IIHS: Front Crash Prevention Works for Large Trucks
A study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found that trucks equipped with forward collision warning had 22% fewer crashes and trucks with AEB had 12% fewer crashes than those without either technology.
Fleets applaud Nova Scotia move on driver recruitment
HALIFAX, N.S. – Fleets are welcoming Nova Scotia’s decision to stop accepting transport truck driver (NOC 7511) applications under the Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program (AIPP). The province announced the change recently. It is now urging carriers to u…
ATA, Peterson to aid drivers facing hardship from COVID
Part of National Truck Driver Appreciation Week
CRA increases meal allowance limit
OTTAWA, Ont. – Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has changed the rate at which drivers can claim meal expenses using the simplified method from $17 to $23 per meal. The changes are retroactive to Jan. 1, 2020. The announcement was made by federal Transport M…
Roadcheck preps: Overdrive’s archived maintenance topics
With the three-day Roadcheck inspection event kicking of Sept. 9,, this story, newly updated, rounds up coverage on a wealth of maintenance topics in Overdrive in recent years to help you stay ahead of the inspectors.
Torc’s Fleming: Retrofitting Trucks for Autonomy “Not Commercially Viable”
Unlike their competitors, Daimler Trucks and Torc Robotics won’t give a definitive timeline to deployment for driverless trucks — and in their development, they must be built from the ground up.
Collaboration aimed at liver health for truckers
For Truck Driver Appreciation Week
10,000 warnings, citations given truckers in Safe Driver Week
Speeding was top violation
Mack Heroes Truck delivers aid to storm-battered Louisiana
Hurricane Laura death toll at 19
Critic Says HHS Hair-Testing Rule Development ‘Fatally Flawed’
Did the Department of Health and Human Services fail to consult its own drug-testing advisory board when developing new hair-testing guidelines that are expected to be published imminently?