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Truck accident fatalities up slightly in 2011, but down 25% in last decade
Although trucks were involved in 3 percent more fatal accidents in 2011 than the previous year, this category declined 25 percent 2001-2011.
November 5, 2013
Business
Freightliner now offering Meritor WABCO OnLane system
Meritor WABCO announced that its OnLane lane departure warning system, is available for immediate orders as an option on Freightliner Cascadia and Freightliner Cascadia Evolution models. Meritor WABCO’s OnLane, powered with SafeTrak technology by Takata, is a forward-looking, vision-based lane departure warning system designed to monitor road markings and the vehicle’s position in the lane. […]
November 4, 2013
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Is there really a driver shortage? Driver shortage series, Part 3
The third and final portion of CCJ’s driver shortage series examines how driver groups are skeptical as to whether there is actually a driver shortage and the lessons carriers learned from the recession.
November 4, 2013
Business
Carrier alliance wants hair testing OK’d for DOT driver screen; bills introduced
Prompted by trucking interests, Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., and Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., introduced federal legislation this week designed to enable trucking companies to more effectively prevent lifestyle drug users from gaining employment as commercial truck drivers.
November 1, 2013
Business
Driver shortage series: The challenge of finding good drivers, its impact on the shortage
Note: This is the second part of a three-part series that will examine the trucking industry’s driver shortage and the impact it is having and will have on fleets, shippers, drivers, rates, capacity and the industry as a whole. Click here to see Part 1, which is an introduction to the series and details how […]
October 31, 2013
Business
Freight panel ‘kicks the can’ on funding decisions
A House panel that spent six months assessing the nation’s freight transportation needs has unanimously decided the U.S. should spend more, but made no specific recommendations as to where any funding increase should come from.
October 30, 2013
Business
Weighing demand for drivers, Part 1: Shippers prepare for capacity crunch
Carriers are becoming increasingly anxious about finding good drivers. Good drivers want to know why they are not being rewarded better. And shippers are keeping their fingers crossed, hoping trucks will continue to be readily available and affordable.
October 29, 2013
Business
Drug use study about truck drivers ‘disrespectful’ and ‘sensationalized,’ ATA says
The American Trucking Associations this week released statements from its president and CEO Bill Graves and Chairman Phil Byrd refuting what it calls “misleading and reckless reporting” by media outlets for their coverage of a recently released study by a university in Brazil.
October 29, 2013
Business
Hiring CDL school grads? Be careful what you ask for
With long-haul driver turnover now fully in the “uh-oh” turn in the cycle, many over-the-road carriers are turning to truck driving schools to help fill empty seats. But all CDL school grads are not created equal, as anyone who’s been around for a driver shortage or two knows all too well. What makes for a good driver-training school?
October 29, 2013
Business
ATA panel: A carrier has 90-day window for drivers to take it, leave it
With experienced truck drivers harder and harder to come by, carriers increasingly are turning to driving schools and beefing up their own finishing programs. But, as a panel of fleet executives concluded, top-of-line training and eye-popping recruiting budgets go to waste if trucking companies don’t take a little extra time to make sure drivers, experienced or not, are able to adjust and get comfortable with their new home.
October 28, 2013
Business
Are harmful HOS changes a sign of things to come?
In just three short months, the latest changes to the hours-of-service rule demonstrate all too clearly that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration understands neither the industry it regulates nor trucking’s important place in American life. What happened? Was there a breakdown in the rulemaking process? Did trucking not do enough to explain the problems these changes would cause? Or is this a hint of overreach to come?
October 25, 2013
Business
The Age of Analytics: technology on display at ATA
The American Trucking Association’s annual convention is always packed with big announcements, especially for technology. Remote diagnostics and advanced “analytics” reigned supreme on the exhibit floor in Orlando, Oct. 20-22, at the Marriott World Center. More than being just a passing trend or fad, these technologies are a sign of the times. Trucking is in […]
October 24, 2013
Business
Bendix works to advance School Bus Safety Week
In recognizing National School Bus Safety Week, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC noted that while today’s leading-edge active and supportive safety technologies aid in reducing the likelihood of commercial vehicle accidents, they also have the potential to improve school bus safety. National School Bus Safety Week is a public education program promoting school bus safety, […]
October 24, 2013
Business
Truckers strike at Port of Oakland for compensation for emissions standards costs
Port of Oakland owner-operators halted the protest that began this week to seek compensation for upgrades to meet California’s port emission standards and wait time.
October 24, 2013
Business
Good drivers leaving in droves; new HOS hurting safety, carriers say
Recent changes in the hours-of-service rule have delivered yet another regulatory blow to the trucking industry’s overall operating efficiency and its ability to retain qualified drivers, a panel of fleet executives concluded this week. And, most critically, the changes could have a negative impact on truck safety.
October 24, 2013
Business
Hourly pay for drivers is ‘financial suicide’ for TL carriers, exec says
Mileage-based pay cannot be abandoned, a panel of fleet executives agreed Tuesday, but the system must be adjusted to compensate truck drivers for the time they spend and the work they do when the wheels aren’t turning.
October 23, 2013
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CCJ Innovator: Melton Truck Lines
Truck drivers as a whole have struggled with health and wellness issues for decades, and the numbers are staggering. The Centers for Disease Control pegs the obesity rate for truckers at more than 50 percent, and the CDC sets life expectancy at 61 years old – 16 years less than the average population. The Bureau […]
October 21, 2013
Business
Volvo renews commitment to America’s Road Team
Volvo Trucks will remain the sole sponsor in 2014 of the America’s Road Team, the premier trucking industry safety outreach program. Gӧran Nyberg, president of Volvo Trucks North American Sales & Marketing, announced Volvo’s ongoing support today at the American Trucking Associations (ATA) Management Conference & Exhibition in Orlando, Fla. “It’s an honor to be […]
October 21, 2013
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