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Business

Truck driver occupational fatalities in 2014 at highest level since 2008

Work-related truck driver fatalities rose to their highest level since 2008 last year, according to a report issued by the Department of Labor this week. About 725 heavy vehicle or tractor-trailer drivers died on the job last year, according to the report.

September 23, 2015

Business

The new top hours of service enforcer

No state issued a higher percentage of hours violations in 2014 than this one. Training has helped officials find their ‘comfort zone’ enforcing the ever-shifting regs nationwide, but especially in this state.

September 7, 2015

Business

Top 10 toughest states on hours of service violations

Oregon was the 2013 leader on this list, and its percentage of issued hour infractions fell by only a point in our analysis of the 2014 data. Three states rose to a much larger degree in the hours rankings…

September 1, 2015

Business

Get it right, Howard

Wendy on former Transport Topics editor Howard Abramson’s recent “Trucks are killing us” editorial: “Highway safety can’t be delegated to one group only, and lack of it can’t be faulted to just one.”

August 23, 2015

Overdrive Extra

Two owner-operator segments with the best earnings start for 2015

A look at which owner-operator segments are earning the most so far in 2015.

June 16, 2015

Channel 19

Heads up, there’s ‘bears everywhere’: Thursday enforcement round-up

‘Roadcheck effect’ follow-up: Midwest Truckers spar with Will County, Ill., law enforcement and the state DOT; reports in Washington emphasis priority patrols from truck enforcement statewide.

April 30, 2015

Channel 19

The Roadcheck effect

Take a visit to the mechanic? Go through the truck with a fine-toothed comb? … How do you prepare for the annual 72-hour inspection blitz? It’s coming soon — June 2-4.

April 28, 2015

Business

New weight restrictions on two Minn. bridges

With 11 percent of U.S. bridges structurally deficient according to the U.S. DOT’s stats bureau, April 16 officials from MnDOT put in place truck detours around two Highway 169 bridges in Champlin, Minn.

April 17, 2015

Channel 19

Reckless four-wheelers, bad road design…: Two factors, among others, in many truck rollovers

A recent mainstream-media report reinforces what many truckers know about truck-occupant and other fatality numbers, too: There’s more to them than meets the eye.

March 31, 2015

Channel 19

In the huddle with football, fleet stats

GPS tracking/analytics software provider Fleetmatics’ “Huddle Up” infographic riffs on answer to this question: “If fleets were football teams, how would they fare?”

February 5, 2015

Voices

Sharing the road: Some common sense on regulations to reduce crashes

From owner-operator Pete Zimmer: “Put the safety where needed. Educate auto drivers. Increase fines to make an impact. Put regulations where the biggest problems lie. Make fines equal for all. We are all on the same highways.”

July 30, 2014

Business

July load volumes exceed June for first time; Domestic intermodal on fire in Southeast

Reports from DAT’s Trendlines and the Intermodal Association of North America’s quarterly trends report show volumes were strong through June and July.

August 8, 2013