Safety

A shadowed figure removes cargo boxes from the back of a delivery van at night while fireworks explode in the background. Text overlay reads, "Before the Fireworks Start Review Your Cargo Security Plan."

Articles

A Fourth of July Cargo Theft Reality Check for Fleet Managers

The Fourth of July creates prime conditions for cargo theft. Here's what fleet managers should review now to protect loads, drivers and operations.

Graphic for NSC National Safety Month featuring warehouse, trucking, and transportation workers. Text highlights safety priorities including moving safety forward, road safety, worker health, and preventing slips, trips, and falls.

News

NSC Marks 30 Years of National Safety Month, Includes Road Safety Focus

Behind the Article thumbnail featuring Kathy Close of J.J. Keller. The image shows a road at sunset with bold text reading, “Do You Know What’s Driving Up Your CSA Score?” alongside Kathy Close discussing how fleets can use FMCSA's DataQs system to challenge inaccurate safety data and protect CSA scores.

Videos

What is DataQs and Why Should Fleets Care?

Graphic featuring fireworks on a blue background with the headline "Stay Safe on the Road This July 4th" and the subheading "Tips From a Former Truck Driver." The image promotes road safety during holiday travel and accompanies advice on avoiding truck blind spots, passing safely, leaving adequate space around trucks, and planning travel during busy traffic periods.

News

5 Safe Driving Tips for 4th of July

News•February 1, 2016

Video Safety Tip: Preventing Pothole Damage

Here's some advice from the Michigan Department of Transportation on how to deal with potholes.

News•January 28, 2016

Automatic Braking Cutting Rear-End Crashes

A new IIHS study finds that forward collision warning systems that include automatic emergency braking cut rear-end crash rates by 39%.

News•January 27, 2016

Ford E-Series Recall Tied to Trailer Braking

The recall affects 83 2016 model-year cutaway and chassis cab vehicles in North America, including 75 in the U.S.

News•January 27, 2016

Bosch's Smart Gas Pedal Lowers Fuel Consumption

Bosch has developed the active gas pedal, which notifies the driver when to lighten pressure on the pedal, promotes lowered fuel consumption, and issues warnings to drivers when they are speeding.

News•January 25, 2016

Record 51M Vehicles Recalled in 2015

Nearly 900 vehicle recalls were filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in 2015, a new record involving more than 51 million vehicles — another record, the federal agency reported.

News•January 25, 2016

Historic Snow Storm Pummels East Coast

More than 2 feet of snow fell along the East Coast and middle Atlantic regions over the weekend, leading transportation agencies to work around the clock to clear snow and ice, while closing highways and streets in Washington, D.C., New York City, and Philadelphia.