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A tired driver takes a few snooze breaks. Should his company be allowed to fire him? It seems to make sense and, indeed, is the law, that if one of your drivers is too tired to drive that he or she should take a break. However, one driver recently took his company to court over […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says 37,461 lives were lost on U.S. roads in 2016. That’s an increase of 5.6% from 2015. Because the number of miles driven increased as well, the overall increase in deaths per 100 million miles traveled is 2.6%.
Pretty soon, your car may be able to tell you what’s around the next corner, whether there’s stopped traffic in the fog bank ahead, and how to avoid construction traffic on your way to work each morning by communicating with other vehicles. Unfortunately, the same technology that will allow your car to exchange information with […]
Most of us have grown accustomed to phones, tablets, and Global Positioning System (GPS) devices that talk to us—our cars, in contrast, tend to be rather taciturn. That wasn’t always the case. For a brief period in the 1980s and 1990s, an assortment of cars—from the Chrysler LeBaron to the Nissan Maxima—verbalized warnings to drivers […]
A new national survey finds that, while they properly restrain their children, many adults mistakenly believe they are safe riding in the back seat without buckling up. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) says that among adults who admit to not always using belts in the back, four out of five surveyed say they […]
In anticipation of the upcoming deadline for motor carriers to transition from paper logs to electronic logging devices (ELDs) to record driver hours of service, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is conducting a public education and outreach effort. The ELD Implementation National Tour, taking place through November, is geared towards helping commercial motor […]
According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), there are more large trucks and buses on America’s roadways than ever before. Nearly 12 million registered commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) are operating in the United States today. Those vehicles must share the road with more than 251 million registered passenger vehicles (according to 2014 figures […]
Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of work-related fatalities in the United States. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has partnered with AAA and two industry groups, the American Bus Association and the American Trucking Association, to expand its Our Roads, Our Safety campaign. The campaign, which initially […]
What is the most hazardous task your workers will do today? If you’re in a high-hazard industry, you might think it’s operating a dangerous piece of machinery or working at heights. If your industry is less dangerous, maybe it’s a job that requires heavy lifting. However, there’s a good chance that the most dangerous thing […]
Do you know your general service tank cars from your cryogenic liquid tank cars? Do you know your refrigerated liquefied gases from your liquefied compressed gases? If your facility handles hazardous materials in tank cars, you should!