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.

Business, Equipment, Safety

Cooper Adds Tire Sizes for Specialty Trailers

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. added new sizes to its Roadmaster RM272 tire line, which is engineered to withstand the demands of drop deck and spread axle trailers.

July 5, 2018
Business, Safety

New Mexico Grand Champion Is in a League of Her Own

Trucking isn’t just a man’s world, and Loretta Bruyere of FedEx Freight — New Mexico Grand Champion and proud owner of 2 million safety miles — is proving it.

Keegan Wiggins | Special to Transport Topics
July 3, 2018
Government, Equipment, Safety

CVSA to Conduct Brake Safety Week Sept. 16-22

Commercial vehicle inspectors will be out in force beginning Sept. 16 to conduct brake system inspections on large trucks and buses throughout the United States and Canada.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
July 3, 2018
Safety, Logistics, TCA

AAA Expects Holiday Traffic to Break Record

The AAA predicts a record-breaking 46.9 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home for the Independence Day holiday, an increase of more than 5% compared with last year’s prediction and the highest number since AAA started tracking travel 18 years ago.

Jocelyn Brumbaugh | The Tribune-Democrat (Johnstown, Pa.)
July 3, 2018
Business, Safety

Indiana State Truck Driving Championships

Photo coverage of winners and scenes from the 2018 Indiana Truck Driving Championships June 29-30 in Indianapolis. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)

July 3, 2018
Government, Business, Safety

Aviation Bill With Trucking Meal, Rest Break Language Yet to Reach Senate Floor

An aviation policy bill that has yet to reach the floor in the U.S. Senate includes a key trucking provision, and is among the policy priorities for members of Congress returning to Washington after the July Fourth recess.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
July 3, 2018
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous, TCA

Self-Driving Shuttle Bus Test to Begin This Year in Columbus, Ohio

Self-driving shuttle buses will be hauling riders around downtown Columbus later this year, a significant move as the city begins initiatives aimed at making it a “smart city” for transportation.

Mark Williams | The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch
July 3, 2018
Safety

Swift Uses Inspection Data to Improve Safety Scores

Learn how Swift Transportation uses INFORM Safety software to identify specific safety score issues and trends, and then develop safety programs to improve their operation. One result of their safety programs was a 20% reduction in inadvertent weigh station bypass events. Download now!

July 3, 2018
Business, Safety

Delaware's Louis Lockard Likes Variety in Competitions but Shows Consistency in Winning

For Delaware Grand Champion Louis Lockard of FedEx Freight, there is nothing better than being behind the wheel of a truck.

Keegan Wiggins | Special to Transport Topics
July 2, 2018
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Logistics, TCA

Japanese Government Envisions Cars in the Sky by 2020s

In a bid to achieve the practical use of self-driving flying cars in the 2020s, the government will establish a public-private council possibly within this year to discuss safety issues, technological development and other matters, Japanese newspaper The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

July 2, 2018