Injury, Illness Prevention
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...
Electronic logging, sleep apnea screening requirements still on US lawmakers’ radar
SEATTLE, Wash. -- It could be 2015 or 2016 before the US mandates the use of electronic logging devices (ELDs) to track hours-of-service, according to former FMCSA administrator and current principal of TransSafe Consulting, Annette Sandberg.