FedEx Faces Safety Issues as Driver Accidents, Insurance Costs Rise August 24, 2023 By Thomas Black FedEx Corp. is pressuring delivery contractors to improve safety after mounting accidents helped trigger a near-tripling of insurance costs over...
Shortage Has Trucking Industry Considering Younger Drivers September 19, 2018 A nationwide shortage of truckers has some industry officials and national lawmakers supporting a plan to allow 18-year-olds to become...
Trucking Firms Could Improve Safety, Productivity With Big Data March 3, 2017 The trucking industry loses billions of dollars and wastes millions of hours each year sitting idle in traffic. Helping drivers...
Georgia Considers Semi-Only Lanes to Reduce Traffic, Improve Safety May 19, 2016 Georgia transportation officials are studying how to add semi-only lanes for truck traffic on Interstate 75 between Macon and Atlanta’s...
Utah Tests v2v System That May Improve Truckers’ Safety November 24, 2015 Utah is test-driving new technology that could improve safety and fuel efficiency for big-rig truckers. The Utah Department of Transportation...
Watchdogs Say Trucking-Friendly Plan Not Concerned With Safety May 6, 2015 By Jeff Plungis A multimillion lobbying push by FedEx Corp. and other freight carriers may be about to open U.S. highways to a...
Rollovers Kill Hundreds of Truckers a Year March 31, 2015 By Keith Naughton It was almost midnight when Walter Price eased his 18-wheeler into the right lane on Interstate 75 near Atlanta. As...
Safety on 18 Wheels April 4, 2013 They’re the most visible invisible workers in America. That’s how University of Alabama at Birmingham Assistant Professor of Nursing Karen...