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Data reveals a rising trend in fatal accidents involving trucks

Dec. 10, 2024
Accidents that result in fatalities have increasingly involved large trucks—with an increase of nearly 50% over the last 10 years—according to NHTSA. Here’s a breakdown of the...

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Fontana: A few simple steps for a safer fleet

Dec. 3, 2024
Safely operating your fleet doesn’t just happen. It takes a commitment from management and driver engagement to make it happen.
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CVSA announces dates for 2025 Human Trafficking Awareness Initiative

Dec. 3, 2024
CVSA’s annual five-day human trafficking awareness, outreach, identification, and prevention initiative educates commercial motor vehicle drivers, motor carriers, law enforcement...
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Three studies show the worst states to drive in, and Rhode Island ranks in the top five in two of those studies.
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Three studies find the states where driving is considered the riskiest

Dec. 2, 2024
Carriers and drivers, beware. Studies have ranked states on their roads’ ease of navigation, road quality, and fatality rates. Rhode Island makes the dubious top five on two lists...
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Truckstop introduces its Risk Factors Advanced

Nov. 25, 2024
Risk Factors Essentials combines Truckstop’s proprietary, licensed, and public data to equip brokers with information to help combat fraud and mitigate risk—right into their workflow...

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Consistent findings from CVSA Brake Safety Week: 2024 results mirror previous years
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While there is a link between lower fuel economy and unsafe driving, is there a similar link between eco-conscious driving and safer driving?