7 Steps to Get Started Monitoring and Modifying Driver Behavior
To help reduce the odds for crashes, many fleets are monitoring and modifying driver behavior through telematics.
To help reduce the odds for crashes, many fleets are monitoring and modifying driver behavior through telematics.
Representing work truck fleets of all sizes around the U.S., fleet managers share funding and outsourcing processes.
Hydrogen-fueled cars have become increasingly popular in California, though they still account for a tiny fraction compared to the number running on gasoline. Getting those vehicles to move beyond the state’s borders may require 18-wheelers crisscrossing America’s highways leading the way.
Just as passenger vehicles are becoming safer and more connected, so too are refuse trucks. But these complex fleet assets are also setting some of their own trends specific to their specialized function.
Freight rates on the spot market in April plunged to five-year lows, thanks to plummeting demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It's so bad, owner-operators have been protesting all over the country, calling for more broker regulation. But is it really a broker problem? Or classic supply and demand?
From remote dispatch to information clearinghouses, trucking technology shows its value during the shutdown
It may not be possible to identify every hidden cost or reduce every soft cost, but being aware of the sources of these costs can help fleets make measurable progress.
The safety performance history records request (SPHRR) offers a glimpse into an applicant’s possible unsafe behaviors while at another motor carrier. After 15 years, it still generates several questions.
For Jon England, president and CEO of Illinois-based Transport Services of Sullivan, the coronavirus pandemic is not the first time he has been tested.
Lisa Kelly was a professional driver before the cameras began to roll on Ice Road Truckers – the reality TV show that brought Alaska’s Dalton Highway into family living rooms.
Trucking companies have been using a variety of technologies to keep their employees safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vallencourt Construction has dash cameras in every one of its 100 vehicles. It’s not a common practice among construction fleets, but for Risk Manager Troy Betts, the decision to install dash cams from Samsara two years ago has gone above and beyond his expectations.
Transmissions in medium-duty trucks have been commodities for years. GHG Phase 2 is changing that; transmissions are becoming much more sophisticated.
On April 25, professional driver Nicole Folz took her first steps in 15 days outside a makeshift COVID-19 camp at an undisclosed airport hotel in Toronto.
Brent and Connie Higgins might not have the same level of resources that larger fleets do in facing the COVID-19 pandemic, but a reputation for top-tier service and an already strong cleanliness ethic are serving them well.
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