2025 Brake Safety Week is August 24-30
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s national Brake Safety Week will be in full force August 24–30.
Latest ICSA Safety Awards
Independent Carrier Safety Association recognizes its safest members with quarterly safety awards for the top three single-truck operators and the top three small fleets. We are pleased to congratulate these winners for the second quarter of 2022:
Fleets
- 1st Place: The Josiah Co., Richmond, TX
- 2nd Place: ASAP Trucking, LLC, Atlanta, TX
- 3rd Place: Shana Investments, LLC, Moreno Valley, CA
Single Truck Operators
- 1st Place: ELH Logistics, Southfield, MI
- 2nd Place: MDS Enterprise, Inc., Charlotte, NC
- 3rd Place: Lysander Transport, Homestead, FL
First place winners receive a $500 gift card and an ICSA-branded scale model truck, while 2nd and 3rd place winners receive some very nice and useful ICSA-branded prizes. ICSA selects safety award winners based on these criteria:
- ICSA membership dues paid up and an active member profile set up in safecarriers.org
- SmartDrive camera(s) installed and active
- SmartDrive score under 50 for the quarter
- Enrolled in ICSA’s approved drug testing consortium and hair testing completed
- No claims
Congratulations to our 2nd Quarter safety award winners!
U.S. Senate Targets Cargo Theft
Proposed legislation in both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives would provide resources to ensure cargo theft investigations are coordinated among and between federal, state and local jurisdictions.
Ops Costs Ex-Fuel Continue to Rise
According to new research published by American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), the “average cost” to operate a commercial truck in 2024 was $2.260 per mile.