A diesel technician’s job is about as an advanced technological career field as anything on the market and hits just about every major push in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) curriculum. But that often is undersold against the stigma that it’s a “greasy†job.
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance will ramp up enforcement activity for a week-long period this month for its annual Operation Safe Driver Week enforcement blitz.
The National Transportation Safety Board said this week the U.S. DOT needs to tighten pre-employment driver screening for carriers. Its recommendations come following its investigation into a June 25, 2015, crash in Chattanooga, Tenn., involving a tractor-trailer. Six people were killed in the crash, and four others injured.
As Hurricane Matthew approaches the East Coast, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina have issued emergency declarations suspending several federal regulations on truckers operating in the states to aid with relief efforts. South Carolina has also reversed lanes on I-26 between Charleston and Columbia.
As the U.S. enters the homestretch of one of the most unsettling presidential elections in the country’s history, it’s important for the voting public to engage the electoral process. “It is our government. Don’t blame anyone else for the performance of the government other than those who don’t participate in it, 
Texas A&M University earlier this month unveiled a plan 18 years in the works for a truck-less freight movement system.
Trucking remains the backbone of the nation’s freight system, but threats exist that could hinder the industry’s growth and productivity. “Don’t mess with trucking,†said Chris Spear, president and CEO of the American Trucking Associations, in reference to regulatory agencies and anti-truck groups.
More than 65 percent of respondents to a recent American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) annual survey listed the looming implementation date of the federal mandate on the use of Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) as worrisome – enough to give the pending mandate the dubious distinction as the trucking industry’s top concern.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a Final Rule to allow certain “vehicle safety technology†to be mounted on windshield interiors, including inside the area swept by the windshield wipers.
