Understanding the New Safety Gap For many years, fleet managers treated safety as a "one size fits all" problem. They gave the same training to every driver and hoped for the best. However, the Geotab 2026 State of Commercial Transportation Report (published February 2026) reveals ... Read More »
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Seeing the Danger Before the Damage For years, fleet managers have used accident reports to figure out how to stay safe. They would look at a crash and try to make sure it never happened again. But according to the 2026 Motive AI Road Safety ... Read More »
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The End of Just Watching For many years, dashcams were like silent witnesses. They recorded what happened on the road and saved the video to be watched later. If a driver got into an accident, the manager would look at the footage to see what ... Read More »
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Moving Beyond Paperwork to Prevention For a long time, fleet safety was mostly about keeping good records. If a company had its paperwork in order, it felt "safe." However, the J.J. Keller 2026 State of Fleet Management study (published May 6, 2026) shows that this ... Read More »
Seeing Every Angle from the Driver's Seat For a long time, truck drivers had to rely mostly on their mirrors and their own intuition to navigate tight spaces. Even with the best training, a massive semi-truck has "blind spots" where a small car or a ... Read More »
Moving Beyond the Rearview Mirror For a long time, safety in the trucking industry was reactive. This means a manager would look at dashcam footage or data only after something went wrong. If a driver slammed on the brakes or got into a fender bender, ... Read More »
The Hidden Enemy Under Your Truck Every winter, thousands of trucks across North America face a silent enemy: road salt. While salt makes roads safer for driving, it is incredibly harsh on metal parts. For fleet managers, the most frustrating victim of this salt is ... Read More »
A New Legend for Extreme Work For over 50 years, the Kenworth C500 was the go-to truck for the hardest jobs on Earth. Whether it was hauling massive loads through the desert or moving heavy equipment in the frozen North, it was a beast of ... Read More »
The trucking industry is always looking for new ways to make heavy-duty vehicles last longer and work better. Mack Trucks recently announced the Mack ImpactShield, a huge improvement for Class 8 trucks. This new feature is the first time a truck of this size will ... Read More »
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The transportation industry is always looking for new ways to make our roads safer for everyone. Recently, Lytx published their much-anticipated 2026 Road Safety Report. This report contains valuable information gathered from over 341 billion miles of driving. By looking at this massive amount of ... Read More »
