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With winter behind us and spring in bloom, there’s a great opportunity to make stronger connections with our drivers, helping with retention, as well as improve their health and mood, leading to better safety scores and less accidents.
How one of the country's largest transportation and logistics companies is responding to the challenges of COVID-19 pandemic, from free telemedicine and distributing personal protective equipment, to a voluntary pay cut for senior management. An interview with Derek Leathers of Werner Enterprises.
Netradyne released findings from a recent online survey of commercial drivers that indicates commercial drivers feel safe but acknowledge they could be safer, and that AI-powered driving technology can be both beneficial and concerning.
A national coalition of trucking associations, fleets and driving schools is pressing Congress to take action to reopen driver's license facilities to deal with commercial driver license issues.
From hand sanitizer to sick time, from PPE to training, three fleets shared how they're supporting their truck drivers during the pandemic in a webinar put on by American Trucking Associations and its Safety Management Council.
Lubrication Specialties Inc. (LSI), manufacturer of Hot Shot’s Secret performance oils and additives, is stepping up their support for our nation’s truckers by introducing a Trucker Appreciation Care Package.
At a White House event April 16, President Donald Trump thanked the truck drivers who are ensuring that essential goods make their way to their much-needed destinations, calling them the lifeblood of our economy.
Average commercial vehicle speeds have increased and time spent at intersections for drivers has reduced, indicating reduced congestion following regional stay-at-home orders.
Truck drivers increasingly need face masks to meet both CDC recommendations and some state and local restrictions meant to spread the slow of the COVID-19 pandemic. We talked to fleets about what they're doing to get masks to drivers.
Truck drivers have now been exempted from an order requiring adults entering the state of Utah to fill out an online form about their potential exposure to the novel coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 illness.
With the COVID-19 outbreak restricting the places truck drivers can go for a meal or a break, three companies have added alerts to their tech solutions to give drivers a heads up to open rest areas or truck stops.
The St. Christopher Truckers Development and Relief Fund, which helps professional drivers who can’t work due to illness or injury, has received large donations from C.H. Robinson, Love's Travel Stops, and Yokohama Tire to help it in efforts to assist drivers who contract COVID-19.
Effective April 10, New Jersey is requiring workers and customers to wear cloth face covering while on the premises of the essential retail businesses, warehouses, and construction sites that are still allowed to be open during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Canadian truck driver Petko Ganachev has created a 3D printing group that is making face shields and mask straps to help ease shortages across the country in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Trucking Associations has cancelled the National Truck Driving Championships and National Step Van Driving Championships, which were scheduled to take place Aug. 19-22 in Indianapolis.
Standard Oil opened the Iowa 80 Truckstop in 1964, and it was managed for nearly 20 years by Bill Moon, who bought the business in 1984. His love of trucks lead the truck stop to grow and add many amenities and even a trucking museum.
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