Record Roadway Fatalities Prompt NSC to Challenge Biden Administration
The National Safety Council calls on federal leadership to reduce deaths in vehicle crashes.
The National Safety Council calls on federal leadership to reduce deaths in vehicle crashes.
The quality of the large vehicle’s headlights EW critical in the evaluation from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Fleet managers need to continually remind drivers to refrain from the behavior, which can be triggered by everything from heavy traffic to running late.
The minor recalls will be handled through owner notifications by dealers.
Operation Safe Driver Week, in which law enforcement personnel will be on the lookout for risky driving behaviors in or around commercial vehicles, will take place July 11-17.
The National Transportation Safety Board’s top 10 safety recommendations include eliminating speeding-related crashes, requiring collision-avoidance on all vehicles, preventing drug-impaired driving and eliminating distracted driving.
Backing up your drivers becomes easy when you’ve got a recording to prove they were acting in the right.
Approximately 56,564 model-year 2019-2020 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter and Freightliner Sprinter vehicles are being recalled because the retaining washer and bolt that connect the brake pedal to the bearing block, may come loose and detach.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse has been in effect for a little over a year – but there are still some stumbling blocks fleets can run into.
The 22-member advisory board will convene bimonthly to provide recommendations on priority issues, including truck parking capacity, human trafficking and driver training.
In an upcoming webinar, Heavy Duty Trucking will lead a discussion with two top experts on what’s happening in the nation’s capitol that could affect trucking under the new administration and a Congress controlled by Democrats.
Embark said it is the first automated truck technology company to introduce a work-zone navigation system, and it's working with Arizona to improve work-zone safety.
The third-party system to certify electronic logging devices for the Canadian market is entering high gear, says a Canadian trucking association, but it is “strongly encouraging” carriers to meet with ELD vendors ahead of the June 12 deadline.
Bosch research suggests that advanced driver assistance systems that help keep vehicles in their lane may significantly reduce the costs of accidents influenced by heavy trucks.
SambaSafety's online training will be added to SambaSafety's continuous driver monitoring solution, Qorta, with a new acquisition.
With the recent addition of the fed's Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse, the industry is now, more than ever, in need of data concerning the safety of its drivers and the environment in which they work.
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