Brake Safety Week began as a way to identify vehicles with brake system violations to help reduce the number of brake related crashes on our roadways. In 2015, brake-related violations represented 43% of all out-of-service violations issued during the International Roadcheck campaign. Since its inception in 1998, over 3.4 million brakes have been inspected and [...]
National Trucking Week is coming to an end. Today we are winding up with our company BBQ and a bunch of prize draws. We know that due to the nature of our jobs, not everyone will be able to join us today, but we want to ensure everyone in the fleet knows how grateful we [...]
It’s National Trucking Week and there are lots of appreciation and thank you’s to the truckers who are out on the roads every day to make a living. We’d like to thank the families of our drivers for everything they contribute to our team. Without your sacrifices, understanding and patience this industry, and economy, would [...]
It’s National Trucking Week, a time to celebrate professional truck drivers, trucking companies and all of the support teams that work within the industry. It’s no secret that the backbone of this dynamic industry is its drivers. Millions of these dedicated men and women travel the roads every day, to deliver freight that we all [...]
It’s National Trucking Week, a week-long celebration to recognize the important contributions made by the over 400,000 men and women who keep our country's economy rolling and our store shelves stocked. Closer to home, it's a week of random prize draws, BBQ's and appreciation for the Len Dubois Trucking Team. How We're Celebrating Prizes, Prizes, [...]
According to the National Safety Council, more than 38,000 people were killed and 4.4 million were seriously injured in motor vehicle crashes on U.S. roads in 2015. These figures are 8% higher than 2014 and has made 2015 the deadliest driving year since 2008. Despite decades of vehicle design improvements and traffic safety advancements, driving [...]
No one likes getting pulled over by traffic police. It’s time-consuming and usually comes along with a hefty fine, depending on the infraction. In doing research for this article we found many articles with some far out there theories on how to avoid getting pulled over. The reality of the situation, though, is that there [...]
Trucking is a fast paced industry. We thought we'd share some interesting things from around the web. TxDOT Driver Feedback TxDOT has set up a hotline to get feed back from truck drivers on the I-30 corridor. “Here are a few questions that TxDOT would like drivers to answer: Are there enough truck stops? [...]
Operation Safe Driver Week begins October 16th through the 22nd, 2016. This is the week law enforcement and the trucking industry, throughout North America, come together in heightened enforcement and education aimed to curb unsafe driving practices by commercial drivers and passenger vehicle drivers. Examples of unsafe driver behaviors that enforcement will be tracking throughout [...]
Every year the Manitoba Trucking Association partners with the Special Olympics to hold the Worlds Largest Truck Convoy. It’s a great fundraising event that sees law enforcement join the effort by escorting the convoy of trucks around the Perimeter Highway. If you haven’t seen the convoy on the move you’re missing out. The nearly 200 [...]
