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Newsby StaffMarch 11, 2020

Pay and Time Home Tie in Latest PrePass Driver/Fleet Survey

A recent survey conducted by PrePass Safety Alliance provides new insight into what may help solve these fleets’ struggle to find qualified drivers and decrease driver turnover. Not surprisingly, pay and time at home topped the issues drivers consider the most important to them.

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Newsby David CullenMarch 10, 2020

Bipartisan Truck Parking Bill Introduced in House

The Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act, if passed into law, would dedicate hundreds of millions of dollars to projects that increase truck parking spaces so truck drivers can safely comply with hours-of-service regulations.

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Newsby StaffMarch 9, 2020

Walmart’s Growing Fleet Seeks Drivers

In a recent move to increase its truck fleet, Walmart is looking to add more than 500 truck drivers this year, focusing on the East and West Coasts.

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Newsby StaffMarch 2, 2020

Nussbaum, Boyle Nab TCA 'Best Fleet to Drive For' Honors

The Truckload Carriers Association named its Best Fleets to Drive for 2020, with Illinois-based Nussbaum Transportation taking large carrier honors and Boyle Transportation of Billerica, Massachusetts, winning in the small carrier category.

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Newsby StaffMarch 2, 2020

Instructional Technologies, SambaSafety Ink Training Partnership

Instructional Technologies and SambaSafety announced a partnership the companies say will let customers evaluate driver performance, identify safety issues, and quickly limit risk through targeted training.

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Newsby David CullenFebruary 28, 2020

FMCSA to Study Crimes against Minority Male and Female Truckers

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration wants to study the “prevalence, seriousness, and nature of the problem of harassment and assaults” against female and minority male truck drivers

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Newsby StaffFebruary 27, 2020

Einride is Hiring its First Autonomous Truck Operators

Einride, a Swedish technology company that designs, develops and sells driverless electrified trucks and logistical solutions, has announced it will be hiring the first autonomous and remote truck operator for its Tpod logistics system.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 27, 2020

Shell Rotella SuperRigs Comes to Texas

The 38th Annual Shell Rotella SuperRigs event will set up shop at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, June 4 to 6, as part of an IndyCar Series and NASCAR Truck Series weekend.

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SponsoredFebruary 14, 2020

What Does the Delay of the Entry-Level Driver Training Rule Mean for Trucking?

Just days before the Entry-Level Driver Training (ELDT) requirements were to go into effect, the FMCSA announced a two-year delay. In this episode, we talk to three guests with stake in the ELDT program, and explore why they are unhappy with the delay and what they believe the consequences of this decision will be.

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SponsoredFebruary 14, 2020

ELDs: The Gift That Keeps on Giving

Mike Ahart, VP of Regulatory Affairs at Omnitracs, and John Seidl, a former commercial vehicle enforcement official-turned transportation-consultant and VP of Risk Services at Reliance Partners, weigh in on what the trucking industry looks like now post-ELD Mandate. It turns out, Dec. 18, 2019 wasn’t the end of the ELD story, and that plenty of issues remain unresolved.

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