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Winter roadway “pileups” aren’t one crash — they’re a chain reaction. Here’s what triggers them, how truck drivers can spot the danger early, and what to do if you're suddenly trapped in the mess.
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will hold another hours of service listening session at the Mid-America Trucking Show, said Administrator Anne Ferro. This will be the fifth such session the agency has held in preparation for revisions to the current rule. Ferro said the agency aims to complete a draft rewrite of the rule by the middle of July. The draft will go to the White House Office of Management and Budget for vettin
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The U.S. Department of Transportation has released a sample bill for state legislatures to use when prohibiting texting while driving
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It turns out that recession is not unrelieved misery. Amid the layoffs, business failures and bankruptcies, belt-tightening and anxiety there is some good news. When we go into a recession, highway safety improves
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A Kansas Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Nebraska Furniture Mart, ruling that NFM was not an "employer" as defined by the Kansas Minimum Wage and Maximum Hours Law, and had no obligation to pay the truck driver
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The American Transportation Research Institute is collecting data from fleets on truck speed limiters and fuel consumption as part of a research initiative aimed at documenting the impact of speed limiters on a fleet's safety and operation
Read More →Terrorists are turning more to using highway-borne hazardous materials to carry out their terrorist actions, and the government should focus more on this readily available, least protected hazmat, rather than hazmat that can cause catastrophic losse
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It is not a simple thing for police to enforce the new federal ban on texting. The fact is, a patrolman at automobile level cannot see for sure what a driver is doing in a truck cab above him. That's only one of several concerns the enforcement community has about the guidance issued last month by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. But drivers and carriers should be aware that the policy does have teeth
Read More →Petaluma, Calif.-based Golden State Lumber has been fined $20,000 by the California Air Resources Board for failing to inspect its diesel trucks in accordance with the state's smoke emissions standards
Read More →The U.S., Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, Russia, India and the United Kingdom are the countries that are most at risk for cargo theft globally, according to the 2010 Global Threat Assessment report released by FreightWatch International
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Dupre Logistics has partnered with GreenRoad, a driving behavior improvement service, to complement its existing driver safety program
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