed?

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2001

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What year was America’s Road Team established?

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1986

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10
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The number of fatalities were reduced to what percentage between 2005 and 2011?

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28%

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By the start of World War I, there were approximately how many trucks in use nationwide?

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300,000

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12
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At war’s end, over two million heavy duty trucks were being utilized by the government and the private sector. True or false?

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False

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13
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What year was the Federal Highway-Aid Act established?

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1956

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What year was the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act signed into law?

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1999

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What year was the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration established?

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1970

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Today, how many million for-hire, private and other interstate motor carriers do business in the United States?

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1.35 million

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17
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In 2013, over how many million trucks hauled more than 9.7 billion tons of freight?

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32

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18
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In 2012, over 23 million trucks hauled more than how many billion tons of freight?

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9

19
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In 1995 the Interstate Commerce Commision was formally abolished, shifting it’s remaining power to whom?

A

Surface Transportation Board

20
Q

Between 1980 and 1990 the number of licensed motor carriers more than doubled to over _____?

A

40,000

21
Q

According to the BTS, as of 2013, there are how many bridges in the US?

A

607,708

22
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What percentage of bridges do the BTS consider rural?

A

73%

23
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According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics what percentage of bridges are considered functionally obsolete?

A

14%

24
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Map-21 funding provided for continued improvement and expansion of the National Highway System to meet the estimated ____% or _________ miles increase over the next several years.u

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26% and 59,926 miles

25
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In the past ten years the number of bridges has grown by how many?

A

15,786 or 3%

26
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In the past ten years the number of bridges considered structurally deficient has declined by how much?

A

18,734

27
Q

The Arterial system carries what percentage of all highway travel?

A

72%

28
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The 47,432 mile long Interstate Highway System is composed of arterial highways, with what percentage in rural area and what percentage in urban areas?

A

65% and 35% respectively

29
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Collectors carry about what percentage of the travel?

A

15%

30
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Local roads carry over what percentage of the travel?

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13%

31
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Of all the roadway systems, which one is the most essential to the nations economy, defense and mobility, even though it only comprises 4.1% of the nations roads?

A

National Highway System

32
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Any package containing any hazardous material, permanently attached to a motor vehicle, must be secured against shifting? True or False?

A

False. NOT permanently secured.

33
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Each person who knowingly violates a requirement of Federal HM transportation law is liable for a civil penalty of not more than $_______ and not less than $_______ for each violation.

A

$75,000 and $250

34
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What does CCSF stand for?

A

Certified Cargo Screening Facility

35
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What identification is requires to enter secure are of any port?

A

TWIC

36
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Trucks are required to transmit manifest information how long prior to arrival at the port of entry?

A

One hour

37
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Over how many millions of TWICs have been issued to port employees?

A

20.6 million

38
Q

How many days can a driver be disqualified for who violated an of out service order?

A

180 days

39
Q

For a second violation of an out of service order within 10 years, the penalty is disqualification for no less than ___ years and no more than _____ years.

A

2 and 5 respectively

40
Q

What does LTCCS stand for?

A

Large Truck Crash Causation Study

41
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TSA was created in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, as part of what Act signed into law by President George W. Bush on Nov. 19, 2001.

A

Aviation and Transportation Security Act

42
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What is WHTI?

A

Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative

43
Q

Hard evidence shows that each year safety belts prevent how many fatalities?

A

15,700

44
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The trucking industry and the U.S. DOT have formed a Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Belt Partnership to increase safety belt usage and urge governors of how many states to further toughen safety belt laws?

A

17

45
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What percent of VMT travel is in urban areas?

A

61%

46
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The Arterial road system carries and makes up what percentages of total U.S. miles?

A

72%

11%

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