A year-long field study of collision avoidance systems (CAS) conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) found that collision avoidance systems (CAS) can reduce, if not eliminate some…
NHTSA Study: Collision Avoidance Tech Reduces Truck Crashes En savoir plus
Provincial discrepancies in truck configuration standards and limits on the use of high-tech, fuel-efficient single tires are among two of the most “mind-boggling” policies “sapping billions of dollars” from the…
Senators: Tear Down Barriers to Truck Configurations, Single Tire Uniformity En savoir plus
After years of negotiations, the Canadian Trucking Alliance has made some important headway regarding the need for roadside enforcement to give credit for electronic and triage inspections. CTA has reopened…
CTA Advances Issue of Accounting for Electronic and Triage Inspections En savoir plus
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published a final rule in the Federal Register requiring that all passengers traveling in property-carrying commercial motor vehicles wear seat belts. While it already…
US Requires Seat Belts for Passengers in Large Trucks Starting Aug 8 En savoir plus
Transport Canada (TC) has amended the reporting requirements found in PART 8 of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) Regulations for incidents involving Dangerous Goods Shipments in a Canada Gazette…
Amended TDG Incident Reporting Requirements in Canada En savoir plus
As the Canadian government moves toward marijuana legalization, Canadian carriers might want to look at how similar policies in legalized marijuana states impact the trucking industry and its legal responsibilities….
Legal Marijuana: Impacts Worker Shortage and … Real Estate? En savoir plus
CTA Senior Vice President Stephen Laskowski appeared in Ottawa this week before the Senate Standing Committee on Banking Trade and Commerce to provide insight on how indispensable the trucking industry…
CTA Presses for National Trucking Harmonization En savoir plus
Mandated technologies like Electronic Logging Devices and an increasing focus on environmental standards will be among “game changers” for Canada’s trucking industry, Canadian Trucking Alliance CEO David Bradley said in…
Bradley: ELDs, Environmental Compliance Are Trucking ‘Game Changers’ En savoir plus
A formal announcement regarding the introduction of mandatory entry-level training (MELT) for Class A drivers in Ontario is expected this spring or early summer. In advance of this announcement, the…
MTO Releases Draft Training Standard for Class A Mandatory Entry-Level Training En savoir plus
