Health & Safety

Bendix celebrates safety, product quality achievements

HUNTINGTON, Ind. – Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems is celebrating safety and product quality milestones at its Huntington, Ind., manufacturing facility. The company achieved a perfect safety record in the first…

Paramjit Singh is squarely focused on safety

Talk about changing career goals! It seems Paramjit Singh has mastered the art. He originally wanted to pursue engineering, then medicine, then dentistry before finally settling on agricultural studies.

Trucking salutes frontline workers with trailer graphics

How do you show your appreciation for truck drivers and other essential workers, who have kept Canadians supplied and safe during the Covid-19 pandemic? Well if you have a 53-ft.

How to survive a post-Covid supply chain

Congratulations to Canadians whose collective response to the Covid crisis has been ranked among the best in the world. As we slowly reopen the economy I’m seeing signs of stability…

Trucking technology put to work in Covid-19 fight

TORONTO, Ont. — Necessity is said to be the mother of invention. In that spirit, several trucking-focused technical innovations are already being updated and repurposed because of Covid-19. Here are…

CBSA collecting personal information from truckers

COUTTS, Alta. – Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has begun collecting personal information from truck drivers at several border crossings on behalf of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC).

Fountain Tire Truck-Thru coffee shop serving truckers in Western Canada

EDMONTON, Alta. – A one-of-a-kind Truck-Thru coffee shop created by Fountain Tire is popping up across Western Canada, to serve truck drivers via its truck-sized drive-thru. The Truck-Thru stopped at…

Alberta nurse practitioners can now complete driver medicals

EDMONTON, Alta. – Alberta will now allow nurse practitioners to complete driver medical examinations, required of commercial drivers, any drivers over 75, and those with specific medical conditions. About 150,000…

Truck drivers face adulation and stigmatization during Covid-19

Just as Canada’s truck drivers were adjusting to the unfamiliar warmth of widespread public adoration, there are concerning reports that adulation is turning to stigmatization. In Ontario, a longhaul truck…

Trucking is managing Covid-19 well, but a new threat looms

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The trucking industry has done better than the broader population at avoiding Covid-19, but there are still frightening health-related concerns on the horizon. An update on how…

Four ways to improve your fleet’s safety culture

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – There’s no magic wand for creating a safety culture within your trucking organization, but two fleets shared their own secrets to success June 24, during the Truckload…

How does marijuana affect drivers?

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — With an ever-increasing number of states legalizing marijuana, the trucking industry has little data on how marijuana affects drivers, according to Darrin Grondel, vice-president of traffic safety…

Pandemic no time to relax safety standards

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – An unprecedented global pandemic such as Covid-19 is no excuse to relax investments in safety technologies. “I don’t believe any of us changed our approach to incorporating…

Explaining the U.S. hours-of-service changes

The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has announced changes to the hours-of-service regulations that impact the driving time available.  It has revised the rules in four areas The…

Social distancing, and sharing space in a 2.6m truck cab

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Public health officials want people to keep two meters away from one another to fight the spread of Covid-19. That’s pretty difficult to do in a truck…