The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recently toughened its stance on carriers who know their way around the rules, as well as on those with deep enough pockets that paying fines for repeated offenses isn’t enough to make them change their ways. TruckingInfo.com reported last week on the new rule from FMCSA that takes aim at […]
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Three-Vehicle Crash Kills One in Brookhaven, MS
A man was killed after his passenger truck was involved in a three-vehicle accident on Interstate 55 South in Brookhaven, Miss., on Monday, April 9. According to a report in the Sun Herald, the man’s truck struck a Mississippi Department of Transportation vehicle and was then rear-ended by a tractor trailer as the three vehicles […]
Con-way Truckload to Utilize Maptuit NaviGo Technology
Con-way Inc., one of the largest for-hire trucking carriers in North America, announced recently that it will install Maptuit NaviGo technology on all of its trucks and tractors equipped with Qualcomm Inc. computers. A recent report in Transport Topics states that nearly two dozen of Con-way’s trucks have already been upgraded and that its entire […]
Truckload Carriers Association Announces Fleet Safety Winners
We applaud the efforts of the Truckload Carriers Association in recognizing trucking companies throughout North America that promote safer highways by maintaining strict safety codes as a standard part of business practice. The TCA recently announced the three finals in each of six divisions, which were created based on a company’s fleet size and miles […]
New York State Trucking Law Helps Protect NYC Pedestrians
In New York City, trucking attorneys know that 70 percent of accidents involving pedestrians and large trucks occur because big-rig drivers cannot see people passing directly in front of their vehicles. A new New York state trucking law requires many large semis to be equipped with convex mirrors when operating in the city, so […]
