Trucking Industry Safety News

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Transportation businesses face a host of dynamic risk issues that can significantly impact their financial and operational health. The news in this category focuses on the latest safety and security initiatives, resources and regulations and addresses topics that include fleet safety, claims administration, driver hiring and retention, risk management and compliance.

Government, Business, Safety

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee Suspends HOS Rules in Wake of Flooding

Rules pertaining to hours of service have been relaxed for certain truckers in Tennessee who are involved in relief efforts.

Eleanor Lamb | Staff Reporter
March 11, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Preco Enhances PreView Side Defender System

Preco Electronics announced its PreView Side Defender II now provides radar-based blind-spot detection in addition to lane-change detection for trucks.

March 11, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Fuel

2019 TMC Photo Gallery

Look back at photos from American Trucking Associations' 2019 Technology & Maintenance Council annual meeting at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, March 17-21.

March 8, 2019
Government, Business, Safety

Railroad Representatives Petition FMCSA for HOS Exemption

Two companies and a trade association representing railroad employees have petitioned the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for relief from certain hours-of-service rules.

Eleanor Lamb | Staff Reporter
March 8, 2019
Government, Business, Safety

EPW Chairman John Barrasso Calls for Confirmation of FHWA Nominee Nicole Nason

Sen. John Barrasso, chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, pressed his colleagues to support the confirmation of Nicole Nason to lead the Federal Highway Administration.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
March 8, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, Autonomous

First Responders Work With Developers to ‘Teach’ Self-Driving Cars to Pull Over

What happens when police need to stop a driverless car?

Ira Boudway | Bloomberg News
March 8, 2019
Business, Safety

Fleets on Alert for 'Staged Accidents' as Spotlight Falls on Louisiana Trial

Fender benders on the interstates in and around New Orleans are as common as a homemade bowl of jambalaya for lunch. But an accident on Interstate 10 at Milepost 238 on Nov. 17, 2017, seemed a little strange, as truck driver Robert Runnels recalls it.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 7, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, Fuel

Sen. Tom Carper Pushes for Climate Provisions in Transportation Bill

An infrastructure bill would struggle to improve the country’s transportation network if it lacks language to address threats from severe weather events, the top Democrat on the Senate’s surface transportation panel said March 6.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
March 7, 2019
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Washington State Transport Package Sets Aside $450 Million for New I-5 Bridge

The Washington state Senate Transportation Committee passed a $15 billion transportation package March 6 that includes $450 million for a new Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River.

Jake Thomas | The Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.)
March 7, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Opinion: The Maintenance Shop’s Role in Fleet Optimization

Making the best use of your fleet should include considering the role of the maintenance shop. No company wants to continually rely on always having spare trucks available should a unit go down. That makes an efficient shop a vital component of your fleet’s overall performance.

Joe Evangelist | Executive Vice President, Transervice Logistics
March 6, 2019