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Perspectives: Page 31

Safety
Know your role: Communication breakdown plays a part in I-95 snow-in
Despite all the technology, including instant alert systems and top-notch weather forecasting equipment, government officials and drivers in Virginia seemed to have underestimated their first winter storm, which stranded drivers for hours.
January 6, 2022
Virginia State Police I-95
Technology
Challenging freight's status quo
Kodak and Fujifilm were once household names but technology eventually pushed one of them almost entirely out of the market.
January 6, 2022
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Business
The benefit of being a trucking 'border dweller'
For most of its modern history, the transportation industry experienced gradual evolution but times are different.
January 3, 2022
manager going over paperwork
Trucks
2021: A year in truck test drives
The pandemic shut down a lot of my test driving after late March 2020, but I had high hopes for making up time and miles in 2021.
December 29, 2021
Mack truck
Workforce
Financial incentives almost always overrule safety instincts
Paper Transport driver Jeff Clark parked his rig and avoided a massive pile up whole countless others just like him didn't.
December 27, 2021
Jeff Clark, a seasoned veteran driver for De Pere, Wisconsin-based Paper Transport, was on eastbound Interstate-94 near Osseo. Jeff felt his tractor break traction at the 80-mile marker.
Perspectives
Why the 'bullwhip effect' is exacerbating the supply chain crisis
"I have had the opportunity to work at several levels of the international supply chain for more than 20 years and have bought hundreds of containers of goods from over 25 Asian suppliers. I’ve never seen anything like 2021."
December 17, 2021
Container ship waiting to be unloaded
Companies
'Tis the season to be merry and grateful
The Truckload Carriers Association heads into 2022 with a lot of positive momentum.
December 13, 2021
christmas ornaments
Alternative power
The noise around truck weight
Having taken that diesel system weight out, there are a variety of estimates for what goes back in for a BEV based on many sources, often in disagreement.
December 7, 2021
trailers at a warehouse dock
Workforce
Why we need to eliminate the overtime exemption to the Fair Labor Standards Act to solve the driver shortage
When a driver is paid by the mile yet regulated by hour, there will be a natural disconnect as the financial incentives are constrained by the clock.
December 6, 2021
driver at sunset
Business
Long live insurance
AI and automation are empowering insurance businesses to return to their human-centric roots.
December 4, 2021
semi-truck accident
Perspectives
More thorough remote diagnostics needed
Greater performance monitoring is needed beyond remote engine diagnostics according to a longtime industry expert.
December 1, 2021
Geotab
Perspectives
Nuclear power may be the answer for energy hungry EVs
As the push for commercial electric vehicles continues to grow, nuclear power may be the answer for increased power demands.
November 24, 2021
Lion electric cabover ACT Expo 2019
Workforce
Hiring drivers in difficult times
How an employee-friendly job market is upending how trucking companies attract and retain great teams.
November 23, 2021
Truck driver help wanted sign
Regulations
TrailerTails: A tale of tech timing
A fleet manager once summed it up to me that the kiss of death for a technology starts with a designer saying, “All the driver has to do is…”
November 22, 2021
Stemco TrailerTail on the back of a semi-truck trailer
Maintenance
Trucking's predictive maintenance manifesto
Tires and wheels are near the top of the problem list for commercial vehicles and Auburn University engineering students are working on getting wheel end data that can be monitored by an AI and Machine Learning.
November 17, 2021
Person sitting at a computer in a home office
Workforce
Lack of overtime pay a contributor to the driver shortage
The Fair Labor Standards Act guarantees overtime pay but it doesn't apply to motor carriers.
November 15, 2021
employee time sheet
Workforce
Don’t fall victim to stereotypes
As someone who started his working career at a facility with only one woman engineer, we have come a long, long way. Clearly though, there is still room to improve.
November 13, 2021
A group of diverse individuals
Perspectives
Capitol Christmas tree tour is trucking's time to shine
Despite the hurdles that we’re currently facing, there are many beacons of light that continue to shine bright.
November 12, 2021
Capitol Christmas tree on a semi
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Regulations
CARB rips EPA's 'sloppy and amateurish' effort to repeal GHG regs
CARB charges that the EPA is ignoring decades of its own science to repeal greenhouse gas regulations, putting public health and the economy at risk.
Blue road sign showing electric vehicle charging station symbol near trees
Regulations
Truck makers' challenge to Clean Truck pact a response to a bad deal
Red semi-trucks and passenger vehicles driving on a highway through green forested landscape
Regulations
Clean Truck group asks truck and engine OEMs to drop lawsuit
Line of big rig semi trucks with loaded semi trailers standing on the at the weighing station with scales for weighing along the axes.
Regulations
Group launches campaign against heavier truck limits
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Business
Multimodal group established to modernize freight movement
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