We’ve often written of the improving safety performance of trucks after participating in a live demonstration, or sitting through a presentation on connectivity.
So, it comes as a bit of a surprise that overall highway fatalities rose in 2016 to…
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Is technology causing highway fatalities?
We’ve often written of the improving safety performance of trucks after participating in a live demonstration, or sitting through a presentation on connectivity.
So, it comes as a bit of a surprise that overall highway fatalities rose in 2016 to…
Why won’t diabetic drivers listen to their doctors?
Truck drivers suffer from diabetes at a rate almost 50% higher than the rest of Americans because they have more risk factors, physicians note.
A truck driver’s life is a recipe for diabetes, and the statistics prove it. In the U.S., about 9.4% of the population has diabetes according to the Centers for Disease Control. For truckers, that number is 14%.
Why won’t diabetic drivers listen to their doctors?
Truck drivers suffer from diabetes at a rate almost 50% higher than the rest of Americans because they have more risk factors, physicians note.
A truck driver’s life is a recipe for diabetes, and the statistics prove it. In the U.S., about 9.4% of the population has diabetes according to the Centers for Disease Control. For truckers, that number is 14%.
Highway fatalities increase again, NHTSA says
Truck-involved crash deaths rise
Total traffic deaths on U.S. highways rose 5.6 percent in 2016 to a decade-high of 37,461, with truck-involved fatalities also increasing…
Highway fatalities increase again, NHTSA says
Truck-involved crash deaths rise
Total traffic deaths on U.S. highways rose 5.6 percent in 2016 to a decade-high of 37,461, with truck-involved fatalities also increasing…
Fleets wait as long as possible to deploy ELDs, study finds
ATLANTA. Though the ELD mandate is just three months away, 60% of commercial fleets are still monitoring their drivers’ hours of service (HOS) with paper logs. That’s according to a recent study conducted by C.J. Driscoll & Associates that surveyed 529 U.S. fleet operators.
Fleets wait as long as possible to deploy ELDs, study finds
ATLANTA. Though the ELD mandate is just three months away, 60% of commercial fleets are still monitoring their drivers’ hours of service (HOS) with paper logs. That’s according to a recent study conducted by C.J. Driscoll & Associates…
Are you creating a culture of safety?
You definitely want your drivers to operate in a safe manner. You make safety a key element of your new driver orientation, and you talk about it in driver meetings. Your supervisors constantly mention it. Your dispatchers may even bring it up to dri…
Are you creating a culture of safety?
You definitely want your drivers to operate in a safe manner. You make safety a key element of your new driver orientation, and you talk about it in driver meetings. Your supervisors constantly mention it. Your dispatchers may even bring it up to dri…