Trucking Safety and Compliance

At the company's recent Annual Safe Driving Awards Banquet at the Riverside Convention Center in Riverside, California, supermarket chain Stater Bros. honored its drivers for displaying excellence in truck driving safety measures.

At the Truckload Carriers Association's Annual Awards Banquet, the TCA announced the grand prize winners of its National Fleet Safety Awards, which were Rocha Transportation of Ceres, California, and Bison Transport of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The Department of Transportation recently enacted measures to improve truck driving safety by banning commercial drivers from using mobile devices while driving.

A product promoting trucking safety was recently released by Vehiclelight.com, which came out with a new LED Tire Alert product that provides a tire pressure monitoring system, alerting drivers when their tire pressure is low.

According to a recent survey conducted by PHH Arval, truck driving safety, reducing fuel consumption and lowering maintenance costs will be a few of the tops concerns for fleet managers in the upcoming years.

The American Trucking Associations recently announced the filing of an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, declaring its support for truck driving safety and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's defense of electronic logging devices.

Helping drivers exercise truck driving safety is the American Council of Frame and Alignment Specialists, which is holding a two-day clinic that will help trucking companies with innovative ways to repair their vehicles, reported Heavy Duty Trucking magazine.

Rewarding some of the top companies that exercise best practices in truck driving safety, First Guard Insurance Company recently announced the winners of its 2011 Fleet Safety Awards.

A number of safety groups, including Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, Public Citizen and the Truck Safety Coalition, believe the new truck driver hours of service regulations still do not fight the problem of tired truckers, and have filed a lawsuit in opposition to the new rule.

Many critics in the United States say Mexican trucks on the nation's highways will erode safety.