How to Safely Load a Flatbed Trailer
When we put together this course about how to load a flatbed trailer, a (very) young driver likened it to tying down a mattress on top of a car to move your buddy....
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Is Truck Driver CSA Training Effective? Research Says Yes.
Prospective clients ask us all the time if truck driver CSA training is truly effective. We ran the numbers, and we can answer that it absolutely is effective at lowering your CSA score,...
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Safer Drivers Have Better MPG, Reports Schneider National
According to a study of its own fleet of 12,000 truck drivers, Schneider National found a positive correlation between safety and MPG: Safe drivers get better fuel economy. Correlation may not equal causation,...
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Safety Director Tips: Getting Drivers to Take Safety Training
A frequent question we receive from clients is: “How do I get my drivers to take their Pro-TREAD lessons?” The most basic answer to safety training means setting a policy and sticking with...
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Cracking Walnuts with a Hammer: Cellphone Ban Overkill and Misses the Point
Our President and CEO, Dr. Jim Voorhees, was quoted in the Jan. 9 Transport Topics (subscription req’d) in a story about the proposed total cellphone ban. It’s a good story, and as usual,...
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Pre-Trip Inspection: Train Your Drivers to Understand Vehicle Maintenance CSA Rules
Of the top ten CSA violations, seven could be prevented with one simple step: a pre-trip inspection by your drivers. Inspecting the truck before driving is the law, and yet 70% of CSA...
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Schneider Nat’l: Training is an Enabler, Not a Distraction, Says Alan Weisinger
Alan Weisinger, Director of Driver Training for Schneider National, shared how they’ve made safety a core value of the fleet. ITI: How do you balance the needs of...
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Don’t Just Manage Risk, Reduce It
Moving from Risk Management to Risk Reduction New Partnership between RAIR and Instructional Technologies, Inc. Today we’re very excited to announce a partnership with RAIR. Through this partnership, trucking companies now have a...
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Fewer Speeding Tickets for Your Truck Driver
Keeping up with traffic. In a hurry. Getting around an unsafe driver. Running late. There’s never a good excuse for a truck driver to get a speeding ticket. Under the new CSA, those...
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Skill Beats Luck
A note from our CEO about driver training in truck fleets that’s worth sharing: I’ve been writing about Safety, Security and Compliance lately. There is an interesting notion in trucking about the 300-30-1...
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Avoiding the $10 Million Workers’ Comp Accident
How do drivers, fleets, and customers avoid the dreaded “slip and fall” accident”? A minute of forethought and a culture of not accepting unsafe conditions will go a long way to reducing Workers’...
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Avoiding Fixed Objects: A Lesson to Stop Parking Lot Crashes
While talking to managers and safety folks earlier this week at the IFDA show, we heard a lot of groan-inducing stories about drivers hitting fixed objects with their trucks. There’s nothing more frustrating...
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