The future of truck driving simulation has arrived, landing at the Carnegie Mellon Driver Training and Safety Institute facility in Lemont Furnace, Pa.

How does a person who has never operated a big rig handle an 18-wheeler? Transport Topics reporter Margaret Gordetsky found out as she took the wheel of Carnegie Mellon's new driving simulator.

Ron Joseph, vice president of transportation, safety and maintenance for FedEx Ground in Moon Township, Pa., is the winner of this year’s American Trucking Associations Safety Director of the Year award.

American Trucking Associations’ Safety and Loss Prevention Management Council officially came into existence last week as the lobbying group continued its reorganization during the Safety Management Council meeting that was held Oct. 1-4 in St. Louis.

The top three fleets that won this year’s American Trucking Associations President’s Trophies showed that by paying meticulous attention to safety details — not only to the mechanical aspects, but also to the human factors — they have developed championship environments.

For the second time in his nearly half a century of trucking, Bill Whim, who has covered 5 million miles without an accident, is American Trucking Associations’ National Driver of the Year.

The Safety Management Council will debate integrating the responsibility for cargo claims and cargo security issues into its safety mandate during SMC’s annual meeting, continuing through Oct. 4 in St. Louis.

For the second time in his nearly half a century of trucking, Bill Whim, who has covered 5 million miles without an accident, is American Trucking Associations’ National Driver of the Year.

The Safety Management Council will debate integrating the responsibility for cargo claims and cargo security issues into its safety mandate during SMC’s annual meeting, continuing through Oct. 4 in St. Louis.

The Department of the Treasury appropriations bill, that included funding for the Automated Commercial Environment and the Automated Commercial System, was rejected by the Senate despite its passage by the House of Representatives.