Bendix revamps friction material product line, adds low-cost option

ELYRIA, Ohio -- Bendix has announced it’s now offering new aftermarket friction lines through three tiers of product offerings.

Find out how to prevent accidents before they happen

KITCHENER, Ont. -- Preventing incidents before they happen is the focus of the Fleet Safety Council’s 22nd annual educational conference, scheduled for 0ctober 24-26 in Kitchener, Ont.

Bendix offers helpful advice in advance of Brake Safety Week

ELYRIA, Ohio -- Brake Safety Week is coming up Sept. 8-14, and there’s a good chance your trucks’ braking systems will be getting some extra attention - if not from drivers, then from inspectors.

OTA calls on Toronto to develop comprehensive goods movement study

TORONTO, Ont. -- The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) says the city of Toronto needs to develop a comprehensive goods movement study, and should not limit itself to looking for banning trucks from school zones or other parts of the city.

Many factors influence truck safety

Fatigue management hit the news again in July with the release of the well-researched North American Fatigue Management Program. If you haven’t read the press on this, the program was developed over a 10-year period by researchers and...

Do you know how to effectively gather and interpret incident information?

KITCHENER, Ont. -- Gathering and correctly interpreting information and evidence are foundational to an effective safety management system. 

Rolling Strong develops new program for driver health and wellness

Rolling Strong has introduced a new wellness card for professional drivers, fleets and owner/operators, designed to help mobile workers achieve a healthy lifestyle.

IHSA develops course for supervisors of federally regulated companies

CAMBRIDGE, Ont. -- The Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA) has developed a two-day course for supervisors in a federally regulated work environment, which will be offered free of charge to IHSA members twice this Fall.

US Court retains new HoS; OOIDA moves on to training campaign

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Any faint hope that remained that a US Court would reverse the new hours-of-service rules implemented July 1, has been completely dashed.

US scraps onerous, costly equipment reporting requirement

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The US government yesterday scrapped a requirement that would see trucking companies file equipment inspection reports, whether or not defects were present, Bloomberg News reported.

OBITUARY: Hank the Tank, Mack’s Western Canadian bulldog

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. -- Hank the Tank, Mack Trucks’ beloved four-legged western sales rep, has passed away.

On-board camera captures trucker’s heroic actions

PITTSBURGH, Penn. -- Think on-board cameras are used only to monitor drivers and punish them for bad driving behaviours? That’s not always the case, as evidenced by a recent example in which a camera helped capture a potentially...

Overweight log trucks an issue at Red Rock scales

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. -- Overweight log trucks are becoming an issue at the Red Rock scales in B.C., according to the Central Interior Logging Association (CILA).

Canada Cartage delivers fresh water to Toronto’s homeless

TORONTO, Ont. -- Canada Cartage has chipped in once again this year to ensure Toronto’s homeless had fresh water to drink.

New US regulations could leave industry short a million drivers by 2016: FTR Associates

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- An incoming regulatory tsunami could leave the American trucking industry in need of a million drivers by 2016, if all the new regulations currently being considered are implemented.