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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
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DOT turned up the volume on distracted driving in December.
February 1, 2012
Channel 19
Kicking the habit: Why a blanket cell-phone ban won’t work
As if hearing the plethora of truck drivers’ objections to the prohibitions on handheld cell use in-cab while driving, minus any similar prohibition for the motoring public and given the wide problem of motorist distraction on the highways, the National Transportation Safety Board formally recommended that all personal electronic devices be banned from use while […]
December 15, 2011
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An App Explosion
Pocket tools proliferate for networking, reference and managing trucking life and business.
November 1, 2011
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Roadside Attractions
Interesting and odd parts of trucking, truck gauges, truck gallery and many more industry news items are featured.
November 1, 2011
Channel 19
Fitting insurance to the operator — trends in usage-based pricing
If you missed a feature about insurance costs I wrote for the August edition of Overdrive, it contained a brief item relative to how insurance companies determine customer risk — and as a result of that risk determination, premium rate pricing. Canal Insurance Chief Underwriting Officer Paul Brocklebank made brief mention in the piece about […]
September 27, 2011
Channel 19
Texting temptation: A little ditty — and more — to help you resist
A little good humor today — with a safety message to boot. Admit it: We’ve all been tempted when it comes to texting while driving, right? What will it hurt to answer the spouse’s question with a quick “N-O” or, yes, the opposite? Next time that thought fires in your head, Winnipeg, Manitoba-based high school […]
September 8, 2011
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LogBook
Hours comment deadline extended, lawmakers protest cross-border plan, bill would allow truck safety tax credit, FMCSA issues CDL amendments and other industry news items are featured.
June 2, 2011
Business
Survey: Firms know of cell phone use
Survey results show that 62 percent of companies have written policies prohibiting employees from using a mobile phone while driving on the job.
May 17, 2011
Business
Xata offers mobile phone software
Xata Corp., a provider of trucking compliance and fleet optimization software, announced it is integrating and reselling ZoomSafer’s software, FleetSafer Mobile and FleetSafer Vision, which are designed to reduce distracted driving. FleetSafer Mobile is designed to enforce a fleet’s safe-driving policies and runs alongside Xata Turnpike on mobile and smartphones. Xata Turnpike currently runs on […]
May 5, 2011
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