In November 2023, recalls were announced on vehicles from Mack Trucks, Autocar, Hino, and Paccar.
The Mountain Rules safety awareness program in Colorado now has three videos to educate truck drivers on handling winter weather, runaway trucks, and navigating construction zones.
Meet Sarah Cates, recipient of the 2023 HDT Safety & Compliance Award, in this HDT Talks Trucking interview. Cates has been the director of safety at Keller Trucking for only three years, but her focus on drivers has transformed the company’s safety culture.
In just three years as director of safety at Keller Trucking, HDT Safety & Compliance Award Winner Sarah Cates has crafted a culture of safety and garnered driver buy-in on things like in-cab cameras.
In October 2023, recalls were announced on vehicles from Mack Trucks, Autocar, and Paccar.
The American Trucking Associations' Women in Motion has teamed up with Trucker Path to help female truck drivers identify safe places to stop and park.
With a 49% increase in the number of truck-crash fatalities over the past decade, DOT-recordable accidents per million miles of travel is an important metric for fleets. In addition to that concern, fleet safety managers say their biggest challenges are staying up to date with regulatory changes and improving driver knowledge and skills.
Nauto said it is combining fleet safety, risk, and operations into one telematics platform that provides advanced risk detection and alerting, including for pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists.
Strict driver distraction policies, cellphone blockers, and zero-tolerance mandates will not solve the larger issues of distracted driving in commercial trucking. There are other steps fleets can take first.
Casey Driggers didn't plan to follow in his truck driver fathers' footsteps, but with 12 years of law enforcement, this 2023 HDT Emerging Leader is bringing a new focus on safety to Custom Commodities.
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