News & Reports

Dennis J. Junk Interested in cameras and telematics for your fleet but not sure where to begin? Well, here we're going to walk you through the whole process, at a high level, of planning and implementation. This should give you an idea what you'll be getting into,...

Marc Green Viewers often fail to see objects, such as pedestrians and other vehicles. Such failures-to-see have great importance in safety as well as in many other domains such marketing, medicine, and sports, and elsewhere. I have discussed seeing in general and why...

Doug Marcello A major failing in trucking “defense” is that is seen as synonymous with “defensive”. Too often trucking companies and their insurers hunker down after the accident, waiting for the bill board attorney to make their move. Worse yet, even after...

Jim Stinson Dive Brief: Labor costs for repair and maintenance increased 2.6% between Q1 and Q2, according to Decisiv's and the American Trucking Associations' Technology & Maintenance Council's North American Service Event Benchmark Report. Overall, cost of parts...

Fleets using in-cab cameras said they pay for themselves within months, as video exonerates drivers in crashes and drops insurance premiums. Jim Stinson When Keith Wilson proposed having an in-cab camera system for the trucks at Sharp Transport, the idea did not go...

Ryan Driscoll Years of rising insurance premiums have pushed fleet operators to their limits, with many insurance carriers mitigating costs through dramatically increased deductibles and reduced coverage, according to the American Transportation Research Institute....

Being a carrier can be highly rewarding except when you struggle to find truck loads. And, not just any truckloads, but the right ones: those that work with your schedule and in your preferred lanes. The good news is, there are strategies and tools to find profitable...