A formula for fleet safety?
When it comes to truck safety, there is no single “golden solution” or “quick fix”—and the many studies, claims, and high horses about how fleets and owner-operators can best promote safety “mostly...
View ArticleCSA update: skeptic encouraged by reform efforts, anticipates return
Despite the Trump Administration’s proclaimed disdain for regulations, the highly touted, questionably effective, and Congressionally parked Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) program could be...
View Article'Encouraging sign': Navistar finds turnaround in new LT tractor, A26 engine
While Wall Street prognosticators found Navistar’s latest earnings report “disappointing,” for truck customers there are new products to be excited about (notably the International LT tractor and A26...
View ArticleWorst Trucker in the World: U.S. Government edition
The Worst Trucker in the World is back, bigger and badder than ever—because the latest recipient of the dishonor is a fleet run by the U.S. government. And, despite management issues that would warrant...
View ArticleChicken and egg, Tesla and trucks
There’s only one thing standing between Elon Musk and Tesla Inc.'s plan tp revolutionize transportation with electric vehicles: Electricity.read more
View ArticleSpeed limiters, elephant races, and professional drivers
Despite the Trump administration’s putting the brakes on federal rulemaking, OOIDA is ramping up its own regulatory push back: The small business trucking group has created a video demonstrating the...
View ArticleThe budget fight: Fiddling while truck safety burns?
A looming government shutdown, a massive tax cut, a renewed effort to repeal and replace Obamacare, the Wall: The Trump Administration and Congress have big, big plans to work through this week—but...
View ArticleTrump time: Trucking, construction interests challenge GHG regs
Even as truck makers and some of their biggest customers gathered to review—and praise—the latest and greatest in environmentally friendly technologies last week, others in trucking were petitioning...
View ArticleEmbracing Uber-style tech: What carriers need to understand
Trucking companies shouldn’t be afraid of Uber, or Uber-style technology, because the entire aim is make it easier for shippers and carriers to connect, at the expense of today’s middle man. But what...
View ArticleNext FMCSA boss: The ‘short list’
In the first week of June 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Anne Ferro to lead the Motor Carrier Safety Administration. So where’s the Trump administration at this point? Who knows? Well, some...
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