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- December 13, 2023

A Q&A with Santa, and Fleet Manager Mrs Claus, of North Pole Inc

North Pole Inc has embraced modern technology to transform the business into a lean, efficient, and highly reliable Christmas present delivery operati...

Distracted Driving Awareness Month

April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month; read a few tips for preventing distractions using telematics below.

- September 14, 2022

An Urgent Upgrade: 3G’s Sunset and the Dawn of 5G

3G networks are being phased out. Most networks are set to go offline soon. Current 3G hardware is incompatible and fleets that don’t upgrade are in t...

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Teletrac Navman Staff - April 12, 2018

Data transfers and inspections: what drivers need to know

Now that the April 1 ELD enforcement deadline has come and gone, it’s a good time to review just how ELDs electronically transfer data during inspections.From what we’ve been seeing and hearing from drivers, it’s a source of some confusion. Data t...

Teletrac Navman Staff - April 08, 2018

Truckers for Safety Contest Launch Blog

Truckers in the U.S.average 2,000 – 3,000 miles a week hauling the goods we need to keep our country running.

Teletrac Navman Staff - April 02, 2018

Chart of the Month: Crashes by large trucks at a four-year high

According to 2017 data released by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), there were 415,000 total crashes by large trucks in 2015 – a four-year high).Of those, 83,000 (20%) resulted in injury and 3,598 (.87%) in fatalities.

Oswaldo Flores - March 30, 2018

4 things to do for a smooth ELD roadside check

The ELD mandate became effective December 2017, but April 1, 2018 marks full enforcement of the rule.That includes issuing of out-of-service citations and assigning CSA points. There’s still a lot of confusion around ELD devices and what the roads...

Oswaldo Flores - March 30, 2018

Ten statistics that make truck safety serious

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) keeps records on the number of fatal crashes involving large trucks and buses.In 2016, the most recent year for which they have data, there were 3,986 fatal crashes involving trucks.

Marco Encinas - March 29, 2018

Are truck-only highways the solution to increased fleet safe

Any driver knows that operating a commercial motor vehicle requires laser focus on the task at hand.The rule of thumb on highways is to leave at least a two-second buffer between your vehicle and the one in front.