TIRF research connects eco-friendly driving and safety

“Slow and steady” are said to win the race, but research by the Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) has also quantified several links between eco-friendly driving techniques and safety. Working…

Sleep apnea test procedures are improving

It was about 15 years ago that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) diagnosis and treatment was all the rage in trucking. Today, you rarely hear about it. I hope and believe…

Where’s the noise about real driver issues?

Looking through my windshield day after day, I don’t see the same old, same old. Frankly, I see worse. Road conditions are worse than ever, and fatalities keep climbing. I…

Alberta expanding slow down move over safety law

Alberta is bolstering roadside worker safety rules, protecting first responders, tow truck operators, highway maintenance workers and snowplow operators with the slow down and move over legislation under the Traffic…

Daimler Truck mourns passing of finance boss Jochen Goetz

Daimler Truck is mourning the sudden passing of board member in charge of finance and controlling, Jochen Goetz. He died “suddenly and unexpectedly” at 52, the company announced. Goetz was…

Impaired driving case is union protectionism run amok

I never was much of a union man. Never belonged to one. Never felt I needed to. Always felt hard work would be rewarded and, if anything, I would be…

Trucking groups applaud Senate effort to block speed limiter mandates

Several trucking associations are backing an effort in the U.S. Senate to block mandates for speed limiters on large commercial vehicles. The Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-Wheelers (DRIVE)…

Groupe Robert forced to reinstate truck driver fired for drinking and driving

A Quebec trucking company has been ordered to reinstate a driver who was fired after she drank at least nine beers before she lost control of her truck on a Pennsylvania highway. The driver’s…

Vitran Express Canada fined for fatal workplace accident

Vitran Express Canada — operating as National Fast Freight — will pay a $140,000 fine for a fatal workplace accident in which a worker was trapped between a reversing truck…

Concord company fined $125K after pedestrian fatality

A company based in Concord, Ont., has been fined $125,000 after a contracted dump truck struck and killed a pedestrian near a Toronto Transit Commission bus stop in April 2021.

I-49 worst road for washroom breaks in U.S., study reveals

Finding a washroom on the road is a constant struggle for truck drivers, but those who travel I-49 have to hold it for longer than their peers on other highways.A…

Transport truck-related crashes at 10-year high in Ontario

Ontario Provincial Police responded to 9,110 transport truck-related crashes in 2022, marking the highest provincial total in more than a decade. Although the majority of charges were issued to commercial…

Brandt Group makes record-breaking donation to CNIB

The Brandt Group made a record-breaking donation to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) at a CFL game this week between the Edmonton Elk and Saskatchewan Roughriders. During…

Ontario tow truck driver training standard to be released soon

Ontario’s tow truck driver training standard is being finalized and is expected to be released in the next few weeks. An official from the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) told TruckNews.com…

USask studies aim to improve driver training, working conditions

The Humboldt Broncos bus crash steered Mackenzie McKeown’s career toward improving truck driver training, occupational medicine, and public health and safety. The University of Saskatchewan PhD candidate, a Humboldt, Sask.,…