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Second Chances: How to Upgrade Your Safety Rating

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, SambaSafety Ink Training Partnership

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.

TetherTech Develops Wheel-Separation Prevention Device

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.

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.

FMCSA Extends Entry-Level Driver Training Rule Compliance Date

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.

Danger: A Cavalier Attitude at Work!

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.

Why Telematics Fits Today’s Fleets

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.

Volvo Celebrates 60 Years of 3-Point Seat Belts by Encouraging Truck Drivers to Buckle Up

Three-point seat belts have saved over a million lives since their introduction. Volvo is celebrating the design's 60th anniversary by stressing to truck drivers the safety benefit of belting up..

May Trucking Joins The Trucking Alliance

Brooks, Oregon-based May Trucking Company has accepted an invitation to join the The Trucking Alliance, an industry-based safety advocate for reducing large truck crashes.

Transportation Incidents Top Cause of Fatal Work Injuries

Inspired by the labor shortages in the transport and construction industries, Teletrac Navman assessed if the relationship between compensation and the danger of the jobs within those fields could potentially be affecting the size of the recruitment pool.