Trucking Industry Safety News
Find trucking industry news as it relates to safety, including trucking safety regulations, fleet security, driver awareness, education, as well as intermodal safety and security.
ATA videos detail safety agenda
To further educate the public regarding its 18-point safety agenda, the American Trucking Assn. (ATA) has produced three videos detailing the proposals...
Click it: 50 years of the three-point belt
This year marks a half century since Volvo introduced the three-point safety belt – an invention the OEM says has saved more lives in traffic than any other technical feature...
Tennessee auction for truck safety
Highway safety within Tennessee will receive a financial boost during the Tennessee Trucking Assn.’s (TTA) 79th Convention Sept. 13-15...
Truck-tractor braking rules cut stopping distance
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has finally issued long-awaited new braking standards for commercial truck tractors, mandating that a tractor-trailer traveling at 60 miles per hour must come to a complete stop in 250 feet, versus the old standard of 355 feet – a reduction of truck stopping distance of roughly 30%...
Rolling safely: In-cab video hitting the mark
Fleets using in-cab video recorder s connected to Internet-based management systems are finding they can significantly improve the effectiveness of their safety programs – reducing the risk of vehicle crashes while improving driver behavior and skill behind the wheel...
Big drop in highway fatalities “encouraging”
Though the global economic downturn is being tagged as “the biggest factor” in a record drop in annual car-truck crash fatalities, federal officials and industry executives alike believe the steep decline shows that trucking is making serious strides when it comes to safety improvements...
Study: Bad roads push up crash-fatality rate
A new study by the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE) claims that more than half of U.S. highway fatalities are related to deficient roadway conditions – and that poor roads are a substantially more lethal factor than drunk driving, speeding or non-use of safety belts...
Roadcheck results: Safety performance trending up
Despite more inspectors operating out of more locations across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico for the 72-hour Roadcheck 2009 safety blitz, held earlier this month, out-of- service (OOS) rates for commercial trucks and buses continued to drop...
ATA rolls out safety agenda
The American Trucking Assns. (ATA) rolled out an 18-point highway safety agenda this week that encompasses a wide variety of initiatives...
Safety software allows visualization of driving behaviors
Fleet managers can now view a single map that includes all of their safety events with a new product offering from SmartDrive Systems...
Beall makes roll stability standard
Haldex Commercial Vehicle Systems has announced that Beall Corporation has made the Haldex Trailer Roll Stability (TRS) system a standard product offering, effective July 1st...
Truck inspections: Rolling with Roadcheck
MANASSAS, VA. Alongside Interstate 95, the dawn sunlight is barely filtering through the thin trees, but troopers from the Virginia State Police motor carrier division are already hard at work inspecting trucks and buses as part of the annual "Roadcheck" safety blitz conducted at more than 1,000 locations across North America...
Photos: Roadcheck 2009 truck inspections
"Roadcheck" is a 72-hour roadside inspection safety "blitz" sponsored by the CVSA and others every year. In 2008, 9,143 inspectors at 1,683 locations performed nearly 68,000 truck and bus inspections in North America. This year, we decided to tag along and see what the inspectors look for in the big rigs they pull over for review. ...
Video: Roadcheck 2009 truck inspections
"Roadcheck" is a 72-hour roadside inspection safety "blitz" sponsored by the CVSA and others every year...
National Biodiesel Board creates emergency response materials
The National Biodiesel Board and the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) have produced and distributed a video for fire prevention and response when dealing with a biodiesel incident...
