In a study released today, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) reveals that truck drivers with certain driving records (i.e. prior crashes, violations and convictions) are more susceptible to being involved in a future truck crash than their peers with clean driving records. The analyses in the report draw on data from 582,772 U.S. truck drivers over a two-year time frame to expose a dozen driver behaviors that raise a driver’s risk of being involved in a truck crash by more than 50 percent.

Click here to view a summary of the ATRI study.

The FMCSA has extended the deadline for comments on the proposed rule requiring EOBRs for interstate commercial truck and bus companies. The new deadline is May 23, 2011.

Click here to view the proposed rule.

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Join Steve Wilhelms, RAIR’s Senior VP of Sales and Marketing, and Chris Nelson, VP of Sales, at the TCA 30th Annual Safety and Security Division Meeting, which will take place on May 17-19, 2011, at the Embassy Suites Hotel & Conference Center in Murfreesboro, TN. Visit booths 106 and 108, or call 1.888.444.7010 to schedule a consultation during the show. Click here to view the TCA’s meeting brochure.