Strick Trailers’ GardX rear impact guard received the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s ToughGuard award, passing all three underride tests during certification.
General Motors Co. has mobilized all of its vehicle brands, as well as OnStar, GM Financial and its Customer Care and Aftersales team to help customers impacted by Hurricane Florence recover as quickly as possible
The worst time to realize your fleet’s safety program doesn’t measure up is when you’re answering attorneys’ questions in court or at a deposition.
American Trucking Associations has praised Senate-passed legislation that, in its current form, includes provisions to create guidelines for drug hair testing.
New Pig Corporation’s Fuel Station Spill Kit in Overpack is designed to help respond for spills near fuel islands.
Paccar has issued a recall affecting several Kenworth truck models due to an improperly connected check engine light that could fail to warn drivers of imminent engine problems.
The National Transportation Safety Board would like to see video event recorders in every commercial vehicle to help with crash investigations and improve driver safety.
Brake violations remain a common source of roadside citations and even crashes. Here’s a refresher course on the right way to make sure truck air brakes are up to par.
General Motors is recalling an estimated 1.01 million 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Tahoe, and Suburban; GMC Sierra 1500 and Yukon; and Cadillac Escalade trucks and large SUVs for a steering problem.
June’s Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance International Roadcheck inspection blitz once again placed thousands of vehicles and drivers out-of-service, but at lower rates than last year – except in hours-of-service violations, which were the focus of the event.
The Knapheide Manufacturing Company has named H.W. "Bo" Knapheide IV its chief executive and president to succeed his father, Harold W. "Knap" Knapheide III, who died in late August.
As with any type of technology, commercial vehicle safety systems evolve. And according to Matt Camden, senior research associate at the Center for Truck and Bus Safety, Behavioral Analysis and Applications Group, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, this evolution over the past few years has been tremendous.
In advance of Hurricane Florence making landfall, the FMCSA has issued an emergency declaration along the East Coast, suspending certain regulations for drivers and carriers in 11 states and Washington D.C.
Under the Trump administration, regulatory activity at the FMCSA has decreased – but enforcement activity has increased, according to Dave Osiecki, president of Scopelitis Transportation Consulting, speaking at a session during the Trimble In.Sight user conference.
Four Republican lawmakers are spearheading an effort to audit a 2017 EPA study that found that glider kits emit substantially more harmful pollutants than newer truck models.
Three Volvo tractors pulling twin trailers using FedEx Specs demonstrated truck platooning in North Carolina on June 27, automatically maintaining 1.5-second following distance. Deborah Lockridge was there and has these photos.
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