Trucking Safety and Compliance

The Coalition of the Nevada Trucking Industry recently announced it is teaming up with Truckers Against Trafficking to put an end to child trafficking on U.S. highways and in truck stops.

Volvo Trucks and Michelin recently announced they will sponsor the fourth annual $25,000 Volvo Trucks Safety Award, which will celebrate truck driving safety measures used by North American fleets.

A trucking company is Georgia recently announced it plans to train its 1,000 drivers on environmental sustainability and carbon emission practices.

According to Salisbury, Maryland, CBS affiliate WBOC, the Maryland Department of Transportation plans to make safety adjustments to State Route 404 in Caroline County by widening its lanes.

The American Trucking Associations recently filed a petition with the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia due to concerns with new hours-of-service regulations for commercial truck drivers.

Working to improve truck driving safety in Florida, lawmakers in the state are considering a texting while driving ban, which 35 states and the District of Columbia have already imposed, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association.

During a recent news conference, Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson announced he plans to deploy road crews on more than 20 of the state's roads and bridges, which have been in need of repairs for a long time.

Distracted driving has been an issue for truckers over the past years, and in an effort to improve truck driving safety, a commercial driving school with locations in the Northeast recently joined with the Commercial Vehicle Training Association to curb the problem, reported New Jersey On-Line.

West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, veteran truck drivers in the state and the National Transportation Safety Board recently announced their support of the bill banning truckers and all other motorists from texting while driving, reported the Register-Herald Reporter.

Focusing on truck driving safety, Volvo Trucks is working on ways to help truckers remain secure behind the wheel, while also helping companies save money by focusing on fuel efficiency, reported the Business Journal.