Categories: Rental Operations, Safety, Safety & Compliance, Small Fleet, Vehicle Research

Ford Motor Co. is recalling an estimated 1.62 million Ford F-150 regular cab and SuperCrew cab pickups from the 2015 to 2018 model years because the front...

https://www.government-fleet.com/312572/ford-recalls-f-150-for-seat-belt-issue

Categories: Fleet Management, Safety & Compliance

A coalition of trucking interests has come out bluntly critical of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s efforts to put in place its proposed...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/134596/trucking-groups-slam-fmcsa-approach-to-safety-fitness-rule

Categories: Safety, Safety & Compliance

"Every Second Matters," an educational event series for the public and designed to curtail distracted driving, kicked off in Hartford, Conn. on Sept. 25,...

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/314156/travelers-institute-aims-to-curb-distracted-driving-with-event-series

Categories: Autonomous Technology, Drivers, Equipment, Fleet Forward, Safety & Compliance

Testing autonomous trucks is more complex than it seems. The men and women sitting in the left seat of the nation's burgeoning fleet of robotic trucks are...

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/10125146/inside-the-cab-of-an-autonomous-truck

Categories: Safety, Safety & Compliance, Small Fleet

Ford Motor Company is adding an estimated 26,000 2015 to 2017 Ford Transit full-size vans equipped with a trailer tow module to an existing recall —...

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/298546/ford-broadens-recall-of-transit-vans

Categories: Global Fleet, Safety, Safety & Compliance, Suppliers, Technology, Telematics

When you add artificial intelligence and machine learning to the video telematics equation, the answer to whether video telematics can get "smarter" is “yes.”

https://www.worktruckonline.com/345812/can-video-telematics-get-smarter

Categories: Safety, Safety & Compliance, Safety & Risk Management, Small Fleet, Technology, Telematics

Commercial drivers of light- to heavy-duty vehicles are involved in just 3% of severe crashes, even though 83% of American drivers say they are safer behind...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/342180/commercial-drivers-are-safer-than-public-perception

Categories: Safety, Safety & Compliance

An alarming report on the state of the nation’s bridges shows that over 47,000 bridges in the United States are rated structurally deficient and in need of...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/328961/1-100-miles-of-bridges-are-in-desperate-need-of-repair

Categories: Safety, Safety & Compliance, Safety & Risk Management

Roadway fatalities in the U.S. dipped slightly in 2018 to approximately 40,000, representing just a 1% decrease from 2017 and 2016, when 40,231 and 40,327...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/325110/2018-roadway-fatalities-remain-steady

Categories: Safety, Safety & Compliance, Safety & Risk Management, Small Fleet

Three states that have legalized recreational cannabis see a 3% overall increase in collision claim frequencies, according to the Highway Loss Data Institute.

https://www.truckinginfo.com/141038/legal-marijuana-tied-to-crash-increase