Crash Data Shows Reduction in Trucking-Related Fatalities
After analyzing new crash and mileage data from the Department of Transportation, the American Trucking Associations has found that the rate of truck-involved fatalities has declined. The fatality rate for truck-involved fatalities fell for the second …
NTSB: Cut Impaired, Distracted, Fatigued Driving
While most of the 10 items on the National Transportation Safety Board’s new “Most Wanted List” of safety improvements pertain to trucking to one degree or another, one item that very specifically called out trucking in last year’s edition – ” Strength…
Ontario Trucking Association Launches TV, Social Media Ad Campaign
The Ontario Trucking Association has launched a 60-second TV ad campaign intended to spread a positive message about the trucking industry and truck drivers. The commercial began airing Jan. 14 on various television networks throughout Ontario and Cana…
Impaired trucker won’t stop in Georgia, wrecks in Florida
A Lowndes County deputy tried to stop a semi-truck driver who was driving erratically near mile marker nine south of Valdosta Wednesday night. The deputy pulled aside the semi truck in an effort to gain the driver’s attention, but the truck swerved, al…
Senior Fatally Struck on Near North Side by Truck Driver Who Failed to Yield
Charges are pending against a truck driver who fatally struck a 74-year-old woman on Tuesday near Division and LaSalle streets. At about 11:55 a.m., Georgiana Henley was walking on the 100 block of West Division, according to Officer Anna Pacheco from …
Materials Provider Retrofits Step Vans as Hybrids
BMC, an Atlanta-based provider of building materials and construction services, has retrofitted its Ford E-350 step vans with XL Hybrids’ XL3 Hybrid Electric Drive System, the vehicle modifier has announced. BMC plans to use the four step vans for deli…
UPS Rolls Out RNG in Two States
UPS has put steps in place to supply its fleet for Memphis, Tenn. and Jackson, Miss.
New Safety Initiative at LA’s APM Terminals
A new safety initiative at the world’s largest proprietary container terminal, APM Terminals Pier 400 Los Angeles, has resulted in the implementation of revised yard layout and procedures to enhance the safety of the 2,000 to 3,000 Over-the-Road truck …
WEX Card Holders to be Offered Rebates at QuikTrip Pumps
WEX Fleet One Over-the-Road card holders will be offered fuel rebates at QuikTrip locations as the result of a merchant agreement the two companies entered into recently. Cardholders will receive 0.03-cent rebates for every gallon pumped at any of Quik…
Not So Fast: Truck Groups Contend Safety Fitness Proposal Violates FAST Act
The validity of a rule proposed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that would increase the use of inspection data in making Safety Fitness Determinations for motor carriers has been challenged by a coalition of eight associations repres…