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Smile? On-board cameras can offer in-cab insights

TORONTO, Ont. -- While dashboard cameras provide hours of entertainment on YouTube, they can serve a vital safety role as well. After all, one of your drivers could be featured in a YouTube video. The key is to be proactive. While dashcams, as they are commonly known, simply produce footage for future editing and possible uploading, advanced camera systems can...

Driving Force: Axles are at the heart of an electric revolution

TORONTO, Ont. -- We're at the dawn of a new era in the propulsion of heavy trucks. Electric powertrains are opening new packaging and integration possibilities, including driven axles. Traditional transmissions, driveshafts, power dividers or differentials are no longer required. Everything changes once you get over the idea that we need an internal combustion engine at the front of the...

Alberta to mandate driver training

CALGARY, Alta. – Alberta has been discussing the idea of mandatory entry-level driver training since 2016, but it was ultimately the fatal crash of a truck and team bus that accelerated plans to require such training by January 2019. “The horrible tragedy at Humboldt was the real impetus,” said Alberta Transport Minister Brian Mason, referring to the Saskatchewan collision that...

Peterbilt brings 'purposeful innovation' to Silicon Valley

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – California’s Silicon Valley is known as a hotbed of high technology, and the Paccar Innovation Center is in the midst of it all. The 26,000-sq-ft facility is designed to house 50 employees, featuring a five-bay truck lab and fabrication area complete with a 3D printer for working on prototypes. But perhaps more important is the way the...

Volvo Trucks N.A. partners with FedEx to test platooning vehicles in live conditions

RALEIGH, NC -- Volvo Trucks North America drove a long-held secret down North Carolina Highway 540 today. In the first successful on-highway demonstration of platooning technology between a major truck manufacturer and a transportation company, Volvo and FedEx working closely with the North Carolina Turnpike Authority (NCTA) took three trucks on the road to showcase their advanced driver assisted technology....

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How did shippers rate your carrier?

July 17, 2018

by John Tenpenny

TORONTO, Ont. — The more things change, the more they stay the same. Since the Shipper’s Choice Awards were launched by Canadian Shipper maga...

Canadian shows pride and polish in Iowa

July 17, 2018

by David Henry

WALCOTT, Iowa – The TA in Walcott, Iowa – billed as the “world’s largest truck stop” – has been hosting its Truckers Jamboree since 1979, and this ...

Will in-cab cameras survive privacy challenges?

July 17, 2018

by Jim Park

TORONTO, Ont. -- Canada has a lot of workplace privacy legislation on the books, some of which can be applied to driver-facing cameras. Some jurisd...

Smile? On-board cameras can offer in-cab insights

July 17, 2018

by Jim Park

TORONTO, Ont. -- While dashboard cameras provide hours of entertainment on YouTube, they can serve a vital safety role as well. After all, one of y...

Automation listening session draws few voices

July 13, 2018

by Elizabeth Bate

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – The Federal Motor Carrier Administration (FMCSA) says it’s listening to the trucking industry when it comes to developing r...

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