Trucking Industry Safety News

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Transportation businesses face a host of dynamic risk issues that can significantly impact their financial and operational health. The news in this category focuses on the latest safety and security initiatives, resources and regulations and addresses topics that include fleet safety, claims administration, driver hiring and retention, risk management and compliance.

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FMCSA Renews Vision Waivers for Commercial Drivers

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration agreed to allow 126 drivers to operate trucks along interstates after it provisionally renewed their exemptions from a vision requirement.

August 6, 2019
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Senate Confirms Robert Sumwalt, Jennifer °®¶¹´«Ã½ndy to NTSB

Robert Sumwalt and Jennifer °®¶¹´«Ã½ndy were confirmed by the Senate on Aug. 1 to continue serving on the National Transportation Safety Board.

August 5, 2019
BusinessSafety

Cancer Survivor’s Road to Recovery Culminates With Trip to NTDC

Kevin Mailand’s biggest challenge en route to winning Grand Champion honors at the 2019 Kansas Truck Driving Championships was getting to Topeka in the first place. Five years earlier, he was diagnosed with Stage 3 esophageal cancer.

August 5, 2019
BusinessSafety

NTDC Promises Packed Schedule, Tough Course for Top Truckers

Hundreds of top truck drivers soon will descend on Pittsburgh for the 82nd annual National Truck Driving Championships.

August 5, 2019
BusinessSafety

How One State Brought Its Truck Driving Championship Back to Life

Since 2009, when the Ohio Truck Driving Championships returned to the hands of the Ohio Trucking Association, the competition not only has been a success with drivers, it has turned into a self-sustaining event.

August 5, 2019
BusinessSafety

CVSA Prepares for Annual Inspectors Championship

As the nation’s top truck drivers prepare to convene in Pittsburgh for the National Truck Driving Championships, another group of safety professionals — law enforcement officers — will meet in the same city for its own competition.

August 5, 2019
BusinessSafety

Demystifying the NTDC Scoring Process

The National Truck Driving Championships involves a considerable amount of fanfare, including a rousing breakfast, a parade of equipment and a celebratory awards ceremony. However, there’s a less flashy (but no less important) aspect of NTDC that receives little attention: the scoring process.

August 5, 2019
BusinessSafety

2019 North American Inspectors Championship Competitors

Here's the list of inspectors competing at the 2019 North American Inspectors Championship.

August 5, 2019
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety

FRA Chief Ronald Batory: PTC Installment Is on Nearly 90% of Required Miles

The implementation of automatic braking systems on the country’s railroads was operational on nearly 90% of route miles required by law, Federal Railroad Administrator Ron Batory told a Senate panel July 31. The status of the implementation marked a 4% increase since the year’s first quarter.

August 2, 2019
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EPA IG Finds Study Critical of Glider Emissions Was Properly Conducted

A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Inspector General audit has given a 2017 agency study critical of glider truck emissions a clean bill of health.

August 1, 2019