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ATRI trucking litigation report.
Newsby Jack RobertsDecember 3, 2025

ATRI Study Examines the Scale and Causes of Growing Trucking Litigation Awards

Many factors, including inherent jury bias, can drive jury awards higher in trucking litigation cases, a new ATRI study has found.

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Nuclear verdict jackpots.
Truck Techby Jack RobertsFebruary 27, 2025

The Dark Forces Funding Nuclear Verdicts Against Trucking

Financial speculators are investing money in “nuclear verdict” court cases in hopes of walking away with millions in settlement dollars — often in trucking. It’s ghoulish. It’s wrong. And it needs to be stopped.

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Articlesby Jack RobertsDecember 1, 2024

Lawfare: The Legal War on Trucking, Part 2

In Part 2 of HDT's in-depth look at the plague of nuclear verdicts devastating the North American trucking industry, defense attorney Jennifer Akre details how unscrupulous lawyers outrage juries to get big settlements — and what you can do to protect your fleet.

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A Schneider National tractor-trailer.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 14, 2024

Schneider National Honors 5-Million Mile Safe Driver

Greg Swift, a longtime driver for Schneider National has become only the third driver in the fleet’s 90-year history to log five million safe driving miles.

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Articlesby Jim ParkMarch 13, 2024

Q&A: Road-Aware's Bullock on Ending Truck Rollovers, Downhill Runaway Trucks

Brian Bullock, founder of Road-Aware Safety Systems, believes better training and new technology could end truck rollovers forever.

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PodcastsMarch 8, 2024

Listen: Solving Trucking's Rollover Dilemma

We are seeing a distressing increase in the number of truck rollover crashes. What's behind the increase isn't completely clear, but many believe it's a lack of driver training and understanding of vehicle dynamics.

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Videosby Jim ParkFebruary 26, 2024

Too Fast for Conditions: Solving Trucking's Rollover Dilemma [Video]

We are seeing a distressing increase in the number of truck rollover crashes, and runaway truck crashes on mountain grades remain a problem. What's behind the increase isn't completely clear, but factors include a lack of driver training and understanding of vehicle dynamics. Join Jim Park on this episode of HDT Talks Trucking for more.

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Articlesby Denise RondiniMarch 2, 2020

Accident Detectives Help Solve Safety Mysteries

Volvo has a team that sifts through clues to find ways to make trucks safer.

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Truck Techby Jack RobertsFebruary 10, 2020

4 Things Every Beginning Truck Driver Should Keep in Mind

Being a professional driver means maintaining your focus behind the wheel day in and day out, regardless of what nature -- and other drivers -- throw your way.

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Newsby StaffNovember 1, 2019

Two Drug-fueled Crashes Cause FMCSA to Declare Driver an Imminent Hazard

An Ohio commercial driver was declared an imminent hazard following an on-duty collision that killed two people and an off-duty crash two weeks later, both while driving under the influence.

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