Self-Driving Trucks and the Platooning Stepping Stone: How Soon?
Source: Self-Driving Trucks and the Platooning Stepping Stone: How Soon?
Source: Self-Driving Trucks and the Platooning Stepping Stone: How Soon?
Trucking industry stakeholders are invited to participate in a free webinar to hear trucking industry experts discuss their real-world experiences with several different types of cutting-edge truck technologies.
Representatives from Con-way Freight, Boyle Transportation, James Burg Trucking and Maverick Transportation will highlight the benefits and costs of several technologies that improve fleet safety and/or increase productivity. Motor carriers have many technology options to choose from and this webinar will provide valuable insight into some of the most useful systems hitting the marketplace.
The technologies discussed will include:
• Roll stability systems
• Collision mitigation systems
• Tire pressure monitoring systems
• Specialized heavy haul equipment
• Driver monitoring systems
• And more…
Join TIMTC and the USDOT on June 26th for the Trucking Industry Technology Showcase. Click here to register today!
WHAT: Trucking Industry Technology Showcase
WHEN: Thursday, June 26, 2014, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. ET (1:00 – 2:30 p.m. CT)
HOW: Participants will need access to the internet and a telephone. For your free registration, please visit the TIMTC website at www.freightmobility.com or click here . An email with instructions for joining the webinar will be sent to all registrants.
Interested in becoming involved with TIMTC? Participation is free and provides the latest information and updates on trucking industry initiatives that improve the industry’s safety and mobility. Send your contact information to TIMTC@trucking.org to receive your free membership.
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The Trucking Industry Mobility & Technology Coalition (TIMTC) is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) and is jointly managed by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA), the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and the American Trucking Associations (ATA). Members include motor carriers, commercial drivers, law enforcement, technology providers, equipment manufacturers, transportation planners and policy makers at the local, state and federal levels.