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Some truck drivers have reported looting of packages, bricks being thrown, and other dangerous situations sometimes encountered when they are in areas where protesters are demonstrating against police violence in the wake of the death of George Floyd.
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Truck drivers have been put in some terrible predicaments as protests and sometimes-violent riots have spread across the country in recent days. Deborah Lockridge looks at two disturbing incidents in her blog.
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Groendyke Transport watched the number of rear-end collisions with its trailers rise steadily until it tried an unorthodox and then unapproved method of alerting following drivers that its trucks were applying brakes and slowing down.
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While early estimates for 2019 from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show an overall decrease in highway fatalities for the third consecutive year, fatalities involving trucks over 10,000 pounds rose slightly.
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More than 20 private fleets who have demonstrated continued improvement and dedication in elevating their safety performance year over year have been honored with 2020 NPTC/Lytx Fleet Safety Awards.
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After a decade of trucking companies complaining that the government unfairly counted crashes against their safety record that were not their fault, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration unveiled a permanent Crash Preventability Determination Program.
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Vallencourt Construction has dash cameras in every one of its 100 vehicles. It’s not a common practice among construction fleets, but for Risk Manager Troy Betts, the decision to install dash cams from Samsara two years ago has gone above and beyond his expectations.
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Executives from Hub Group, M&W Logistics, and U.S. Xpress will share insights on how they're dealing with COVID-19 issues such as drivers, maintenance, and personnel policies in a free webinar moderated by HDT Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge.
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The new Tech-Celerate program unveiled at the 2020 TMC Annual Meeting is a joint marketing effort by TMC and FMCSA to boost the adoption of advanced vehicle safety systems by fleets.
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For the 2020 registration year, the fees will be reduced by 14.45% below the 2018 registration fee level.
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