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Safety - Featured articles:Truckers are often negatively stereotyped, but the reality is that many car drivers still don't treat the big rigs with enough respect on the road. A new video: "Sharing the Road Safely with Commercial Vehicles" asks: Do you know how to drive along with trucks? More »
New U.S. rules to combat sleepy driving begin in January '04, but Canadian truckers feel they will increase costs and transit times, especially at border crossings. More »
California legislators are debating a bill that would which would mandate the use of remote-stopping devices for vehicles transporting hazardous materials, but there are glitches. More »
As part of a nationwide safety drive, the North Carolina Highway Patrol and the U.S. DOT are conducting a check blitz of truckers and their trucks at inspection stations along state highways. More »
Ford, GM, and DaimlerChrysler are helping the U.S. government with an anti-terrorism initiative by installing transponders on their trucks. More »
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Draft report (2001) from the U.S. FMCSA titled "2010 strategy: saving lives through safety, innovation, and performance" outlines plans to improve safety for large vehicle drivers and carriers. PDF format.
French commercial firm sells onboard computer recording systems and fuel monitoring systems for commercial and fleet vehicles.
Documents, videotapes, and news about braking issues for commercial motor vehicle drivers in the USA.
Article describes research from Canada that shows that car drivers are more likely to have been driving improperly, to have been drinking, or to have been operating cars with mechanical defects when they are involved in accidents with tractor-trailers.
Canadians for Responsible and Safe Highways is a non-profit organization that campaigns for adoption and enforcement of meaningful truck safety regulations, especially on issues such as the size of trucks and the hours that truckers work.
Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways is a non-profit group that lobbies for safer roads, particularly for restricting the size of trucks and the hours that drivers work.
IMCAC is a U.S. organization that rates the safety performance of motor carriers (truck and bus companies), for the public and the transportation industry. Allows viewers to search for a carrier and its rating.
"Let it be Palletized: A Portrait of Truck Drivers' Work and Life," is a lengthy but readable academic paper describing 1997 research by members of the University of Michigan's Trucking Industry Program that involved 825 interviews with truckers at 19 truckstops. (PDF format.)
A non-profit organization that is dedicated to educating the nation on highway safety and provides free safety programs at community events, public schools, and truck shows. Website includes coloring book pages, storybook links, safety tips, posters, and news.
A non-profit organization that is dedicated to educating the nation on highway safety and provides free safety programs at community events, public schools, and truck shows. Website includes coloring book pages, storybook links, safety tips, posters, and news.
This 1999 research report (PDF format) makes recommendations on ways to improve the "No-Zone" campaign that aims to educate car drivers about interacting with trucks.
This book, titled "Sweatshops on Wheels: Winners and Losers in Trucking Deregulation," exposes the bad side of government deregulation in interstate trucking, and asks whether low pay in the trucking industry is making roads unsafe.
