Anyone who drives or works with trucks knows that it is now an electronic world. In the old days when vehicles used electrical systems rather than computer chips, all a driver had to alert them that something might be wrong with their truck was a gauge or indicator light.
Even though many of us would like to think of trucking as a lifestyle (showing classic, long nose trucks, with their broad, flat shiny bumpers and dual chrome stacks), it is first and foremost a business. To stay in business, you have to show a profit. That’s especially true in these days of a sluggish […]
Drivers who stay in a regional operation where the climate is fairly consistent — like in San Diego, for example —don’t have to think much about how the changing seasons impact their trucks. But the majority of truckers do need to prepare their rigs to operate in colder weather.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration released an extensive study of the actual costs of crashes involving many types of trucks – including medium and heavy duty vehicles. The numbers are staggering.
