safety

You might as well as cross this off your shortcuts list. And my cynical side needs to point out, but this happened shortly after millions of dollars were spent to improve a highway that won't carry the traffic volume to justify what was spent on it. Although it is humorous in the sense that as...

I’m a company driver, 6 yrs driving, and have a couple of suggestions/ complaints Does anyone have a link so I can be sure someone in charge of safety will actually see it? Searched FL and I see no way to contact them.... Thanks

A federal judge in Pennsylvania recently ruled a lawsuit against a truck leasing company and Navistar will proceed. The lawsuit blames the companies for a crash by claiming it was the result of the lack of safety systems on the truck, including collision warning and automatic braking. On Feb...

Are states enacting enough highway safety measures to save lives? According to Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, nearly 400 state laws need to be adopted for optimal safety. On Jan. 23, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety released its 17th annual roadmap of state highway safety laws. The...

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Brake Safety Week 2019 starts Sunday. Brake Safety Week is scheduled for Sept. 15-21. Enforcement officials will conduct roadside safety inspections on commercial motor vehicles across North America throughout the week. Inspectors will be paying special...

Four months after an out-of-control runaway truck slammed into stopped traffic near Lakewood, Colorado and killed four people, a trucking software supplier is adding in-cab mountain corridor safety alerts. Drivers whose companies subscribe to Drivewyze Inc.’s PreClear weigh station bypass...

I don’t even know where to look this up, to be honest As far as I remember, and we’re going back 3-4 years now since I studied up on this junk... My log book follows me from country to country. As far as I remember WHERE I LAY MY HEAD TO SLEEP is the countries HOS I follow. So for instance...

What the hell do I mean by this? Well I'll explain. During a totally optional driver "safety" meeting where you can attend if you want for the free food or no, they don't care, they went over some videos from truck cameras in our fleet of drivers who got in accidents. One of the accidents...

Annual 72-hour Roadcheck inspection blitz begins Tuesday @Hillbilly Canuck Thanks for the heads up. I completely forgot about this, this year

I got a safety rating (point) from DMV due to a failure of an equipment (I believe it was damaged air bags that caused axle over weight at the scale in CA-AZ border) and this is dramatically increasing my insurance premiums, do you know any way to fight this? I need to dispute this 'safety...

FSMA :stare1: Huh? Yup, more burdensome regulations, because azzhats have started food poisoning incidents through stupidity, and dumbazzes have gotten caught running reefer loads with said reefer units turned off. Evidently the Food Safety Modernization Act is getting ready to kick in. FDA...

By Land Line staff As electronic smoking devices such as vaporizers are becoming more popular, more safety issues are being reported. In response, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a safety advisory for battery-powered portable electronic smoking devices in or around...

I'm starting a new carrier and not 100% sure where the best place to start is in terms of safety and hiring drivers. What are the cheapest steps to hire 5 long-haul company drivers? And also, what's the cheapest way to keep my carrier's safety standards up to par? Should I hire a consultant to...

By David Tanner, Land Line senior editor During a question-and-answer session with a Senate subcommittee on Wednesday, April 22, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said he is confident that DOT agencies will issue a final rule to require speed limiters on heavy trucks by the fall of...

Hi, My friends and I are architects. We are doing small project about improving health and safety of road transport and your opinion will be significant for our work. We will be grateful if you do this survey. Here is the link. http://goo.gl/forms/J9ghy4MdgH Thank you.

Next week, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will publish a Patterns of Safety Violations Rule which implements the agency’s authority to shut down a bus or truck company if the company, or a company officer, has a history of purposely violating federal safety regulations...

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Using a seat belt doubles a trucker’s chances of survival in a serious accident, yet, a recent report says, less than half of truck drivers choose to click-it. The study was conducted by Sweden’s NTF road safety organization of more than 700 trucers and interviews with more than half of them...

By Jami Jones, Land Line managing editor Building on the foundation of the motor carrier safety measurement system Compliance, Safety, Accountability or CSA, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recently released its nine-year plan to move forward with a similar system for drivers...

SALT LAKE CITY — The Associated Press has obtained a ticket for safety violations that FedEx says led to the termination of a Utah truck driver who filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against the shipping company. Ismail Aliyev claims he was fired because of his Russian accent. FedEx...