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 FMCSA publishes citation data, the Fleet-Connection real-time database keeps track of it, and the resulting picture for fleet managers is informative if not always flattering. We pulled May 2024 through February 2026, roughly 6.2 million violations across 61 categories, and sliced it by fleet ... Read More »
A short guide to picking the right reefer for your fleet — without overspending or cutting corners. Buying a new reefer trailer is one of the biggest purchases a fleet manager makes. A new 53-foot reefer with a current cooling unit now runs anywhere from ... Read More »
Fuel has always been one of the biggest operating costs for truck fleets, but in a volatile market, it can quickly become the line item that determines whether a route, customer, or quarter is profitable. That is why Samsara’s on-demand webinar, “Fuel efficiency in a ... Read More »
AI is showing up everywhere these days. It writes emails, recommends movies, answers customer service chats, and occasionally makes people wonder if their toaster is judging them. Now it is also showing up in dashcams. For truck and van fleet operators, that raises a fair ... Read More »
New York has taken the U.S. Department of Transportation to court over a fight that may sound like government paperwork theater, but could have real consequences for trucking fleets, driver availability, and state CDL compliance programs. On April 24, New York Attorney General Letitia James ... Read More »
