Distracted driving is one of the most common causes of collisions in the trucking industry. Most people think of distracted driving as talking on the phone, texting, eating, and drinking. While these qualify as distractions, other seemingly benign behaviors can divert a truck driver’s attention from the road. Using a GPS, chatting with passengers, adjusting
Read More...The pandemic changed how trucking companies conduct business. Some of these changes are obvious, such as wearing masks, social distancing, and enhanced cleaning protocols. However, COVID has influenced the trucking industry in several unanticipated ways. Here are the COVID-driven trends affecting fleet operations: Vehicle Shortages and Increased Repair Costs All industries are feeling the sting
Read More...The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) conducts a 72-hour commercial motor vehicle (CMV) inspection every year. The goal is to inspect vehicles, enforce regulatory compliance, and educate commercial drivers about driver and vehicle safety. The International Roadcheck is the largest program of its kind. Enforcement officials inspected over 40,000 CMVs during the 2021 roadcheck. CVSA
Read More...Trucking and safety experts agree that distracted driving is one of the most risky behaviors for professional truck drivers. Distracted driving causes avoidable accidents, injuries, and deaths. Even people outside of the vehicles aren’t safe, as one out of every five deaths caused by distracted driving isn’t someone behind the wheel. They are pedestrians, cyclists,
Read More...The pandemic forced fleets to reconsider their existing safety practices as they encountered new and evolving challenges. For instance, drivers may opt to ride solo rather than as a duo. Even if drivers travel alone, they still have to perform enhanced sanitization for shared fleet vehicles. Here are several evolving issues affecting fleets: Safety training.
Read More...Driving while tired is extremely risky and kills thousands every year. Truck drivers can travel more than a football field if they nod off few even a few seconds. The accidents, injuries, and fatalities related to driver fatigue are preventable if fleets implement strong guidelines and safety measures against drowsy driving. Safety training can remind
Read More...With the holidays in full swing, fleets have several safety concerns to manage while their drivers are on the roads. Increased holiday traffic, extended service lives for commercial vehicles, and wintry weather conditions increase truck drivers’ risk until spring. Truck drivers need to take extra precautions to optimize safety during the winter months. Here are
Read More...Fleets place a lot of trust in their commercial drivers, but they still need to find ways to mitigate the inherent risks associated with putting drivers behind the wheel. Experience is a critical factor in driver safety, but fleets can’t afford to wait for new drivers to learn by trial and error. Inexperienced commercial drivers,
Read More...The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has updated guidelines regarding President Biden’s COVID-19 mandate for businesses. The directive requires all private sector businesses with 100 employees or more to establish vaccination requirements by January 4, 2022 or require weekly COVID testing for unvaccinated employees. OSHA’s emergency temporary standard (ETS) provides details on how companies
Read More...Many trucking companies saw a dramatic downswing in maintenance costs for CY-2020 compared to the previous year. Stay-at-home orders halted all non-essential drivers, which left many commercial vehicles sitting unused for long stretches of time. However, underutilized vehicles are creating new maintenance headaches for fleets. New Problems for Idle Trucks The most common issues for
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