News & Reports
Trucking Combats Soaring Nuclear Verdicts and Insurance Costs
Experts Recommend Mitigation Strategies Like Ensuring Safety of Equipment, Smart Insurance Policies, Relationships With Attorneys Connor D. Wolf SAN DIEGO — The trucking industry has been facing surging unfavorable verdicts and insurance costs as biases and policies...
CVSA Annual Conference Recap
North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria The following amendments were suggested for the North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria (OOSC). They were presented to Class I Members for a vote. The approved changes will be incorporated into next year’s...
Drivers Most Fret About Wages Not Keeping Up With Inflation
Truck Parking Slips to No. 2 Spot in Annual ATRI Survey Keiron Greenhalgh Adequate compensation is the top concern among professional drivers in 2025, according to the American Transportation Research Institute’s annual survey of trucking industry participants. Driver...
A truck crash study redo
Mark Schremmer About two decades ago, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration attempted to study the causes of large truck crashes. It’s fair to say that the truck crash study was a disappointment. As Land Line Managing Editor Jami Jones pointed out in a...
Trucking lawsuits driving up food prices, killing jobs
Tyson Fisher An increase in lawsuits and nuclear verdicts has been a growing problem for the trucking industry. However, researchers found that sweeping tort reform would greatly benefit all Americans, including addressing one of their main concerns: food prices. Tort...
Trucking insurance prices at all-time high
Overdrive Staff Watchers credited several factors -- from inflation in equipment and medical costs to nuclear verdicts and pressure to settle suits -- for an unprecedented rise in trucking insurance premiums. The FTC has concluded an investigation into truck OEMs’...
CVSA Releases 2025 Operation Safe Driver Week Results
Washington, D.C. (Oct. 14, 2025) – Law enforcement officers in Canada and the U.S. pulled over 8,739 vehicles during this year’s Operation Safe Driver Week. Officers issued 2,504 tickets/citations and 3,575 warnings to commercial motor vehicle and passenger vehicle...
CVSA News
CVSA Releases 2025 International Roadcheck Results Commercial motor vehicle (CMV) enforcement personnel in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. conducted 56,178 CMV, driver and cargo inspections on May 13-15 as part CVSA's 72-hour International Roadcheck inspection,...
AI taking over trucking inspections?
Land Line Media Artificial intelligence is becoming more and more prevalent in everyday life; the trucking industry is no exception. Autonomous vehicles are being deployed expeditiously, while states have utilized AI technology for truck parking systems, platooning...
Who owns safety in your organization?
Taking responsibility for safety does not merely involve assigning a title; it involves fostering accountability, expertise, and a culture in which each employee takes responsibility for their own safety and the safety of others. Jane Clark Key takeaways Safety...