More than 1,000 Cdn. trucks affected in Mack recall
Mack Trucks is recalling certain model year 2012-2015 Granite, LR Pinnacle, TerraPro and Titan trucks for an issue involving a connection between the driveshaft and rear axle. Mack is also recalling certain 2016 and 2017 Mack Granite and TerraPro truck…
Iowa Lawmakers Say No to Higher Speed Limits
Efforts to increase speed limits on Iowa freeways and rural roads failed in the Legislature this year amid safety concerns, but officials acknowledged such moves are popular with drivers and likely will come before lawmakers again. One measure would ha…
Roadside rescue: Trucker adopts cat left for dead
It’s not very often you find your next pet left for dead on the side of the road, but that’s exactly what happened to Dennis McDonald. The burly truck driver was passing through Burnaby in the middle of a thunderstorm on March 10, when he nearly ran ov…
Daimler touts benefits of the connected truck
DUSSELDORF, Germany — A truck that is always running, always full, never breaks down and can avoid traffic jams; that’s Daimler’s vision and it believes it can achieve such a truck through connectivity. The company brought together more than 300…
Truckers with sleep apnea who do not follow treatment have greater crash risk
Truck drivers who have obstructive sleep apnea and who do not attempt to adhere to a mandated treatment program have a fivefold increase in the risk of a severe crash, according to a new study co-authored by Virginia Tech Transportation Institute resea…
High crash risk in truckers who don’t treat this condition
Truck drivers with sleep apnea who don’t regularly follow their treatment program are much more likely to crash, a new study finds. “The most surprising result of our study is the strength and robustness of the increase in the crash risk for drivers wi…
Truck drivers who fail to adhere to sleep apnea treatment have higher crash rate
Truck drivers with obstructive sleep apnea who failed to adhere to treatment had a rate of preventable crashes five times higher than that of truckers without the ailment, according to researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Univers…
Apnea Crash Risk Triples for Truckers
Commercial truck drivers who don’t treat their sleep apnea are four to five times more likely to be involved in a crash that’s their fault, compared to truckers who don’t have sleep apnea or who have it but treat it effectively, according to a new stud…
Daimler demonstrates autonomously driven truck platoon
Demonstration was the first of its kind in the world
GCR Tires & Service names new vice-president of sales
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Bridgestone Americas revealed today that Brian Cunningham has been named its new vice-president of sales for GCR Tires & Service (GCR), a division of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO). In his new position, Cunningham will lead the sales…