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Improve Hours-of-Service Results With Ethos
Complying with the Hours-of-Service (HOS) regulations can be challenging for drivers and motor carriers. With the implementation of electronic logging devices and ...
05/11/21
Understanding & Preparing for Roadside Inspections
Roadside inspections are a part of the trucking industry, but drivers can play a big role in determining the frequency with which they occur. Three factors that ...
04/27/21
Preventing Distracted Walking
Each year, pedestrians are struck and killed by motor vehicles due to distracted walking. Additionally, work-related injuries and fatalities caused by employees ...
04/06/21
The Financial Impact of Distracted Driving
Distractions are a high-risk exposure that motor carriers cannot overlook. Incidents like a distracted employee slipping in the shop or losing focus while driving ...
03/29/21
Create a Workplace That Learns from Mistakes
Mistakes happen. As frustrating as that may sound, mistakes are inevitable because humans are imperfect beings. In fact, most crashes and injuries are the result ...
02/10/21
How to Avoid Pattern Driving
Every truck driver has a pattern to the way he or she drives. These patterns, or habits, can be good or bad, or more precisely, safe or unsafe. A driver who ...
02/05/21
Forestry Good Management Practices: Feller Buncher
The logging industry has been considered one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States. According to NIOSH, "In 2010, the logging industry employed ...
02/02/21
Reducing Slips, Trips, and Falls Around the Truck
Slips, trips, and falls are one of the leading causes of workplace injuries. For drivers, these types of injuries commonly occur when improperly entering or ...
01/29/21
Preventing Lane Change Crashes
Lane change crashes may be prevented if drivers recognize the hazards that increase the likelihood of a lane change crash and take defensive measures to avoid a ...
01/25/21
How Truckers Can Fight Trafficking
Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT) is an organization committed to its mission of educating, equipping, empowering, and mobilizing members of the trucking, bus, ...
01/20/21