The Make it Click Campaign!
Just in time for family summer vacations, the governors Highway safety Association and Uber announce an initiative called “Make it Click: Every seat. Every ride”. The purpose is to bring awareness to the need for wearing seatbelts and the dangers for those who choose not to buckle up. Uber is to be commended […]
The high-tech era has reached the doors of trucking companies. There now exists useful fleet monitoring technology that can be highly beneficial to trucking companies. Indeed, this evolving technology can be useful to trucking companies in some important ways. Here are the 3 biggest benefits to trucking companies that use the software. […]
It’s no secret that a tractor – 80,000 pounds and for that reason, the truck driver and the trucking company are regulated to protect the motoring public. The governmental entity that promulgates and enforces truck safety regulations is the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). Rules For Tracking Driver’s Hours One of […]
There is little doubt that technology assisted driving both for passenger cars and semi trucks is going to become a reality soon. Almost every major automobile manufacturer has jumped into the self-driving automobile parade. Not only are manufacturers working on self-driving vehicles but also the major technology companies including Google, Apple and others are […]
More and more people are choosing to install dash cameras in their vehicle for a variety of reasons. One of the reasons is to establish what happened in an accident in a manner that is not easily contradicted by the other insurance company. A dash-mounted camera or dash cam is a camera that […]
GPS Tracking For Big Trucks Whether a company is multinational or local, many organizations utilize more than one vehicle within their businesses to transport goods and employees from one location to the next. Many times, these trucks, which can be very large, will utilize some type of fleet management system. This system is essentially […]
For many truckers, the knowledge that driving while fatigued can lead to major accidents is something that is often readily understood, but few are aware that the practice can be culled with recent technology. According to Popular Science, driver fatigue accounts for 65% of truck accidents within the mining industry as whole. […]
According to the National Highway Safety Administration, last year alone, there were approximately 9,754,000 vehicles that were involved in a police-reported traffic accident. But fatal accidents involving big trucks are up in 2021. Moreover, 96% of these were passenger vehicles that involved similar automobiles. These figures show that the number of accidents may be much […]
Mercedes-Benz recently showed off a futuristic truck that sets the bar for what is anticipated to be sold in the next decade. The truck is absolutely beautiful and contains technology that permits the truck to drive itself on the highways. The technology includes radar and camera systems.Futuristic vehicles are used to give inspiration to plan […]
Quite a few of the middle size to larger commercial trucking companies have gone to GPS tracking to reduce costs and retain control over their fleet. Many companies provide the hardware and software necessary to monitor a truck tracking system for the commercial trucking company. One of the areas in which GPS tracking helps reduce […]
The cell phone is in its infancy as a form of communication (let’s say – in comparison to the age old form of exchanging information – talking) yet I would venture to say that the usage of cell phones is nearly ubiquitous. We don’t just rely on them for conversation anymore but for any number […]
