Health & Safety
Canadian O/O finished Boston Marathon 70 minutes before blasts
BOSTON, Mass. -- Just 70 minutes after finishing the Boston Marathon Apr. 15, owner/operator Leo McCosham of Summerfield, P.E.I. and his girlfriend Brenda Benson were recovering in a staging area about a half-kilometre from the finish line when...
Freightliner muscling into driver wellness with handy in-cab exercise system
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Making the case that driver fitness needs to be viewed as part of the total cost of operation for a trucking fleet because healthy drivers tend to make for happier and more productive employees, Freightliner Trucks today...
Volvo Trucks offering Bose, Sears seats as factory-installed options
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Volvo Trucks has announced that the Bose Ride seat suspension system is now available for order as a factory-installed option on its VNM and VNL highway tractors. Officials say Volvo is the first North American truck...
ATA battling would-be Hours-of-Service changes in court today
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard arguments from American Trucking Associations earlier today, regarding changes the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration made to...