One of the lawsuits challenging California’s controversial ABC test as it applies to the trucking industry, where it will widely disrupt the owner-operator model, suffered a setback in the California Court of Appeals.
The new tools from Ford include real-time driver coaching through its SYNC 4 voice assistant that alerts drivers anytime they exceed a speed limit, rapidly accelerate, brake harshly, idle excessively, or fail to fasten a seatbelt
Tenstreet recently acquired Stay Metrics, combining the two companies to offer fleets solutions to find and retain drivers longer, as well as access driver data.
The truck driver shortage is not going away. “You can either choose to accept that as reality, or you can find a new way to do things,” says Jacob Kramer, vice president of driver recruiting at Chattanooga, Tennessee-based U.S. Xpress.
There's much more to preventing tired or drowsy driving than just complying with hours of service. A sleep expert and author offers a few tips on how to keep truck drivers awake and alert at the wheel.
California voters approved Proposition 22, agreeing with the gig economy companies that the state’s strict ABC test set forth in last year’s controversial AB5 law should not apply to drivers such as those for Uber and Lyft. What does this mean for trucking?
Fleets that want to provide drivers with ruggedized mobile devices, instead of having them use their own smartphones or rely on in-vehicle computers, are the target of the next phase of a collaboration between Platform Science, an internet-of-things fleet management platform, and Samsung Electronics.
The shortage of drivers remains the most pressing issue affecting the trucking industry, according to the American Transportation Research Institute’s annual survey.
To get drivers on-board with certain technologies, fleets must properly train the coaches as well as the drivers on how the technology works and why it’s being used.
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The novel coronavirus and its spread throughout the globe have shined a bright light on the importance of a strong and healthy immune system, as well as on the crucial role truck drivers play in our logistics system.
Roehl Transport’s newly created Relaunch program will add 300 truck driving jobs for commercial driver’s license holders who left trucking for other employment.
It’s a natural instinct for driver trainers to teach according to their preferred learning style, but not everyone learns in the same way.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s pilot program to allow 18- to 20-year-old service members with heavy-vehicle driver training to operate commercial motor vehicles might expand the allowed classifications.
USA Truck recently unveiled its Drive Your Plan self-dispatch system, which will give drivers more freedom and flexibility, according to the carrier.
The U.S. Department of Labor announced a proposed rule that aims to clarify who’s an employee and who’s an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act, which could be good news for some trucking companies using owner-operators.
Shell Rotella recently announced the winners as part of the celebration for National Truck Driver Appreciation Week.
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