Backing
Backing up a truck and hitting a stationary object is one of the most frequent causes of a loss for a trucking company. Read the information below on how to ...
10/09/18
Fall Driving Hazards
Fall is quickly approaching, and with it comes seasonal hazards that can lead to animal strikes, loss of control crashes, and other losses. Dispatchers, driver ...
10/02/18
Tractor-Trailer Fires: What Do You Do?
Tractor-trailer fires can result in devastating losses destroying trucks, trailers, and cargo. Fires can be the result of tires/brakes heating up, loss of axle ...
09/25/18
Providing a Workplace Free of Known Hazards
Motor carriers are in a hazardous industry and face four types of loss exposures: financial, property, liability, and personnel. Financial exposures include ...
09/18/18
Speed Management
Properly managing the truck鈥檚 speed requires skill and good judgment. Failure to do so could have tragic consequences. To avoid this, drivers must recognize the ...
09/11/18
Use Road Tests to Measure Driver Quality
Motor carriers put a lot of faith in drivers. They are entrusted with very expensive equipment, valuable cargo, and customer trust. With all of this at stake, ...
09/04/18
Skin Protection
The health of your skin is vital to your overall health. Skin, the body鈥檚 largest organ, makes vitamin D when exposed to the sun. Vitamin D is important to your ...
08/21/18
Preventing Work Zone Crashes
With the increase in the volume of traffic, number of vehicle miles traveled, and deteriorating infrastructure, road construction is a year-round occurrence. ...
08/14/18
Road Construction
Summer driving presents many challenging conditions for drivers. Avoiding potential losses requires drivers to recognize the hazards that can lead to a vehicle ...
08/07/18
Hydration
One of the leading causes of a heat-related illness is dehydration. Dehydration occurs when the body does not get the amount of water it needs to function ...
07/31/18