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April 7, 2023Trucking Industry Safety News
Transportation businesses face a host of dynamic risk issues that can significantly impact their financial and operational health. The news in this category focuses on the latest safety and security initiatives, resources and regulations and addresses topics that include fleet safety, claims administration, driver hiring and retention, risk management and compliance.
GM Cruise Recalls 300 Robotaxis After Crash
DETROIT — General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit has recalled 300 robotaxis to update software after one of them rear-ended a municipal bus in San Francisco.
April 7, 2023Tesla Cuts Prices for Second Time This Year
Tesla Inc. marked down all of its vehicles again in the U.S. after price tweaks throughout the first quarter yielded an incremental sales gain.
April 7, 2023NTSB's Bruce Landsberg Discusses Driver Dangers
MINNEAPOLIS — A top executive from the National Transportation Safety Board cited fatigue, impairment and distraction as key contributing factors to highway fatalities, and stressed to a group of trucking safety executives that the agency’s goal is to work with all stakeholders to make roads safer.
April 5, 2023Rep. Rick Crawford Talks Truck Parking, IIJA Oversight
The likelihood of Congress advancing parking-centric legislation meant to assist truck drivers in the country is increasing.
April 5, 2023Recruiting, Retaining Next-Generation Drivers a Challenge
MINNEAPOLIS — The next generation of truck drivers could help fill some of the driver shortage, but recruiting and retaining younger drivers won’t be easy.
April 5, 2023Walmart Bets on Automation, Dangles Profit Potential
Walmart Inc. is betting on greater supply chain automation and hinting that a recent investment binge might lift profit beyond the retailer’s stated long-term goals.
April 4, 2023Perspective: Staying Vigilant on Drug Testing
Suhash Harwani of Quest Diagnostics writes: the emerging evidence propels an argument that employers — particularly in the transportation sector — should stay vigilant on drug testing.
April 4, 2023Some CSX Conductors to Be First With Sick Time
OMAHA, Neb. — A group of CSX conductors will soon become the first train crew employees at one of the major U.S. freight railroads to have paid sick time.
April 4, 2023Distraction, Speeding, Alcohol Drive Up 2021 Traffic Deaths
DETROIT — Nearly 43,000 people died in U.S. traffic crashes in 2021, the highest number in 16 years, with deaths due to speeding and impaired or distracted driving on the rise.
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