The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) awarded National Carriers’ Director of Safety/Compliance Jill Maschmeier as the 2020 TCA Safety Professional of the Year — Clare C. Casey Award recipient.
Logistics provider Convoy, in an effort to use only the safest carriers in its network, has applied machine learning and automation to qualify safe drivers.
Groendyke Transportation 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.
An unfavorable compliance review can result in a public relations nightmare, high insurance rates, and difficulty in attracting quality drivers. But motor carriers have an opportunity to ask for a do-over.
Instructional Technologies and SambaSafety announced a partnership the companies say will let customers evaluate driver performance, identify safety issues, and quickly limit risk through targeted training.
The TetherTech Safety system consists of a length of cable sized for the axle tube, two end caps and hardware. The caps bolt to the cable and to the hub, preventing a wheel separation from occurring.
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.
The new entry-level driver training rule, originally scheduled to go into effect Feb. 7, now will have to wait another two years because the government needs more time to finish the registry of approved training providers.
As trucks and trailers become more complex, we need to deliberately apply real skills and not simply rely on "common sense" at the risk of our safety and the safety of those around us.
While trucking fleets aren’t required to have a telematics device aboard their vehicles, those that do have seen significant improvements in efficiency, productivity, and safety.