Safety

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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.

Letters to the Editor, Business, Safety, Government

Letters to the Editor: Distracted Driving, Cap & Trade Redux

Cell-phone use, particularly texting while driving any vehicle, is as dangerous an act as is driving while impaired and makes no sense at all — especially while driving a commercial motor vehicle.

October 12, 2009
Editorial, Business, Safety

The Tough Keep Going

“That which does not kill you makes you stronger.” That would have been an appropriate theme for the 2009 American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition.

October 12, 2009
Government, Business, Safety, Fuel

Fleet Execs See Green in Going Green

LAS VEGAS — Fleet executives said that while going green does provide societal and environmental benefits, the biggest benefit to carriers is that is saves money in fuel and other costs.

October 12, 2009
Government, Business, Safety

Frame’s Motor Freight Shuts After 140 Years in Business

WEST CHESTER, Pa. — When Frame’s Motor Freight needed a driver to take a load in mid-September from suburban Philadelphia to Lancaster, Pa., President Robert Temple walked downstairs from his office, slid behind the wheel of a 2004 Freightliner and made the delivery.

October 12, 2009
Business, Government, Safety

Trucking Set for Recovery

LAS VEGAS — After more than a year of political and economic struggles, trucking leaders said they were doubling down in the hope that the industry would enter a period of strong recovery.

October 12, 2009
Business, Safety, Government

Carriers Must Treat Drivers’ Sleep Apnea, Fatigue, Schneider’s Safety Chief Warns

LAS VEGAS — The safety chief of the nation’s largest truckload fleet said trucking can no longer afford to ignore sleep apnea and fatigue, a disorder that is significantly under-diagnosed and “grossly underreported” in accidents.

October 12, 2009
Government, Business, Safety, Fuel

Ports’ Clean Trucks Goals Will Be Met by 2010, Los Angeles and Long Beach Officials Say

Officials with the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach said they expect to reach their clean trucks goal of reducing port diesel emissions 80% by the end of 2010 — a year or more ahead of schedule.

October 12, 2009
Government, Business, Safety, Fuel

ATA Leaders Set Policies on HOS, Alternative Fuels

LAS VEGAS — The leadership of American Trucking Associations addressed several policy issues here during the group’s annual conference, ranging from the supporting documents fleets need to provide for hours-of-service compliance to what alternative fuels are used in the nation.

October 12, 2009
Government, Business, Safety

Freightliner Unveils New Coronado Models Aimed at Severe Service, Vocational Markets

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Freightliner Trucks showcased its latest entry in the severe service and vocational truck markets Oct. 6, when it introduced new heavy-duty dump truck and tractor models at the International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition here.

October 12, 2009
Business, Government, Safety

ATA Endorses Texting Ban for All Vehicle Operators

LAS VEGAS — As the push to outlaw driving distractions grows, American Trucking Associations endorsed a U.S. Senate effort to ban text messaging by motor vehicle operators.

October 12, 2009