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Testifying before a House subcommittee, several trucking stakeholder groups made a case for the importance of trucking to the U.S. economy and offered plans on how to improve it, from infrastructure funding to safety regulations.
Read More →Discussions of safety in trucking often focus on vehicle crashes – but Hub Group has also been working to reduce musculoskeletal injuries. Preventing crashes is only one part of a true safety culture, the company says.
Read More →Daimler’s optional Level 2 technologies, Lane Keep Assist and ACC to Zero, will make drivers’ jobs easier and likely a little safer — if they don’t abuse them. Jim Park reports on his experience with the latest Detroit technology on a Freightliner Cascadia.
Read More →A safety-focused group of trucking and logistics companies has released the results of what it calls a first-of-its-kind study showing “compelling evidence that thousands of habitual drug users are skirting a system designed to prohibit drug use in transportation.”
Read More →Amid national trends such as the rapid rise of marijuana legalization and a continuing opioid abuse crisis, trucking faces some disturbing trends of its own. Part one of HDT's Trucking Under the Influence Series.
Read More →Strick Trailers is adding the Whiting 1184HD Hold Open Device as standard on all Strick trailers with overhead doors.
Read More →Is you fleet ready to transition from AOBRDs to ELDs before the December deadline? An upcoming webinar features a firsthand account from a fleet that has already done it and offers help for fleets that still need to make the change.
Read More →Trimble has integrated its TMW.Suite transportation management solution with SaferWatch software, an online solution from Truckstop.com that provides carrier information and compliance monitoring.
Read More →CVSA is planning to pay close attention to suspensions and steering systems in this year's 72-hour Roadcheck inspection blitz. Will your maintenance procedures keep your trucks off the sidelines this year?
Read More →The TSA has created a new committee of transportation industry representatives in an effort to better safeguard the nation’s supply chain against security risks.
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