Advanced safety systems

Reductions in crashes and claims from use of various technologies

Better safety systems and driver environment monitoring can help fleets reduce the number of truck-related accidents.

Out-of-control insurance premiums are driving trucking operations out of business, but leading insurance experts say something can be done about them.

Already the undisputed Class 8 sales leader, the 2020 Freightliner Cascadia arriving this fall is a technological tour de force that allows the truck to do most of the work of driving.

Volvo Trucks says anyone involved in heavy-duty trucking has a “moral obligation” to make trucking safer.

Bendix is now making its advanced safety systems available for retrofit for models where it was not factory-installed. Plus, U.S. finds little support for postal rate changes, detention time increasing and air cargo boom may be over.

According to experts, platooning is a “now” technology ready for commercial operations, but there is still some resistance and operational challenges that must be overcome.