Equipment
Business
Regulations
Life
Custom Rigs
Gear
Tag: highway safety
Life
A highway-safety public service announcement from the pros
Christopher Fiffie’s BigRig Videos Youtube channel recently featured the following video PSA — from veteran truckers to the general public on safe driving around trucks.
September 3, 2014
Hours of Service
Former FMCSA administrator supports suspension of restart restrictions
Annette Sandberg comes out in support of suspending restart restrictions introduced in 2013; nearly six in 10 Overdrive readers believe doing so would positive impact highway safety.
June 26, 2014
Channel 19
Four-wheelers should ‘learn from truck drivers’
Con-way Freight’s Tom Clark makes a compelling case for his view that four-wheelers should take a lesson from professional truck drivers on distracted driving — as a frequent two-wheeler, I concur.
June 3, 2013
Voices
Carriers, drivers aligned on need for shift in enforcement priorities
Following a speech at the 2013 CVSA spring workshop which decried states’ outsize inspection focus, Overdrive readers responded largely positively to a message of new traffic-enforcement priorities.
May 14, 2013
Voices
Readers to law enforcement: Look in the mirror
Some drivers responding to news of Tennessee’s use of troopers in big rigs to nab texting four-wheelers loved the idea — others suggested it might be just another safety hazard.
April 16, 2013
Channel 19
Owning your data: Trend toward usage-based insurance pricing
If 10n2 and other companies’ predictions come to fruition, it might not be long before it’s possible to utilize real-time operational data to negotiate rates with your insurance company.
February 26, 2013
Overdrive Extra
Signs of the times: Study says digital billboards distracting
The study, conducted by researchers at the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, concluded that drivers looked at digital billboards significantly longer than they did at other signs on the same stretch of road,
January 4, 2013
Channel 19
EOBRs reportedly dropped, then back in highway bill
According to this report from Fox News, citing confidential sources knowledgeable of ongoing Senate/House conference committee work on final highway bill language, a deal has been reached that includes removal of the mandate for interstate carriers to use EOBRs for hours-of-service compliance. Here’s the language in the Fox report: “At the insistence of House Republicans, […]
June 27, 2012
Overdrive Extra
One Girl Trucking: ‘More courtesy now’
An encounter with a pair of joy-riding, inconsiderate motorcyclists over Memorial Day turned dramatic when truck driver Bethany, blogging at One Girl Trucking, decided enough was enough and confronted the bikers at a red light. Read her account, a sort of pitch and plea to bikers, motorists and truckers alike for more courtesy and common […]
June 1, 2012
Business
Pulse
Years from now it might turn out that EOBRs and apnea screening are two intrusions that never lived up to the bluster.
March 1, 2012
Voices
Speakout
Truckers weigh in on such issues as sleep apnea, distracted driving, 9/11 and safety measures.
September 1, 2011
Business
Bill would allow heavy trucks on interstates
Trucks weighing more than 80,000 pounds in 23 states must either unload cargo or travel on secondary roads.
August 1, 2011
Page 1 of 2
Next Page