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Safe Driving Q&A with Ryder’s 2013 Driver of the Year David Hopper
Memorial Day — which marks the unofficial start of the Summer Driving Season — is a little over a month away. To help professional drivers deal with this annual influx of motorists, Ryder System decided to interview its 2013 Driver of the Year David Hopper to find out what driving safety tips he could offer to […]
April 24, 2014
Business
Drivers may fret e-logs — and quit over them — but they could benefit the most
Some driver frustration over an ELD mandate is understandable, but not as many who say they will quit will end up abandoning ship, especially if carriers start teaching them about the benefits of the devices.
April 22, 2014
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Conway-Way Freight honors 3-million mile safe driver
Con-way Freight, a less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier and subsidiary of Con-way Inc., today announced that Driver Sales Representative, Tom Strissel, surpassed the career milestone of driving 3 million consecutive, accident-free miles. Strissel, who started with Con-way in 1984, is the third of Con-way Freight’s 16,000 drivers nationwide to reach this safe-driving achievement. He joins the company’s […]
April 22, 2014
Business
ATA boss blasts ‘anti-truck agitators’
The attempt by railroads, unions and other “anti-truck” groups to distort the truth about the safety of bigger trucks won’t work because the facts will support more productive vehicles, the leader of the American Trucking Associations says
April 21, 2014
Business
SAF-HOLLAND Introduces SAF INTEGRAL Air Disc Brake Axle System with P89 Wheel End Package
SAF-HOLLAND, a leading global manufacturer of suspensions, fifth wheels, and landing gear, announces the introduction of its SAF INTEGRAL Air Disc Brake Axle System with P89 Wheel End Package, ideal for SAF air suspension systems. Designed with the fleet in mind, the P89 is a durable, long-life system that is easily maintained.The P89 accommodates up […]
April 16, 2014
Business
J.J. Keller develops online training for hazmat employees
J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. announced it has developed a new online training course, “Hazmat: General Awareness Training (What’s Required and How to Comply).” The new online course is self-paced and available from any location with an Internet connection.
April 15, 2014
Business
Vnomics integrates with SpeedGauge, CAMS software
Vnomics announced that it is now integrated with CAMS Software’s transportation management software to automate routing communication for private fleets and with SpeedGauge to monitor speed of drivers.
April 14, 2014
Business
Travelers issues guidelines to prevent distracted driving
In observance of National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, Travelers has provided information to help businesses with employees who drive as part of their job safeguard against distracted driving. According to the National Safety Council, the average work-related motor vehicle injury claim costs $69,206, which is twice as much as other work-related injuries. “Helping employees avoid distraction while driving […]
April 11, 2014
Business
Game changer: can technology make drivers perform like pro athletes?
Like athletes, drivers need the right knowledge, skill and awareness to perform at high levels, day in and day out. Advancements in technology now make it possible to build and sustain driver safety on an immediate and ongoing basis.
April 3, 2014
Business
More Kaputi Shop Cartoons from vintage CCJ
Kaputi Part II: Open an issue of Commercial Carrier Journal from the Fifties or Sixties and you can practically smell the cigarette smoke and grease wafting up from the pages. Budgets were big, back then. CCJ employed an editorial cartoonist to depict safety issues and other issues of the day. The jokes are sometimes sexist […]
March 28, 2014
Business
SmartDrive Systems develops new event recording features
SmartDrive Systems has a new feature that dynamically adjusts the window of video recording based on the specific type of event, focusing on the riskiest driving and providing insight for understanding root cause.
March 20, 2014
Business
J.J. Keller offers new premium audit, assessment service
The most recognized name in safety and regulatory compliance, J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc., has announced a new audit and assessment service.
March 20, 2014
Business
CCJ Photo Gallery: Corny Kaputi Cartoons
Open an issue of Commercial Carrier Journal from the Fifties or Sixties and you can practically smell the cigarette smoke and grease wafting up from the pages. Budgets were big, back then. CCJ employed an editorial cartoonist to depict safety issues and other issues of the day. The jokes are sometimes sexist — and ALWAYS […]
March 18, 2014
Business
Sentry Insurance to provide clients with DriveCam system
Lytx, Inc. (formerly DriveCam), a provider of driver safety and compliance systems, announced it has signed an agreement with Wisconsin-based Sentry Insurance to provide Sentry’s transportation clients with the DriveCam powered by Lytx driver safety management system.
March 14, 2014
Business
Con-way uses technology, peer-based coaching to drive safety results
Con-way made a strategic decision to use its most safe and experienced drivers to coach other drivers using the data it receives through the on-board performance system and event recorder.
March 13, 2014
Business
Lite Check introduces tablet-based trailer diagnostic system at TMC
Lite Check’s new, tablet-based Verifier 1010 trailer diagnostic system has completed six months worth of field-testing with U.S. fleets and is now available for purchase. The company made that announcement at the TMC Show in Nashville, TN. Lite Check president Bob Blair noted that with the new Verifier 1010, he believed a fleet goal of […]
March 9, 2014
Business
Bendix to address reduced stopping distance regulations at TMC Spring Meeting
A member of the Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC (BSFB) leadership team will provide expertise on the federal Reduced Stopping Distance (RSD) mandate at the American Trucking Associations’ 2014 Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) Annual Meeting & Transportation Technology Exhibition. This year’s meeting is themed “Turning Experience into Practice” and takes place March 10-13, 2014, […]
March 7, 2014
Business
Meritor announces product enhancements, renames brake products
Meritor says it’s renaming and enhancing two braking products to help customers identify these products and improve their total cost of ownership, the company says. As part of a new naming structure, Meritor drum brakes that had been branded QPlus are now Q+; and air disc brakes are renamed from EX225 to EX+. Enhancements to […]
March 7, 2014
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