Category: Safety
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The Feds, Provinces & Territories Must Work Together to effectively Monitor Carrier Safety Fitness
Expert Mike Millian, President of the Private Motor Truck Council of Canada, discusses how the federal, provincial, and territorial trucking industries must work together to effectively monitor carrier safety.
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BENDIX TECH TIPS: DON’T WAIT TO PREPARE FOR WINTER
It’s nearly time to break out the shovels and ice scrapers. For north America’s trucks, it’s time to prepare for winter. This week’s blog from Bendix is a special installment of their Tech Tips series to help fleets and drivers be ready for what’s ahead!
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Brigade Electronics Launches AI Intelligent Detection Cameras in Canada
Brigade Electronics – a market-leading provider of vehicles safety systems – has launched AI Intelligent Detection Cameras onto the Canadian market as part of its ongoing mission to improve global road safety. This week’s blog discusses these latest AI additions to Brigade’s portfolio of safety solutions.
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Reducing Risk: How Trucking Companies Can Best Prevent Workplace Injuries
How ‘risky’ a trucking company is in the eyes of its insurance provider extends beyond claims involving collisions with other vehicles or property. This week’s blog from CarriersEdge discusses how trucking companies can best prevent workplace injuries beyond collision.
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BENDIX TALKS BRAKE SAFETY WEEK: HOW TO PREPARE AND WHAT TO EXPECT
The 2023 Brake Safety Week is this week! Running August 20-26. This week’s blog from the team at Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC offers practical tips for being prepared, staying safe, and passing inspection.
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Cargo Theft Trends and How You Can Avoid Vulnerability
Fraud continues to be a top concern in trucking, as cargo theft, scammers, and thieves are becoming savvier on how to exploit trucking technology. This week’s blog from Truckstop and Roanoke discusses supply chain cargo theft tactics and how you can protect your business.
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Machine Learning Breakthrough Predicts Truck Accidents and Fatigue from ELD Data, Improving Fleet Safety Records
Recent advances in Machine Learning are enabling trucking fleets to predict each driver’s probability of getting in a fatigue-related accident on any upcoming shift – before the driver gets behind the wheel. This week’s blog from Fatigue Science details a Machine Learning breakthrough that will predict truck accidents and fatigue from ELD data, which will…
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Leaders: Ready for a Bold Answer to Service Fatigue?
Everyone’s heard of “quiet quitting” by now: it’s the freshly coined phrase to describe the age-old behaviour of not quite leaving one’s job entirely but opting to go above and beyond no longer. This week’s blog from Laurie Guest post explores how to avoid this quiet quitting epidemic plaguing workplaces everywhere.
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Items to be addressed prior to January 1, 2023, for ELD Enforcement
While the Private Motor Truck Council of Canada (PMTC) is fully in favour of moving forward with electronic logging device (ELD) enforcement on January 1, 2023, that doesn’t mean there isn’t significant work that still needs done to ensure the roll out is as smooth and fair as possible. This week’s blog from Private Motor…