New research project shines light on driver health

HAMILTON, Ont. -- A first-of-its-kind study on the health of Ontario truck drivers has painted a pretty grim picture. But at least one of the researchers involved in the project wasn’t surprised by the findings.

Quebec driver wins national award

BOUCHERVILLE, Que. -- More than 40 years of professional driving experience, the last 34 with the same company, and eight million accident-free kilometres have earned Pierre Laflamme 2012 National Driver of the Year honours.

CSA program lacks sufficient data for meaningful scores: ATA to FMCSA

ARLINGTON, Va. -- The American Trucking Associations (ATA) has called out the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) safety monitoring and measurement system, Compliance Safety Accountability (CSA), for lacking sufficient...

Prime Inc.’s Robert Low on why driver health must be a priority

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- The only safe driver is a healthy driver. That’s the mantra of Prime Inc. president and founder Rob Low, who spoke at the most recent Driving for Profit seminar.

Substantial changes to CSA coming as early as next week

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Carriers operating in the US will see changes to how their safety performance is scored under CSA, when changes to the safety measurement system go into effect as early as next week.

Have drug testing rules kept up with the times?

Random drug and alcohol testing has been a fact of life for Canadian truckers crossing the US border since 1996. But the initiative began much earlier in the US, as part of the strategy of former US president Ronald Reagan’s “War on...

Ontario trucker charged with stunting. And speed limiter violation, too.

MONO, Ont. -- In one of the Ontario trucking industry’s least proud moments, a truck driver has been charged with stunt driving after being clocked by OPP travelling 136 km/h in an 80 km/h zone.

DCT Chambers Trucking wins B.C. safety award

VERNON, B.C. -- DCT Chambers Trucking has won a safety award from the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering.

OTR Wellness offers mental health services to drivers and families

ST. MARYS, Ont. -- A mental health professional with a family background in trucking has set up a mental wellness, coaching and support service specifically for professional drivers and their families.

Warning to truckers in NE States: Serious storms on their way

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Truckers running the US East Coast over the next few days should exercise caution as two dangerous storms converge near the mid-Atlantic region, the American Trucking Associations warns.

OTA will push for review of WSIB costs; premiums to rise in 2013

TORONTO, ON-- The Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) announced that premium rates paid by employers will rise by 2.5 per cent in 2013, including the rates for the trucking, warehousing and courier sectors, prompting the Ontario...

NATURAL GAS: Driver concerns about safety put to rest

HOUSTON, Texas -- When Saddle Creek Transportation brought together drivers to introduce them to the company’s new fleet of natural gas trucks, director of transportation John Erwin stood at the back of the room where he could hear the...

Fit for duty?

By Julia Kuzeljevich

ATA asking FMCSA to acknowledge CSA’s strengths, weaknesses

ARLINGTON, Va. -- The American Trucking Associations (ATA) is calling on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to be more candid and transparent in its evaluations of the strengths and weaknesses of its safety monitoring and...

Ontario trucker reportedly murdered in Chicago

CHICAGO, Ill. -- An Ontario trucker has been shot to death in a parking lot after delivering a load to Chicago, the Chicago Tribune reports.