Is technology the answer to reducing crashes?
The technology revolution is well upon us. Almost daily, risk managers are bombarded with new technology-based products, services, and concepts targeting truck design, improved fuel efficiency, and overall system efficiency.
Trucker Logs 3 Million Miles Without an Accident
“I started driving in South Bend, Ind.,” he said. “Driving a local trash truck picking up Dumpsters and all that.” Sut-Fin has spent many of those years confined to a semi-cab, eight hours or more a day and it is estimated he has logged 3 million miles…
Midwest Truckers Back On Road
Blizzard conditions over the weekend shut down sections of interstates throughout South Dakota.
Cochin Trucker Strike Enters Second Week
A strike by truck drivers at India’s Port of Cochin has entered its second week, preventing the movement of containers in and out of Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal, operated by DP World .
EXCLUSIVE: MTO officer charged for public masturbation allowed to return to work
WELLAND, Ont. — An Ontario Transportation Enforcement Officer (TEO) who pleaded guilty to two counts of committing an indecent act after exposing himself to young women, and who has admitted to acting out in anger towards women, has been…
Cyclists tell of trucker ‘playing chicken’
DENIES GUILT: Daniel Coxhead outside the New Plymouth District Court after denying he played chicken with cyclists during an around the mountain cycle event last year.
FROM THE HEART: Profilng Alan Goodhall, company driver for J&R Hall Transport
We recently spoke with London, Ont.’s Alan Goodhall, a 15-year road veteran doing weekly LTL runs to Winnipeg with US reloads for J&R Hall Transport. A Truck News columnist and a social media pioneer, Alan shares his thoughts with us on job…
The first 10 things you must do after you sell your business
I spoke recently with Peter Churchill-Smith, managing director of Newport Private Wealth, one of Canada’s largest independent wealth managers. Peter has worked with entrepreneurs for the better part of his 30-year career as a wealth…
Trucker held over a 4m drugs hidden in chicken
AN IRISH truck driver has been arrested by Spanish police after the seizure of a a 4m shipment of cannabis concealed in chicken fillets.
Truck dealers should engage elected officials: ATD chair
ORLANDO, Fla. — Truck dealers must be more proactive in engaging their elected officials and educating them on the industry, Dick Witcher, chairman of the American Truck Dealers (ATD), implored during his remarks at the ATD Convention and Expo…