New research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety in The US suggests that large trucks equipped with advanced safety technologies can prevent tens of thousands truck-related crashes each year….
Safety Researcher: Truck Technology Saves Lives Read more...
The Canadian Alliance told a senate committee in Ottawa it welcomes the progression of connected and driver assist technology in commercial vehicles, but that such innovation will not come at…
CTA to Senate Committee: Truck Driver is Here to Stay Read more...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced availability of a long-awaited free training module that meets the minimum requirements for carrier personnel under the sanitary transportation of food rule. This…
FDA’s Free Training Program Now Available Read more...
A panel at 2017 FTR Transportation Conference concludes trouble is ahead for late adopters of electronic logging devices (ELDs). With legal challenges and legislative attempts at a rollback having run…
Panel: ELD ‘Foot Draggers’ Will Be Challenged Read more...
A last-ditch effort in the U.S. House to delay the Dec. 18 mandate on electronic logging devices for trucks was soundly defeated. Transport Topics reports 67 Republicans, including Rep. Bill…
US House Votes to Reject Delay of ELD Dec Start Date Read more...
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) announced it begin enforcing the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate requirements on Dec. 18, 2017, but said it would take a phased-in approach to…
CVSA Taking Phased-in Approach to Enforcing OOS Related to ELD Rule Read more...
Lawmakers in several U.S. states are considering legislation to allow law enforcement officers patrolling the highways to connect a device known as a “textalyzer” to a mobile phone to instantly…
The Textalyzer: Next Distracted Driving Police Tool? Read more...
The ELD mandate was the top industry issue on trucking fleets’ minds last year, according to the American Transportation Research Institute’s annual Top 10 list. ATRI’s Rebecca Brewster ran down…
ELDs Top ATRI’s Trucking Issues List; Input on 2017 Wanted Read more...
Fatalities involving vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists, have increased over the past decade, with one out of three involving a pedestrian crossing the road, reports the…
Researchers Study benefits of Pedestrian Detection Systems on Vehicles Read more...
