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.

BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyAutonomous

Uber Death Elicits Warning From Teamsters Wary of Robo-Truckers

The largest union for U.S. truck drivers, which has taken a cautious view of autonomous vehicles, called for stronger safeguards after a self-driving SUV operated by Uber Technologies Inc. killed a pedestrian in Phoenix on March 18.

March 20, 2018
TechnologySafety

European Truckers Face Growing Theft Challenge

A global group that battles cargo theft is experiencing record growth in the take up of its supply chain security standards in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

March 19, 2018
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

Capitol Agenda for the Week of March 19: Listening in Louisville

Trucking regulators at the Mid-America Trucking Show this week are scheduled to hear directly from the men and women who drive commercial trucks and keep the economy humming.

March 19, 2018
GovernmentSafety

FMCSA Medical Examiners Registry Remains Offline

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s online registry of certified medical examiners was hacked and more than three months later remains out of service.

March 15, 2018
GovernmentSafety

Trump’s Infrastructure Vision Still Lacks Funding Source, Sen. Thune Says

Transportation policymakers on Capitol Hill have yet to identify a source of funding that would advance President Donald Trump’s $1.5 trillion infrastructure initiative unveiled last month.

March 14, 2018
BusinessSafety

Trucking Moves America Forward Celebrates $1.1 Mln. in 2017 Donations

An industrywide effort to promote a positive image for trucking raised $1.1 million in donations in 2017, the group’s leadership said at a March 14 news conference.

March 14, 2018
BusinessTechnologySafetyAutonomous

Waymo Autonomous Trucks Haul Freight in Atlanta

It’s getting to be a traffic jam. Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous vehicle division Waymo began this month operating an autonomous freight truck in the Atlanta area, carrying server equipment, racks and related material to Google data centers.

March 14, 2018
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

Fleets Must Learn From ā€˜Big Data,’ Maintenance Director Says

ā€œBig dataā€ is essentially of no benefit to fleets if they don’t take all of the information they have on their equipment and repairs and learn from it, a maintenance director of a Canadian fleet said.

March 13, 2018
GovernmentSafety

Michigan’s D+ Infrastructure Grade Signals Funding Need, Lead Engineer Says

Michigan’s D+ infrastructure grade from the American Society of Civil Engineers is indicative of funding challenges the state has faced for years, according to one of the engineers.

March 13, 2018
BusinessSafetyTCA

UPS Driver With 25 Years Of Crash-Free Driving Shares His Safety Tips

Robert Gomez Jr. has been driving the UPS Inc. signature big, brown trucks around Southern Arizona since the mid-1980s. He also has the distinction of being crash-free for 25 consecutive years behind the wheel.

March 12, 2018