Safety

What new standards are expected to come out of the upcoming meeting and how will they help your fleet better transition to tomorrow? Robert Braswell joins Dan Ronan to preview the 2024 TMC Annual Meeting and why fleet leaders can't afford to miss it. 

TMC Executive Director Robert Braswell said challenging technical issues and industry innovation will be in the spotlight March 4-7 in New Orleans.

The driver shortage and turnover are top concerns within the trucking industry, and insiders contend schools and training programs play a critical role in attracting new entrants.

DETROIT — General Motors is adding about 350,000 miles of roadways in the U.S. and Canada to the area where drivers can use the company’s “Super Cruise” partially automated driving system.

A specially appointed committee reviewing truck underride guard safety is weighing whether to recommend that federal regulators toughen a 2022 rule on rear underride guards.

States have until May 1 to apply for up to $350 million in grants from NHTSA to upgrade and standardize their crash data systems to enable full electronic information sharing with the agency.

Federal Maritime Commissioner Carl Bentzel says his office wants the U.S. government to investigate whether economic sanctions are warranted against Yemen.

Former Volkswagen AG CEO Martin Winterkorn has again rejected any blame for a 2015 scandal in which the company used a so-called defeat device to undermine carbon emission testing.

Photos from American Trucking Associations' Technology & Maintenance Council Annual Meeting March 4-7, 2024, at the Ernest  N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. 

The New Jersey Legislature has passed a law requiring heavy trucks to carry a minimum $1.5 million in liability insurance — double the current federal minimum insurance requirement of $750,000.