The Invisible Crisis: Why 6 Million Trucks Park on Highway Ramps Every Year We all know there is a parking problem, but for those behind the wheel of an 18-wheeler, the struggle is personal. It is that familiar, sinking feeling when the Hours of Service (HOS) clock is ticking down, and every rest area or […]
Navigating the Paradox: Higher Costs with Stable Volumes Looking at the transport statistics from the final quarter of last year, a startling paradox emerges: companies are paying significantly more to maintain their operations, yet they are moving almost the same amount of freight. The latest U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index confirms that the American trucking […]
A Global Perspective: The U.S. vs. The World It often feels like we spend our entire lives stuck in traffic, from dawn until dusk. However, according to the latest TomTom Traffic Index, the United States remains something of an “interstate paradise” compared to the rest of the world. While American drivers like Jay Hosty from […]
Motive AI Report 2025-2026: It’s the Driver, Not the Weather, That Decides Safety The latest Motive AI Road Safety Report for 2025 and the beginning of 2026 makes one thing clear: while road conditions, weather, and route types are important, ultimately, it is the driver’s behavior that determines safety. The Good News: Fatal Accidents are […]
Nuclear Verdicts: The “Cold Shower” for the Trucking Industry In American legal jargon regarding road transport, a Nuclear Verdict is a term for damages awarded by a jury that are drastically high and completely disproportionate to the actual material losses or medical costs incurred. It has happened. What seemed like a nightmare for trucking company […]
Geotab’s 2026 Forecast: An AI-Fueled Boom for Transportation Companies That Adapt The job of truck drivers is at risk—at least in the long term. This is the stark assessment from Neil Cawse, CEO of Geotab, a global leader in telematics and fleet management, as he laid out his predictions for the approaching year 2026 and […]
Winter on American roads isn’t just about black ice and blizzards in Dakota or the Midwest. For us, passenger vehicle drivers navigating the Interstates from San Francisco to Chicago to New York, there is a serious, often-forgotten hazard until we see it with our own eyes: “ice projectiles”—large sheets of ice and compacted snow falling […]
Transportation companies are eager to invest substantial resources in new vehicles due to a range of benefits, mainly centered on improved safety technologies and better fuel efficiency. When reviewing job postings for truck drivers, it’s common to see the latest model trucks highlighted, yet they rarely mention what drivers value most: the type of driver’s […]
Remember when a truck camera was just a simple dashcam, there to prove a driver’s innocence after an accident? Well, those days are rapidly becoming a relic of the past. We’re on the cusp of a true revolution, with companies like Samsara, Lytx, and Nauto leveraging artificial intelligence to predict accidents before we even think […]
Operation Safe Driver Week: Are Truckers the Primary Target? For the third year in a row, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA)’s “Operation Safe Driver Week” traffic enforcement initiative, held in July, has clearly shown that officers’ attention is significantly more focused on the behavior of truck drivers than passenger vehicle drivers. During the […]
