Freightliner showcased to industry press this week the $80 million SuperTruck it previewed at the Mid-America Trucking Show. And I was able to take a short circuit behind the wheel of this futuristic truck, skirting the perimeter of the wind-swept Las Vegas Motor Speedway today.
Remember when drivers streamed into your office and congested your 1-800 number to apply for jobs? Recruiting was never that easy, but it might seem so compared to the present situation, and the future doesn’t look any better.
The National Transportation Safety Board recently released a report pushing the benefits of onboard video systems for commercial trucks and made recommendations to several organizations to improve the use of the systems.
Fleet owners and executives expect a lot from their information systems and the people responsible for keeping them up to date.
For a nationwide bulk liquid carrier serving some of North America’s largest petrochemical companies, safety is paramount. When an accident occurs, not only are the goods being hauled often flammable
To learn more contact Mike Staines of Bill Fralic Insurance Services (mstaines@fralic.com, 770-640-1800) or Bob Perew, Vice President of Risk Management and Safety Services, at bperew@wrberkley.com or 904-891-8708.  The intent of the program is to make veterans available as car haul drivers by waiving the two years of experience requirement.
One Los Angeles area drayage firm has deterred a Teamsters strike while driver union members began picketing four other trucking companies serving LA’s and Long Beach’s ports demanding they be reclassified as employees and not independent contractors.
Freightliner did it.  If you’re one of the many in trucking who scoffed at the idea of a commercially-viable self-driving truck, or at best figured such technology was years — if not decades — away, you need to reset your expectations.
A proposed rule published in the Federal Register May 4 would amend FMCSA’s medical qualification standards to allow drivers with insulin-treated diabetes to operate commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce without having to apply for an exemption with FMCSA.
