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Truck Techby Jack RobertsDecember 26, 2023

4 Top Trucking Tech Trends in 2023

Technology is coming fast at the global trucking industry on every front. But HDT's Jack Roberts identifies four critical trends that were at the forefront of change in 2023.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseFebruary 9, 2023

Motorcity Systems Creates App for Driver Engagement

Motorcity Systems' new integrated cloud-based mobile app helps fleets optimize operational efficiency giving fleets and their drivers capabilities such as instant messaging and document scanning.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseDecember 13, 2022

Outrider Autonomous Yard Trucks Can Attach Trailer Brake, Electric Lines

Autonomous yard trucks from Outrider now can robotically attach the needed brake and electric lines from yard trucks to trailers.

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Articlesby Oliver PattonJanuary 8, 2013

Technology: What if Cars and Trucks Could Talk to Each Other?

Imagine: A truck driver gets a signal on his dash, warning him that a car ahead that he cannot see has slammed on the brakes. Or that he's going too fast for the curve ahead/

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Articlesby Jim BeachJuly 20, 2012

Using Analytics for Proactive Predictions

Technology allows fleets to take a much more proactive role in managing safety. In the past, addressing driver behavior was a reactive task, something you did after an event of some kind: an accident, a citation, a motorist's complaint

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Articlesby Tom BergMay 16, 2012

Building Safer Trucks

A driver grabs an exit and heads into the curve of the ramp too fast. He steers hard to try to make the sharpening turn, but his trailer can't follow. Its rear begins flipping and the motion quickly continues forward, pulling over the tractor

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Articlesby Oliver PattonMay 16, 2012

The Feds' Safety Wish List

Topping the list of federal initiatives on truck safety technology is a proposal due any time from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to require stability control systems on heavy-duty tractors

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Articlesby Jim BeachDecember 14, 2011

QES Webinar Emphasizes EOBRs for Management, Compliance

Before adopting electronic logs in 2010, Kinard Trucking and Logistics, a 175-truck fleet in York, Pa., was seeing a 25% rate of log violations fleetwide. The violation rate dropped to 15% within the first year and is now about 1%

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Articlesby Jim ParkMay 26, 2011

Synthetic-Web Strapping Under Scrutiny

What do you know about the synthetic web strapping you use to secure cargo? What you need to know is that it has a label, tag or stencil showing the manufacturer's name and/or trademark, and the working load limit of the strap in pounds or kilograms. You've got all that? The label even says the strap is DOT approved. You're good to go, right? Guess what? There are no DOT standards for cargo strapping

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ArticlesMay 3, 2011

Government Cracks Down on Distracted Driving; What's a Fleet to Do?

It's a fact: Fleets with the highest safety performance records also have stringent policies on in-cab cell phone use, according to the recent Strength in Numbers Fleet Benchmarking Study sponsored by the Network of Employers for Traffic Safety

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