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Of Spuds, Sleep, and Faulty Statistics

An accident that closed I-77 in North Carolina illustrates how driver fatigue is a problem that is a lot more complex than just creating regulations saying when truckers can and can’t drive — and how enforcement sometimes erroneously targets truckers in the name of safety.

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Articlesby Oliver PattonDecember 2, 2010

Taking Safety To A Higher Level: Fatigue Management Is About More Than Hours Of Service

Back in 2001, Dupre Logistics had a problem. The Louisiana fleet was having too many accidents, some of them fatal

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ArticlesMarch 22, 2010

2010 Truck Fleet Innovator: Tom Voelkel, Dupre Logistics

As a child, Tom Voelkel's parents instilled in him a strong work ethic. The current president and chief operating officer of Dupre Logistics got his first job, cutting grass, at age 8.

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