Health & Safety

ATA finds flaws in FMCSA study supporting HoS restart provision

ARLINGTON, Va. -- The American Trucking Associations (ATA) says an FMCSA study that supports its current hours-of-service restart provision, is flawed.

Driving for Profit: Spending money to improve roads and drivers

It’s not too often you actually hear somebody come out in favour of a tax increase, but that exactly what Chris Burruss did.

Driving for Profit: Changes to US regulations in a holding pattern

When is an update not an update? When there is no new information to report, but a report must be made anyway.

CANADIAN FLEETS TAKE SIX TCA SAFETY AWARDS

How about them Canucks? We may not be able to dominate the World Junior hockey scene like we once did, but we still do well on the international stage when it comes to truck safety. Six Canadian fleets have been named winners of the Truckload...

Fleet Safety Council joins call for tougher entry-level driver training standards

TORONTO, Ont. -- The Ontario Fleet Safety Council’s Toronto branch has thrown its support behind a call for improved entry-level driver training standards.

Six Canadian carriers win TCA safety awards

TORONTO, Ont. -- Six Canadian fleets were honoured for safety excellence by the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) through its National Fleet Safety Awards.

Covenant Transport offers FIT in-cab workout system to drivers

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Freightliner has announced Covenant Transport has become one of the first major fleets to order its FIT in-cab exercise system.

‘THIS IS CANADA’

Up above, I wrote about how the extreme cold weather is impacting the trucking industry. It’s ugly out there. Marco Beghetto, v.p. of communications and new media with the OTA, said despite all the challenges, carriers and drivers are...

MTO TO USE RADAR FOR SPEED LIMITER ENFORCEMENT

The other day on Twitter I noticed Ontario professional driver Scott Mooney (aka @OntarioTrucker) discussing that the Ministry of Transportation was installing radar into its enforcement vehicles. I looked into it and found that he was correct....

Meritor Wabco adds video-capture capabilities to lane departure warning system

TROY, Mich. -- Meritor Wabco has announced its OnLane lane departure warning system now has the ability to record and save videos of critical safety events.

Hi-Way 9 loses five tractors in Edmonton fire

EDMONTON, Alta. -- Hi-Way 9 Express suffered the loss of five tractor-trailers after a fire ripped through the company’s Edmonton lot, the Edmonton Sun reports.

Alberta truckers to pay less for WCB: AMTA

EDMONTON, Alta. -- Alberta trucking companies will pay less for Workers Compensation Board (WCB) coverage in 2014, the Alberta Motor Transport Association says.

LEADERS: Talking safety with Ryder’s Pushpa Poisson

TORONTO, Ont. -- Ryder Canada was recently presented with an Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA) safety achievement award, for recording an injury rate in its Canadian warehouses that was 25% lower than the industry average for...

TRUCKING GROUPS PILE ON NEW US HOURS-OF-SERVICE

Are changes to the US hours-of-service regulations, implemented in July, costing drivers and trucking companies up to US$3.9 billion? That’s the finding of a study conducted by the respected, albeit ATA-affiliated American Transportation...

Arrow buys 55 Bose Ride System seats

VANCOUVER, B.C. -- As part of a recently-launched health and wellness initiative, Arrow Transportation has ordered 55 Bose Ride System truck seats, with the intention of installing the seat in all 300 of its trucks if an extensive trial proves...