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The Truck Driver’s Role After a Crash
Deborah Lockridge Award-winning fleet safety executive Jeremy Stickling, chief administrative officer for Illinois-based Nussbaum Transportation, says Nussbaum drivers are asked to get the other party's information and get photos. “When that doesn’t happen, you’re...
Protecting Your Fleet After a Truck Crash: Have a Plan in Place
Deborah Lockridge After a truck crash, how your company gathers information, what you gather, and how you preserve it are all critical. For a professional truck driver, the moments after a truck crash, even relatively minor ones, can be disorienting. Knowing exactly...
Smart Post-Crash Actions to Protect Your Trucking Fleet
Deborah Lockridge What should a truck driver and trucking company do after a crash? You’ve done everything you can to prevent crashes at your trucking fleet. The latest advanced safety equipment. In-cab cameras. Driver training and coaching. Creating a culture of...
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...