Digging into driver fatigue data to ensure fleet safety
Drowsiness and driving is a dangerous combination and while most drivers are aware of the consequences of driving while intoxicated, many don’t realize that driving while fatigued can be just as fatal. Not to be confused with sleepiness, fatigue can occur at all hours of the day and can be identified by symptoms such as
Denso introduces high amp alternator for medium-, heavy-duty trucks
Denso has developed a new high amperage alternator for the medium- and heavy-duty truck market. According to the manufacturer, the PowerEdge offers advanced alternator features like Denso’s patented segment conductor technology, which incorporates an innovative square wire copper stator design. By leveraging Denso’s innovative design and manufacturing technologies, the PowerEdge achieves higher efficiency in a
Checks and balances for truck industry regulations
Once political appointees obtain the jobs they’ve campaigned for, they immediately begin campaigning to either keep the job they got appointed to or get promoted. They virtually never bother to improve the organization they head. For example, for more than 50 years, the U. S. Postal Service (USPS) has lost money. The USPS asks Congress
Penske Truck Leasing receives grants for natural gas Freightliners
Penske Truck Leasing is the recipient of four grants totaling $1.1 million from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality through the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan. It is expected the company will utilize the grants to subsidize the purchase of natural gas Freightliner Cascadia tractors equipped with Cummins Westport 12-liter engines, according to a company announcement.
Trucking conditions poised for rebound
The FTR Trucking Conditions Index for March rang in at 7.3, reflecting a continued softness due to the end of the large drops in fuel costs and a modest lessening of demand for truck services, according to the research firm. However, FTR expects conditions affecting trucking companies to rebound by summer as economic growth improves,
Tires & CSA: An update
Tires play a major role when it comes to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) Compliance, Safety and Accountability (CSA) program. The two fleet Safety Management System (SMS) for CSA categories are 1) vehicle maintenance and 2) hazardous material compliance. Tires fall under the vehicle maintenance category. Violations associated with tires receive either a three
Cummins partners with Agility Fuel Systems on natural gas adoption
Agility Fuel Systems and Cummins have entered into a strategic partnership intended to improve the natural gas vehicle user experience and to drive adoption of natural gas as a vehicle fuel for the heavy-duty truck and bus markets. Under the terms of the agreement, Cummins will also invest an undisclosed amount in Agility Fuel Systems’
Meeting the next emissions milestone
Those of you who have been around for a couple of decades are intimately familiar with all the engine and powertrain changes that have been made within those years to comply with EPA emission standard benchmarks and, more recently, the EPA/NHTSA Greenhouse Gas 17 (GHG17) initiatives. But you ain’t seen nothin’ yet! While there is
Bold, meet efficiency: The Western Star 5700XE rolls out
“Bold,” “burly” and “workhorse” are just a few adjectives that often describe Western Star’s hard-working trucks. You can add “efficient” to that long list of superlatives as the Western Star 5700XE rolls off the line and onto roads across the country. The 5700XE is Western Star’s first fully aerodynamic truck, and it’s the marriage of
PACCAR debuts medium-duty leasing program
PACCAR Leasing Co. debuted a new medium-duty leasing program called the PacLease Value Spec at the National Private Truck Council convention in Cincinnati. “We’re seeing continued growth in the U.S. and Canadian medium duty lease market—especially in the Class 6 segment—since drivers are not required to have CDLs,” said Rick Walden, PacLease’s director of sales.
