Latest News Updates From Margaret Gordetsky
Canadian Study of Diabetic Drivers Clouds Issue
Truck drivers who have “uncomplicated” diabetes and who are not taking insulin have a greater risk of being involved in a crash than diabetics who use insulin, according to research done by the University of Montreal in Quebec.
June 28, 2000Canadians Put the Squeeze on Diesel Sulfur
Changes in Canadian environmental clean air policy that would affect the trucking industry have met with cautious support from the Canadian Trucking Alliance.
June 28, 2000Road Check 2000 Finds Numerous Violations
Safety officials in the United States and Canada placed 26% of the 42,826 trucks and drivers they inspected out of service as part of International Road Check 2000.
June 27, 2000Army Sends Choppers by Truck
Twenty-one of the Army’s top combat helicopters took off on flatbed tractor-trailers for a 1,400-mile trek to a retrofitting plant in Arizona, marking the first time trucks were used in the process.
June 22, 2000Army Sends Choppers by Truck
Twenty-one of the Army’s top combat helicopters took off on flatbed trailers pulled by an equal number of tractors for a 1,400-mile trek to a retrofitting plant in Arizona, marking the first time trucks were used in the process.
June 21, 2000Study of HIV Risk Among Truck Drivers Draws Strong Objection From Industry
A study that attempted to warn of high-risk behavior that could expose long-haul truckers to the human immunodificiency virus drew protests and stormy reaction from many readers, including those who make their living at truck stops.
June 14, 2000Prevention of HIV Infection Was Goal of Trucker Study, CDC Researcher Asserts
The researcher who led the survey on long-haul truckers and their risk of exposure to HIV wants to clarify several things about the findings.
June 14, 2000The Modern Truck Stop: A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
The atmosphere at many of today’s trucks stops differs little from a suburban shopping mall. Truck stops and malls are usually clean, well-lighted places with a wide variety of goods and services for sale and many different opportunities for amusement and entertainment.
June 14, 2000Trucking Industry Criticizes HIV Study
A study that attempted to warn of high-risk behavior that could expose long-haul truckers to the human immunodificiency virus drew protests and stormy reaction from many readers, including those who make their living at truck stops.
June 14, 2000Researcher Defends Trucker HIV Study
The researcher who led the survey on long-haul truckers and their risk of exposure to HIV wants to clarify several things about the findings.
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