Tag: Drivers
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Construction Fleet Safety: How to Reduce Risk and Protect Drivers Year-Round
Summer is the busiest and riskiest season on the road for construction crews. With more vehicles in transit and added distractions on the jobsite, even the safest drivers can face unexpected situations. Transportation-related incidents accounted for 36.8% of the more than 5,000 fatal work injuries in the U.S. in 2023. The average crash costs an…
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Sharing the Road with Trucks: Risks Drivers Should Know
Whether you’re commuting to work or heading out for a weekend trip, sharing the road with commercial trucks is an everyday reality. These massive vehicles play a huge role in the US economy. They’re in charge of delivering everything from groceries to construction materials. If you’ve been keeping an eye on job ads, then you’ve…
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Why the Trucking Industry is Short on Drivers
Rarely has a single issue in trucking permeated every aspect of the industry’s successes and failures as has the truck driver shortage. While the issue is a perennial “Top 10” issue on the American Transportation Research Institute’s (ATRI) annual survey of critical issues in trucking, the truck driver shortage has experienced the perfect storm of growing…