Brake Safety Week Puts 13.5% of Trucks Out of Service for Violations
While the vast majority of trucks inspected during CVSA’s Brake Safety Week passed roadside inspections, over 4,600 vehicles were placed out of service for critical brake-related violations.
4 Ways Telematics Can Improve Fleet Maintenance
Don’t let maintenance consume your fleet management efforts, learn how telematics can improve it.
Why Americans Won’t See LCV Expansion Anytime Soon [Opinion]
There won’t be any nationwide thaw in the 1991 ISTEA freeze on long combination vehicles anytime soon, not in my lifetime anyway, nor probably in my children’s lifetime, says Charlie Willmott in this week’s guest voices blog. He would put money on it.
Hyundai Completes its First Successful Truck Platooning Trial
Hyundai Motor Company successfully conducted its first platooning test involving two commercial trucks on the Yeoju Smart Highway in South Korea, while replicating real-world conditions.
PMTC announces 2020 Benchmarking Survey
MILTON, Ont. – The Private Motor Truck Council of Canada is again teaming up with the U.S. National Private Truck Council to conduct its fourth annual Canadian Fleet Benchmarking Survey. The survey is open to all private fleets based in…
More than 4,600 trucks parked during Brake Safety Week for brake-related violations
During the week, inspectors conducted 34,320 inspections on commercial vehicles, resulting in 4,626 (13.5%) out of service orders for brakes violations.
Daimler Launches E-Mobility Ecosystem to Consult with Fleets on Going Electric
Daimler is launching an E-Mobility Ecosystem consutling business to help fleets find out if their operations would be suitable for electric trucks.
Purolator opens state-of-the-art Toronto facility
TORONTO, Ont. — The morning after Toronto’s first snowfall, it was only fitting Purolator held the official opening of its new state-of-the-art terminal in the city, part of the company’s network expansion that will help process an estimated 35 m…
Disruptions that will reverberate beyond 2020 — strategies for weathering, or taking full advantage
“The small business owner-operator does have certain advantages navigating market disruptions. An example of this is when natural disasters hit communities it’s the independents who step up to fill the gap, aided and abetted by our ability to make deci…
Trucking Law: What works as ‘personal conveyance’?
You can use a truck to drive your family to church, run to the grocery store or take a fishing trip so long as you are not doing so at the direction of the employer. Determining compliance can be a little more fuzzy, though, when driving to or from shi…