NTSB says truck driver’s inattention, weak traffic management behind deadly Ohio I-70 crash

A truck driver’s inattention set off a deadly chain-reaction crash on Interstate 70 near Etna, Ohio, killing six people and injuring more than 40 others, according to a new National…

Volvo makes side curtain airbags standard on new trucks

Volvo Trucks North America will begin including integrated side curtain airbags as standard equipment on all new VNL and VNR models. The company claims it marks…

Fleetio launches Fleetio Academy

Fleetio has launched Fleetio Academy, a self-paced training program designed to help fleet professionals improve safety and efficiency in daily operations. The program offers role-based certification…

Investigation: Is unsafe Ontario equipment being allowed to operate with unethically obtained safety inspection decals?

A Toronto-area heavy-duty repair shop owner recently became suspicious when a normally steady stream of local trucks seeking annual safety inspections stopped showing up. When he began seeing those same…

MTO fiddles while Ontario’s trucking industry burns

When is MTO going to get serious about protecting this industry from itself? A segment of this industry is hell-bent on destroying the rest of the industry’s reputation. The good…

Manitoba campaign to raise awareness about human trafficking in trucking industry

The Joy Smith Foundation has launched a new campaign to raise awareness about human trafficking in the Canadian trucking industry. It was launched this week to coincide with National Trucking…

Could Canadian trucking suffer collateral damage as U.S. cracks down on foreign drivers?

These are strange days in cross-border trucking. And we’d better be on high alert. Trucking has been making mainstream news in the U.S., and that’s rarely a good thing. First,…

CTA’s pre-budget submission demands crackdowns on labor abuse and tax evasion

The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) used its pre-budget submission opportunity to demand the feds crack down on labor abuse and tax evasion in the trucking industry. The alliance pointed to…

Guelph, Ont., enforcement blitz puts 41% of inspected trucks OOS

A commercial vehicle safety blitz in Guelph, Ont., on Aug. 29 resulted in 41% of inspected trucks being placed out of service. Officers inspected 34 trucks and took 14 out…

Day & Ross plans further rollout of fatigue management tech after successful pilot

Day & Ross has completed a fatigue management pilot program it says proved valuable and now plans to roll it out across more of its fleet. The 5,000-truck fleet used…

J.J. Keller & Associates unveils flip placard

J.J. Keller & Associates has introduced a redesigned flip placard – the 5-Legend Super Placard Set. The product features featuring two patent-pending innovations, according to a…

ATA invites increased enforcement scrutiny

Like its Canadian counterpart the Canadian Trucking Alliance, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) is calling on enforcement agencies to step up activities against the trucking industry. In a recent blog…

Insurers consider implications of U.S. speed limiter proposal termination

A proposal to enforce speed limiters on heavy trucks operating within the U.S. has been dropped, creating some truck fleet insurance implications for cross-border operators. The U.S. Federal…

FONOM calls on feds to make Trans-Canada Highway modernization a nation-building project

The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) is calling on the federal government to make modernizing the Trans-Canada Highway across Northern Ontario part of its nation-building mandate. The twinning of…

Enforcement officers slam the brakes on unsafe trucks

Stop! And yes, brakes need to be working properly to stop. Truck drivers must check their brakes before heading out on the road. It was clear that many truck drivers…