Sometimes an ending is a beginning. Is a single failed drug test or alcohol screening enough reason to terminate an otherwise valued truck driver as a “lifestyle” drug user or "unsalvageable" alcoholic who must never drive a truck again?
December 12, 2019
Eight of the ten issues listed in the NTSB's Most Wanted List of transportation safety improvements touch on the trucking industry is one way or another.
February 4, 2019
Mitja Schulz, senior vice president, Commercial Vehicle Technology for ZF, spoke with HDT about how advanced technologies can improve efficiency and safety for trucking.
December 5, 2018
We spoke at length with Lane Kidd, managing director of the Washington, D.C.-based Alliance for Driver Safety & Security (a.k.a. the Trucking Alliance) about which issues the carrier-driven and safety-focused lobbying group is most engaged with this year.
May 25, 2018
A perfect storm of business conditions has whipped up insurance costs, but applying technology and managing people can help calm the tempest.
October 19, 2017
The twin forces of increasing safety regulation and a burgeoning driver shortage are compelling the modern maintenance manager to do nothing less than think, live, and breathe truck safety.
April 20, 2016
Thanks to a combination of government regulations and market pressures, operating trucks safely has never been more mutually beneficial to fleets and drivers.
October 14, 2015