Medical marijuana and trucking: A legal minefield for carriers

COOKSTOWN, Ont. — Patti Satok wasn’t surprised when she failed her pre-employment drug test. She was more surprised when the trucking company that had offered her a driving job suddenly…

Fleet Safety Council joins call for tougher entry-level driver training standards

TORONTO, Ont. -- The Ontario Fleet Safety Council’s Toronto branch has thrown its support behind a call for improved entry-level driver training standards.

Six Canadian carriers win TCA safety awards

TORONTO, Ont. -- Six Canadian fleets were honoured for safety excellence by the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) through its National Fleet Safety Awards.

Take the next step to accident prevention, urges safety expert

KITCHENER, Ont. – The rising cost of lawsuits, increasing government scrutiny and penalties for unsafe operators, and easily accessible technology that can turn any bystander at the scene of an accident into a star witness can mean only...

Bendix offers helpful advice in advance of Brake Safety Week

ELYRIA, Ohio -- Brake Safety Week is coming up Sept. 8-14, and there’s a good chance your trucks’ braking systems will be getting some extra attention - if not from drivers, then from inspectors.

Praxair, Tim Horton’s and Hensall District Co-op win private fleet safety awards

KING CITY, Ont. -- Three of Canada’s safest private fleets were recognized tonight at the Private Motor Truck Council’s annual conference.

Bendix touting next-generation safety system

ELYRIA, Ohio -- Bendix is claiming its next-generation commercial vehicle safety system will offer features “never before possible for commercial vehicles in North America.”

New study shows heavy trucks boast better safety record than medium-duty trucks

ARLINGTON, Va. -- A new report from the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) suggests that combining medium- and heavy-duty truck crash statistics drags down the true safety record of the US heavy truck fleet.

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...