Safety
Drivewyze Receives $60M Investment to Accelerate Growth
A Drivewyze-equipped truck bypasses a weigh station in Alberta, Canada. (Drivewyze)
Trucking technology provider Drivewyze will receive $60 million in financing to help advance its growth through an agreement parent company Intelligent Imaging Systems has reached with an investment firm, according to a July 14 announcement.
July 21, 2020House Leaders Urge White House to Enhance Disaster Preparedness
Personal protective equipment like masks is essential for emergency response workers. (Cylonphoto/Getty Images)
With wildfire and hurricane season underway, a trio of top House Democrats called on the White House to update its plans for responding to natural disasters during the coronavirus pandemic.
July 20, 2020Lumileds Adds New Line of Truck Headlight Bulbs
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Lumileds Holdings announced a new line of Philips MasterDuty headlight bulbs for Classes 2-8 commercial vehicles.
July 20, 2020FMCSA Virtual Summit to Focus on Truck Safety
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will hold a virtual trucking safety summit Aug. 5 to solicit ideas and information on improving the safe operation of property-carrying commercial motor vehicles on the nation’s roadways.
July 20, 2020Trailer Makers Anticipate Rebound After Fleets Recover From Pandemic
A Hyundai Translead manufacturing plant. Before the pandemic, the trailer manufacturer already was expecting the overall market to be down from last year. (Hyundai)
The trailer industry was forced to make further production cuts and alter manufacturing processes as the coronavirus pandemic took hold.
July 17, 2020Demand for Virtual Training Accelerates During Pandemic
Virtual learning works both for in-house and third-party training. (Design Interactive)
The pandemic is accelerating the transition to virtual learning for truck technicians, and the industry might never turn back.
July 17, 2020Study: Training Helps Younger Drivers Stay as Safe as Those Retiring
A student trains behind the wheel with his instructor. The VTTI study found “no safety-based reason not to use younger drivers when structured training, mentoring and coaching systems are in place.” (Roadmaster Drivers School)
A study commissioned by FMCSA found "no safety-based reason not to use younger drivers" to help fill the void left by retiring older drivers.
July 16, 2020House Transportation Panel Advances Water Infrastructure Bill
A collapsed road bridge in Michigan. The bill promotes weather resiliency. (Emily Elconin/Bloomberg)
Legislation that would advance construction of certain freight projects and promote resilience across myriad water systems was easily approved July 15 by the transportation committee at the U.S. House of Representatives.
July 16, 2020FAA’s Failure to Cull Bad Pilots Cited in Fatal Atlas Crash
A plane silhouetted in the sky. (SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg News)
The fatal crash of a cargo plane last year was caused in part by the failure of the U.S. federal government to establish a reliable system of weeding out unqualified airline pilots, investigators concluded.
July 14, 2020Trucking Freight Increases 3% Year-Over-Year, ATA Report Says
Trucks on a highway. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
The trucking industry collectively moved 11.84 billion tons of freight in 2019, according to American Trucking Associations’ annual data compendium — ATA American Trucking Trends 2020 — which was released July 13. That figure is a 3% year-over-year increase from 2018’s 11.49 tons of freight.
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