A new iPhone and Android app from Dangerous Decisions can monitor texting or phone use when a vehicle is in motion. The app also can monitor and record driving behavior associated with excessive turns or speeds, quick acceleration, or sudden braking, the company said.
A new program to train truck drivers to watch for signs of potential crimes and homeland security threats while traveling the highways was launched by the Ohio Highway Patrol at a May 23 training session for a group of Wal-Mart drivers, which was held in a distribution center in Grove City, OH....More
The Truckload Carriers Association’s (TCA) safety & security division recently named Jerry Waddell, safety director for Cargo Transporters, Inc., as its “safety professional of the year” for 2012, receiving the group’s Clare C. Casey award....More
Law-enforcement agencies across the state of California, including the California Highway Patrol, will be on the lookout for drivers not properly buckled up and will begin zero-tolerance enforcement of the state's occupant-protection laws as part of the statewide “Click It or Ticket” seat-belt campaign....More
The board of directors of the American Trucking Assns. (ATA) has called on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to make changes to its Compliance Safety Accountability (CSA) safety-monitoring system.
The board said the agency has been “unresponsive” to motor carriers’ concerns about the unreliability of scores and suggestions from truckers on how to improve the program....More
A new lower-cost version of the TND 760 onboard management system offers on-board electronic hours of service and vehicle inspection reporting for $649 plus $19.95/mo. for service, according to Rand McNally. A fully featured version of the TND 760 loaded with Rand McNally navigation continues to be offered for $799....More
For the fifth straight year, Trucks & Parts of Tampa received the Occupational Health & Safety Administration’s (OSHA) Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program [SHARP] award, signifying that the company “cultivates a culture of safety awareness” in conjunction with OSHA's consultation arm, headquartered at the University of South Florida<...More
Commercial truck drivers in Tennessee were targeted by state troopers and officials from Homeland Security last week in “Operation Safe Highways,” a program aimed at increased truck inspections and alerting truckers to terrorist dangers, according to a WREG News Memphis report....More
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Georgia-based Judson Mobley Logging, Inc. to immediately cease all transportation services, declaring the truck company an imminent hazard to public safety. The agency also order BM&L Trucking of Alabama to shut down because of serious safety issues....More
Celadon Group has been named the 2012 Healthy Trucking Fleet of the Year by FusionHealth and Navistar, which collaborated on the first-ever award.
The award honors trucking companies that excel in integrating health and wellness programs and practices into their operations for improving the health and well-being of their driver workforce....More
Back in 2010, Con-way Freight ordered 1,300 Freightliner tractors equipped with Meritor Wabco’s Roll Stability Control system. That order followed Con-way’s participating in a test program in 2009 in partnership with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). The testing was part of the Dept....More
