Prepare for winter conditions: Chevin

FITCHBURG, MA - Chevin Fleet Solutions, a supplier of fleet management software, is offering trucking companies some old-school winter driving advice with the help of a new infographic.

Meeting scrapes surface on system to clear ice, snow

FERGUS, ON -- Shawn Nelson sees a direct link between snow-laden trailer roofs and safety, and he's on a mission to create - even mandate - a network of snow removal equipment to address the problem. There is no question that the debris represents a flying threat. Layers of snow and ice on a 53-foot van trailer can weigh one to 10 tonnes, raining debris on the road below, he says. News footage culled from dash cams regularly show how dangerous that situation can be. "Sometimes it's not the initial impact of ice and snow. It's the reaction," he says of the risk. Crash through a windshield or not, the debris can force motorists to swerve into the path of other dangers.

Trailer Trash

More than half of all truckers don't clear ice and snow from the tops of their trailers. It's an issue waiting to come back and bite you.

Research prompts ‘action plan’ for falling snow from trucks

ARLINGTON, Va. -- As far as it can tell, the safety implications of snow and ice accumulation on tractor-trailers has not been well-documented in North America, says the American Transportation Research Institute.

Police: Road in fatal truck wreck ‘so slippery you had to skate’

RIMOUSKI, Que. -- When Francis Hammond's truck struck Kimberly Kyle's car, killing her six-year-old son Brendan, Hammond was doing less than 50 km/h.

Garden State on verge of vehicle ice-clearing law

TRENTON, N.J. -- New Jersey is on the brink of becoming the first North American state to fine drivers who do not clear snow or ice from their vehicles before hitting the road.

Driver blames trucker for flying ice injuries

WARRENVILLE, Ill. -- A passenger car driver in the Chicago area is lucky to be alive after a large chunk of snow and ice dislodged from the top of a moving tractor-trailer and slammed through his windshield.