Omnitracs publishes data on distracted truck driving
Omnitracs has published new data on distracted driving in the trucking industry. These insights come from aggregated and anonymized data from the SmartDrive advanced video-based analytics platform. According to Omnitracs, the data analysis clearly demonstrates that the most distracted drivers are less safe overall, commit significantly more fundamental driving errors and drive faster than the
ACT Research: With demand high, truck market awaits opening of OEMs’ 2022 order books
According to ACT Research’s latest State of the Industry: N.A. Classes 5-8 Report, with demand for commercial vehicles surging, much depends on the opening of the OEMs’ 2022 order books. “There are times in the cycle where other variables supplant orders as the most critical in terms of industry understanding,” said Kenny Vieth, ACT Research’s president and
Pluss Software releases integrated VIN decoder for heavy-duty aftermarket
Pluss Software announced that it is expanding its offerings by adding an integrated VIN decoder to its portfolio of business management solutions. Pluss has partnered with Diesel Laptops as a source of VIN data for the heavy-duty industry. “Demand to integrate data features like a VIN decoder into our software has increased over the last
Podcast: A look at the state of the trucking market with FTR
It has been, to put it mildly, an absolutely wild year for the U.S. economy, and by extension, the trucking industry. We had a sharp drop last spring, nearly just as sharp of a rise in the summer and fall, and a strong opening to 2021, but the most recent months’ numbers show a drop-off
The return of the medium-duty market: Where will vocational trends go when the market booms?
It’s often hard to tell, in the moment, the difference between a passing fad and a trend that’s here to stay. Those Beanie Babies people hoarded in the late ’90s didn’t end up paying for anybody’s college education, and despite all the hype, Bitcoin has not exactly deposed the U.S. dollar as our go-to trusted
Work zone fatalities at highest level since ’06, data shows
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), in 2019, the most recent year for which data is available, 842 people died in highway work-zone crashes compared to 757 the year before. The 11.2% increase is the largest percentage increase of highway work zone fatalities since 2006. Crashes in highway work
Samsara: Data shows the pandemic has accelerated digitalization
Samsara has released new data that the company says reveals how industrial organizations are experiencing an accelerated digital transformation, sparked by COVID-19. A recent McKinsey & Co. survey found that organizations speeded the digitalization of their customer interactions, supply chain interactions and core internal operations by three to four years, acting 20 to 25 times
Apollo enters North American commercial tire market
Apollo Tires is entering the North American commercial tire segment. The Apollo truck tire lineup will ultimately include a full range of regional, super-regional, line-haul, bus and mixed-use applications, with fitments ranging from 17.5-24.5 in. The company plans to have 13 SKUs released this year and will expand to 23 SKUs by the second half
Preliminary used Class 8 data shows sales down m/m, y/y
Preliminary used Class 8 sales fell 6% month-over-month and 8% y/y in February, but are 5% higher on a year-to-date basis compared to this time last year, according to ACT Research. Other data released in ACT’s preliminary report included month-over-month comparisons for February 2021, which showed that average prices rose 1%, while average miles was
Mack Trucks provides a medium-duty market overview, expands on MD Series launch
Last year’s Work Truck Show, one of the last to be held in-person in 2020, was the coming-out party for the Mack Trucks MD Series after the January 2020 announcement of Mack Trucks’s entry into the Class 6 and 7 markets. A year later, at a virtually held Work Truck Show 2021, Jonathan Randall, Mack
