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    CVSA announces dates for 2025 Human Trafficking Awareness Initiative

    FleetOwner Staff
    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

    Jade Brasher
    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

    FleetOwner Staff
    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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    Kirkland Police Department enhances fleet safety and efficiency with Zonar EVIR Mobile and ZTrak solutions
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    Zonar helps Kirkland, Washington, police improve fleet health and safety inspections

    FleetOwner Staff
    Nov. 19, 2024
    These solutions could improve the oversight of important agency assets, as well as verify thorough “pre-shift” inspections of patrol cars and critical emergency equipment onboard...
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    Essential winter safety strategies for truck fleets: Prepare, communicate, and thrive
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    Beyond maintenance: How fleets can prepare for safe winter operations

    Jenna Hume
    Nov. 13, 2024
    Snow and ice threaten the safety of truck drivers, their equipment, their cargo, and the motoring public. However, proper preparation, technology, and communication can help mitigate...

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    Consistent findings from CVSA Brake Safety Week: 2024 results mirror previous years
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    Enhancing road safety: Samsara launches AI-powered drowsiness detection for drivers

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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?
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