Trucking familiarized itself with the federal government’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program in 2011, discovering major changes the safety program causes within the industry and its partners.

We were all disappointed to see the rise in fatalities in truck-related crashes on our nation’s roads during 2010, as reported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Fatalities in U.S. highway accidents involving large trucks increased 8.7% in 2010, the first increase in four years, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said last week.

Usually, when you work for a federal regulatory agency and you’ve got good news to report, the rule is to shout it out as loudly as possible and as many times as possible from as many places as possible.

ATLANTA — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will scrutinize the divisive, nagging issue of trucker detention at shippers’ docks, focusing on how these delays affect trucking safety and what the agency’s regulatory options are, Administrator Anne Ferro said last week.

Major gains in truck highway safety were confirmed recently when the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration posted the final results of 2009 crash data showing that fatalities in truck-involved crashes fell to the lowest level in history.

WASHINGTON — Component manufacturer Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems offered instructions on the capabilities and complexity of North American trucks to federal officials here last week so that government might better understand how to interact with the industry.

Truck drivers should be prohibited from using cell phones while driving, even if the devices are hands-free, the National Transportation Safety Board said last week.