Want to spot brake defects? ‘Bend at the waist’
Brakes are a focus of roadside enforcement officers every day of the year, but the focus will intensify later this month during Brake Safety Week. Scheduled for Sept. 16-22, the week coordinated by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) combines education initiatives and inspections alike, depending on the jurisdiction. It has traditionally allowed enforcement teams to shine a light on a variety of systems and issues.
Charges “without merit” says counsel for Rainbow Concrete
SUDBURY, Ont. – Lawyers for Rainbow Concrete are saying the charges against their clients are completely without merit. The company, including its owners and two supervisors, were in an Ontario Court of Justice in Sudbury today to answer to charges relating to the 2017 death of a driver who worked for the company.
Violations — and gender — increase likelihood of crashes
ARLINGTON, Va. -- The next time someone jokes about women drivers, they might want to think about the latest research results from the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI). The institute’s updated crash predictor model continues to identify violations for reckless driving or failing to yield the right of way as the top two behaviors that predict future crashes by truck drivers. But gender appears to play a role as well.
UPDATED: Criminal charges laid in 2017 death of driver
SUDBURY, Ont. – Criminal charges have been laid in the death of a 39-yer-old dump truck driver in 2017. Rheal Dionne was working for Sudbury, Ont.-based Rainbow Concrete when a concrete slab fell on the dump truck he was working in Feb. 15, 2017, trapping him inside.
Driver etiquette is slipping, readers say
TORONTO, Ont. -- There are some unspoken rules of the road, the common courtesy that makes every drive a little more bearable, but is that sense of etiquette declining? Today's Trucking readers who participated in this month's Pulse Survey seem to believe so.
Will in-cab cameras survive privacy challenges?
TORONTO, Ont. -- Canada has a lot of workplace privacy legislation on the books, some of which can be applied to driver-facing cameras. Some jurisdictions seem favorably disposed to the video monitoring of operators (drivers) in safety-sensitive positions, while others suggest cameras might be OK, as long as no other reasonable mechanism exists to achieve the same results.
