Safety

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is requesting nominations for people to serve on its Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee.

Hurricane Zeta is strengthening as it spins across the Gulf of Mexico, threatening to slam into New Orleans in the evening Oct. 28 as a Category 2 storm capable of uprooting trees and causing massive power outages.

Although the coronavirus pandemic has presented numerous challenges, it has also allowed transportation companies to find ways to improve, especially in terms of communication, according to trucking industry representatives.

Commercial vehicle inspectors put 12% of the 43,565 inspected commercial motor vehicles out-of-service for brake-related violations during Brake Safety Week Aug. 23-29, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance said Oct. 27.

For the fourth year in a row, the trucking industry’s persistent driver shortage ranked No. 1 on the annual Top Industry Issues list from the American Transportation Research Institute.

Florida officials recently launched the Highway Heroes campaign, which aims to involve truck drivers in the fight to end human trafficking.

Video telematics company Lytx has introduced a new series of services ranging from improved driver monitoring to optional in-cab video recordings.

Storm-weary Louisiana is once again under a hurricane warning, with Zeta leaving Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on a path that could hit New Orleans the night of Oct. 28.

J&M Tank Lines, the Nebraska Trucking Association and professional driver Rhonda Hartman of Old Dominion Freight Lines have been named as recipients of the 2020 American Trucking Associations’ Mike Russell Trucking Image Awards.

American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear praised the industry’s ability to rise to the occasion at the virtual Management Conference & Exhibition.