The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration provides truck safety services and programs to reduce the high number of highway accidents involving over-the-road trucks. By some standards, truck safety ratings and highway safety are improving. However long-haul...
You may see some transportation companies – motor carriers, freight brokers, shippers – display the “SmartWay” logo on their trucks, websites, and materials showing their participation in SmartWay traffic guidelines. These SmartWay Transport Partnership businesses are...
The most recent Forbes Magazine “Deadliest Jobs List” puts truck driving at #8 in the top ten, after jobs in the following industries: fishing, logging, aeronautics, garbage collections, roofing, steel work, and farming/ranching. For trucking industry groups, from...
Do you remember that old oil filter advertising campaign about the cost of not maintaining your car? “You can pay me now or you can pay me later,” the commercial said. The message was that an inexpensive oil change now can prevent an expensive major overhaul later. A...