The idea of commercial truck drivers resting while their vehicles are moving may seem scary to Kentucky residents. However, the American Transportation Research Institute believes that autonomous trucks may soon allow rest and productivity to occur simultaneously. In a report, the ATRI discussed how the implementation of autonomous trucks could…
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Brake Safety Week puts thousands of trucks out of service
Kentucky drivers may be interested to know that roughly 3,900 trucks were put out-of-service during September’s Brake Safety Week. This was according to the director of vehicle programs for the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance. The event took place Sept. 11-17, and of those trucks, 2,352 were removed from the road…
FMCSA employment screening policy upheld
Road safety advocates in Kentucky and around the country were likely pleased to learn that a legal challenge to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s employment screening process was dismissed by a federal appeals court. Six truck drivers filed a lawsuit in 2014 claiming that releasing information about non-serious safety…
FMCSA wins court decision on electronic logging rule
Kentucky residents may be aware that Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published a rule in December 2015 requiring electronic logging devices to be used by U.S. truck operators to keep track of how long their drivers spend behind the wheel. The new rule was challenged in federal court by the…
Truckers, vehicles placed out of service during Roadcheck 2016
Kentucky motorists who share the nation’s roadways with trucks and other large commercial vehicles may be interested in knowing that 9,080 trucks and 1,436 drivers were placed out of service during the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s 2016 edition of its 72-hour International Roadcheck campaign. According to the CVSA, numbers were…