The small steel-hauling fleet received a safety-related wake-up call that something needed to change. Documented driver training has made a difference.
A coalition of 10 trucking-related stakeholders is petitioning the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to conduct a rulemaking if the agency intends to change how it analyzes and publishes data on motor carrier crashes.
Trimble debuted a two-channel digital video recorder that records high-definition video from up to two cameras as part of its Video Intelligence solution as well as a new video on-demand plan.
Autonomous technology developer TuSimple has formed a partnership with Pima Community College in Tuscon, Arizona, to launch what it says is the first autonomous driving certificate program for truck drivers.
Discussions of safety in trucking often focus on vehicle crashes – but Hub Group has also been working to reduce musculoskeletal injuries. Preventing crashes is only one part of a true safety culture, the company says.
Amid national trends such as the rapid rise of marijuana legalization and a continuing opioid abuse crisis, trucking faces some disturbing trends of its own. Part one of HDT's Trucking Under the Influence Series.
Most truck drivers believe there’s no time or space to fit fitness into their lifestyle but in reality, drivers do have the time and space to fit fitness in, and it’s more important than ever that they do.
Why Torc Robotics CEO Michael Fleming he thinks autonomous technology will make its initial inroads in long-haul fleets, and how the technology will make truck drivers' lives better inside of a decade.
Daimler’s Detroit Assurance 5.0 includes an optional lane keep assist feature that helps drivers keep from drifting out of the lane or off the road. Using a camera-based setup, the system will self-steer the truck keeping it between the lines and can make minor corrections for crosswinds and vehicle alignment.
Fleets that have been operating on the AOBRD extension for the last two years are now faced with the same decisions that fleets had to make when the ELD mandate was initially put into place: Who do I select as my provider?