Guardian has eyes on driver fatigue

The rule is to keep your eyes on the road, and the new Guardian system from Seeing Machines will ensure drivers are doing just that.

Zonar connects with new tablet

Zonar has unveiled its new Connect tablet, basing it on the Android operating system so it can be easily customized.

SmartAdvantage portfolio expands

Eaton and Cummins have expanded their SmartAdvantage powertrain portfolio with a new transmission offering up to 1,850 lb-ft of torque, supporting linehaul applications with Gross Combination Vehicle Weight Ratings of up to 80,000 pounds.

Want a trouble-free rental or lease? It’s in the details

Every piece of equipment comes at a price. Look no further than your accounts -payable department or the bank account for proof. But decisions around renting, leasing or financing involve far more than payment values alone. Those who work with unique equipment spec's or hold onto trucks and trailers for extended periods of time are prime candidates for purchase financing. Every year of service after an asset has fully depreciated is a bonus. Leasing tends to be the strategy of choice for those with shorter trade-in cycles or other plans for business capital. Then there are the rentals to address seasonal or short-term surges in freight volumes, or even temporary storage.

Ministers discuss ELDs, systems to protect road users

TORONTO, ON - Canada's transportation ministers met in Toronto today, discussing a broad array of initiatives such as the mandating of Electronic Logging Devices and the need to study truck-mounted systems like side guards that could better protect "vulnerable" road users. The ministers have also agreed to create a task force to harmonize truck-related regulations "wherever possible", said Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau. Unspecified changes to the Memorandum of Understanding that governs weights and dimensions were also agreed to in principle.

Two-truck platoons would boost fuel economy: report

WASHINGTON, DC -- Technology that allows two trucks to travel in tight platoons promises to improve fuel economy, a report by the North American Council for Freight Efficiency and the Carbon War Room concludes.

Ontario aggregate haulers ending protest

MILTON, ON - Aggregate haulers who have been occupying Ontario Ministry of Transportation scales and the routes to Toronto-area gravel pits since Tuesday are ending their protest with the promise that a hard line on axle weights is -- at least temporarily -- coming to an end. "The strike is over now," Jagroop Singh Bangli, one of the key organizers of the strike action, told Today's Trucking.

Commercial vehicles among latest NHTSA recalls

WASHINGTON, DC -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has identified its latest vehicle recalls, some of which include commercial equipment.

New group to focus on industry youth

OTTAWA, ON - Trucking HR Canada has established a new advisory committee - Youth with Drive - that will focus on ways to attract more young workers to trucking.

Gravel haulers protest axle weight crackdown

MILTON, ON - A longstanding dispute around allowable axle weights has boiled to the surface, with dozens of aggregate haulers occupying three Ontario Ministry of Transportation scales in the Toronto area. The protesters began parking their equipment at 2 a.m. on September 20 in the facility adjacent to the eastbound lanes of Highway 401 near Trafalgar Road in Milton, Ontario. They returned on Wednesday and pledged to expand the protest at nearby quarries. Some had already been protesting around sites in Aberfoyle and Dundas, Ontario. "We just want a solution," said Jagroop Singh Bangli, a two-truck owner-operator who was involved in organizing the fight, as he divided his peers into teams for the next stage of the protest. "We don't want to take any more tickets."

Waiting game underway in axle weight protest

MILTON, ON – Aggregate haulers in the western Greater Toronto Area continue their protest against a crackdown on axle weights, occupying three Ministry of Transportation inspection stations and the…

Gravel haulers continue Ontario protest

MILTON, ON - Protesting gravel haulers continued their fight today against Ontario's hard line on axle weights, occupying three Toronto-area scales and focusing much of their attention at the Trafalgar facility on Highway 401, just west of the city.

OOIDA wants speed limiter language removed

GRAIN VALLEY, MO - The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) is asking the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations not to reference mandated speed limiters when drafting federal spending measures.

Heller named Truckload Carriers VP

WASHINGTON, DC - Dave Heller has been named vice president - government affairs at the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA).

WorkSafe BC highlights dangers of shifting loads

RICHMOND, BC - WorkSafeBC has published a safety bulletin to highlight the threat of shifting loads following several related injuries and the death of a 39-year-old driver.