The family of late comedian James McNair has reached an undisclosed wrongful death settlement with Wal-Mart and its private fleet, stemming from the high-profile June 2014 crash that killed McNair and left several others critically injured, including actor Tracy Morgan.
Highway funding legislation has seen a flurry of activity in the last 10 days. Â For starters, Senators Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)hinted last week they were close to unveilinga proposal for a highway bill.
It’s a common story in the U.S. trucking industry to hear how a fleet — even some of the biggest fleets — started with a one-truck owner-operator.
Technology makes it possible for fleets to measure and monitor nearly every aspect of driver performance. With so much data on drivers, some fleets have invented new payroll and incentive programs to reward their higher performers.
The number of crashes used in FMCSA’s study on assigning crash fault and weighting scores appropriately in its Compliance, Safety, Accountability program. Lack of crash accountability in CSA has been one of the trucking industry’s biggest issues with the program.
Electronic logging devices (ELDs) are on track to becoming the new standard for all 3.4 million commercial drivers who are required by law to keep a record of duty status.
Incorporating crash accountability into theCompliance, Safety, Accountability carrier ranking program would not improve the DOT’s ability to target for intervention carriers most at risk for crashes, nor would it be easy to implement or cost-effective, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration concluded in a study released Jan. 21.
Following a December-made promise for more clarification of current sleep apnea guidelines for medical examiners, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration posted earlier this month a bulletin telling examiners that if they suspect a driver may have sleep apnea, then he or she should be sent to a sleep specialist for evaluation.
The combination of video and big data, called video intelligence, has already transformed several industries. Commercial transportation could be next.
