Health & Safety
ATA applauds increase in truck driver seatbelt usage
ARLINGTON, Va. -- The American Trucking Associations is tipping its hat to industry and law enforcement groups, as well as the federal government, for their efforts to improve seatbelt usage among commercial truck drivers, after a reported a 4%...
Truckers with prior crashes, convictions 50% more likely to crash again: study
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Truck drivers with prior crashes, violations and convictions are more susceptible to being involved in a future truck crash those with clean driving records, according to a recently released report from the American...
Decline in truck-related crashes quashes need for HoS changes: ATA
ARLINGTON, Va. -- The American Trucking Associations has once again called on the US Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to abandon their proposed changes to the Hours-of-Service rules following the...
ATA endorses EOBR policy to monitor driver hours of service
ARLINGTON, Va. -- American Trucking Associations' membership has endorsed a policy supporting federal laws and regulations that would require trucking companies to use electronic logging devices to monitor driver Hours-of-Service. "ATA has...