
What’s more important to safety: the driver, management, or emerging technologies? That’s the question National Transportation Safety Board Member Michael Graham will address during an opening keynote presentation at Heavy Duty Trucking Exchange Aug. 25.
Read More →Can the addition of a pulsing brake lamp on the back of a trailer prevent rear-end collisions? FMCSA seems to think so, if its exemptions are any indication.
Read More →Some of the top concerns trucking fleets have today — rising insurance costs, “nuclear verdicts,” the driver shortage — could all be addressed through improving a company’s safety culture, says HDT Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge in her blog.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation included automatic emergency braking for both light- and heavy-duty vehicles on its regulatory agenda, which identifies actions the DOT plans to take during the next year and beyond.
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The Together for Safer Roads coalition, with Anheuser-Busch InBev, Republic Services, and the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services, will work with a behavioral AI company to test ways to reduce blind zones around the truck as part of the Truck of the Future project.
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The editors of Heavy Duty Trucking have extended the deadline for fleets to participate in a new annual survey, which will offer insight into safety and compliance practices and trends among truck fleets.
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A new safety webinar series from the editors of Heavy Duty Trucking kicks off June 30 with a look how a strong safety culture can help fleets deal with industry issues such as high insurance costs and nuclear verdicts.
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A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would require speed limiters on heavy trucks.
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Heavy Duty Trucking is launching an annual survey to find out more about how today's trucking fleets are working to improve safety. Find out how you can participate and get a full report on the results.
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A crash so devastating it had John Vaccaro wondering if he even wanted to continue on with the family trucking business was a wake-up call to double down on safety.
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