The next traffic report you hear may come courtesy of an unmanned aircraft – or drone – flying in the skies near you. A study by Georgia Tech University, commissioned by Georgia DOT, took a high-level look at how drones could be used in traffic management applications. Researchers found more than 40 applications for the…
An advertisement in the June issue of Maxim magazine for a Texas law firm has created a firestorm in the trucking industry. The ad, titled “Serial Killer,” shows a red trucking rig and includes the copy, “3,561 people died on America’s highways last year. Another 2.36 million were injured. You need a law firm you…
A New Jersey highway crash that injured comedian Tracy Morgan and killed another comedian has shined a spotlight on the issue of fatigued truckers behind the wheel on American highways. Wal-Mart truck driver Kevin Roper had had no sleep for more than 24 hours before he plowed into the back of Morgan’s limo bus about…
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) successfully pushed through an amendment in the Senate Appropriations Committee last week that would delay for one year the restart provisions of the hours-of-service restart rules regulating American truckers. The amendment was championed by the American Trucking Associations (ATA), which has lobbied to get the rules changed. “Since these rules were…
Missouri transportation officials have shelved a project using “sound cannons” to warn distracted drivers to slow down in work zones but remain interested in how the devices could enhance traffic safety. Missouri DOT tested the long-range acoustic devices or LRADs last fall on MDOT vehicles traveling Interstate 435 in Kansas City and Interstate 70 near…
A report recently released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) found that motor vehicle crashes cost the U.S. economy a staggering $277 billion in one calendar year. When combined with societal impacts (loss of life, decreased quality of life due to injuries) the price tag for crashes jumps to $871 billion, according to…
In April, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) submitted its’ required quadrennial report to Congress on the appropriateness of the current minimum financial responsibility requirements for motor carriers, brokers and freight forwarders. FMCSA concluded that current minimum financial responsibility limits for the commercial motor vehicle industry — including the $750,000 limit for general freight…
The U.S. is modernizing its food safety regulations, introducing sweeping changes that will include new requirements for trucking companies. The Food Safety Modernization Act (FMSA) includes seven major proposed rules and the most recent rule introduced, covering the sanitary transportation of human an animal food, will have the greatest impact on carriers. FMSA represents the…
With a national transportation infrastructure funding crisis looming, American Transportation Associations (ATA) leadership recently endorsed a menu of revenue alternatives. “Several months ago, ATA’s leaders convened a task force with the purpose of evaluating alternatives in addition to the federal fuel tax for financing the nation’s roads and bridges,” ATA Chairman Phil Byrd, president and…
Lower costs for natural gas-powered highway tractors compared to diesel could make it more profitable for trucking companies to look at longer hauls for intermodal shipments, according to an analyst with transportation/railroad consultant Oliver Wyman. Jason Kuehn, a 20-year veteran of transportation/railroad industry, recently participated in a conference call sponsored by Wall Street investment firm…
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