Safety

I own a small motor carrier and drive as well. In the past 38 years, I have driven trucks all across the United States, both regional and cross country, and I am reaching the end of my career with more than 3 million safe miles covered.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Celadon Group has turned employees’ health-care costs from a liability into millions of dollars in savings by making access to care and education more accessible, the head of the truckload carrier said.

I read with dismay the comments made by [an official of] American Trucking Associations about the proposed hours-of-service changes in your Sept. 12 issue.

WASHINGTON — Component manufacturer Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems offered instructions on the capabilities and complexity of North American trucks to federal officials here last week so that government might better understand how to interact with the industry.

Truck drivers should be prohibited from using cell phones while driving, even if the devices are hands-free, the National Transportation Safety Board said last week.

Truck drivers should be prohibited from talking and texting on phones while driving, no matter whether they use hands-free devices, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.

The Department of Transportation said Monday it will accept public comments through Sept. 22 on safety authorizations of Mexican carriers to operate in the United States beyond a 25-mile border zone.

Transport Topics found carriers building gyms, hiring fitness experts and nutritionists, bombarding drivers with recipes and other wellness tips, pushing fruit and vegetables into their lunch bags and discounting insurance premiums for drivers who adopt healthier habits.