Category: Trucking News

Goodyear accepts Highway Hero nominations

Award recognizes truck drivers who put themselves in harm's way to help others

There is still time to nominate candidates for the Goodyear Highway Hero Award, which honors professional truck drivers who put themselves in harm's way to help others. Goodyear said it is accepting nominations for its 34th Highway Hero Award through Nov. 29, 2016.

Goodyear will announce the 34th Highway Hero Award winner next March during the 2017 Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) in Louisville, KY.

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Navistar SuperTruck, the CatalIST, hits 13 mpg

Project doubles DOE goal, leads to improvements in production models Navistar has unveiled its innovative SuperTruck demonstration vehicle, dubbed the CatalIST. The rig achieved a freight efficiency improvement of 104 percent compared to the control vehicle, exceeding the improvement goal set by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the SuperTruck program, the company reported Wednesday.

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Driverless trucks: Where they’ll work, where they won’t

Only in certain segments of the trucking industry will autonomous vehicle technology find a good fit, some argue.

The mistake many make when predicting adoption rates for autonomous vehicle (AV) technology in the freight business is that trucking is not a “homogenous” industry, stressed Richard “Dick” Metzler, chief marketing officer for online delivery firm uShip Inc.

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Lytx Offers Always-On Video Telematics With Unisyn Platform

Lytx has introduced the Unisyn platform, a video telematics platform that lets users see, understand and act on fleet and field operations safety and efficiency challenges.

The Unisyn platform features always-on access to up to seven days of cloud-connected video. Users can access, review and manage video from their fleets and field operations either in real-time or at a later date.

The Unisyn video telematics platform works in conjunction with Lytx's DriveCam video-based driver safety system. DriveCam and Unisyn are designed to complement each other, using DriveCam's exception-based video to help prevent collisions through programmatic coaching and Unisyn's always-on video to track, monitor and act on fleet and field operations.

The captured video and corresponding telematics data can be accessed from the cloud in real time or on demand from most cloud-connected devices, including iOS and Android mobile devices.

“For some fleets, safety may be balanced against operational efficiency and/or security priorities, which can be addressed through the ability to observe and track vehicles in all aspects of their day,” said Brandon Nixon, Lytx chairman and CEO. “In DriveCam, we're focusing on the driver, and with Unisyn our primary focus is the fleet operations.”

A combination of hardware and wireless network technology allows the Unisyn platform to integrate and synchronize high-definition video from one or more camera angles and options including:

Forward-facing to capture what's in front of the driverSide view to capture activity adjacent to the vehicleSide-mirror to capture activity both adjacent to and near the front of the vehicleRear view to capture activity behind the vehicleCargo interior to capture activity within the cargo holdDock/warehouse to validate activity in the presence of the vehicleInterior to capture situations of security concern within the vehicle

With this flexibility, each fleet can configure their own solution and tailor Unisyn to its own needs, according to Lytx. Organizations can start ...Read the rest of this story

Ministers discuss ELDs, systems to protect road users

TORONTO, ON – Canada's transportation ministers met in Toronto today, discussing a broad array of initiatives such as the mandating of Electronic Logging Devices and the need to study truck-mounted systems like side guards that could better protect “vulnerable” road users. The ministers have also agreed to create a task force to harmonize truck-related regulations “wherever possible”, said Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau. Unspecified changes to the Memorandum of Understanding that governs weights and dimensions were also agreed to in principle. ...Read the rest of this story