http://blog.fleetowner.com/trucks_at_work Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:46:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “It's been said that knowledge is power – and when it comes to security intelligence, a lack of accurate information can be detrimental to separating real threats from hype.” –Vinny Gullotto, general manager, Microsoft Malware Protection Center In covering trucking, I’ve always tended to focus on the “big stuff,” such as ... http://blog.fleetowner.com/trucks_at_work/2009/11/04/cyber-threat-awareness/ “As cities, regions and countries fight for investment spend, transport infrastructure is the ‘x-factor’ in investor's decisions. Almost half of decision-makers said 21st century integrated transport infrastructure will make or break the economic prospects of a location.” – Professor Austin Smyth, head of the department of transport studies at Westminster ... http://blog.fleetowner.com/trucks_at_work/2009/11/03/why-transportation-investment-matters/ “In a hybrid system, the electrical energy could be used to charge the battery. In a conventional engine, this could perhaps even replace the alternator without any load on the engine.” –Jan Aase, director of General Motor’s Vehicle Development Research Laboratory One of the interesting paths being followed in vehicle research ... http://blog.fleetowner.com/trucks_at_work/2009/11/02/little-by-little/ “The recent economic improvement in China, India and Brazil benefitted Cummins during the quarter, due to our longstanding strong position in all three countries.” –From Cummins Inc.’s third quarter earnings report Though hours of service (HOS) reform is bound to be the hot topic around water coolers across the U.S. trucking ... http://blog.fleetowner.com/trucks_at_work/2009/10/30/big-trucks-for-big-china/ “Truck transportation drives our economy; goods movement fills our stores and supplies our factories. But those benefits come with costs that are causing rapid change.” –Bill Van Amburg, senior vice president, CALSTART Change is definitely in the air these days in trucking – more so than usual. In the near-term, we’ll ... http://blog.fleetowner.com/trucks_at_work/2009/10/29/trucking-in-the-future/ “Our work with the University of Michigan is helping us develop the next generation of Ford hybrids and bring them to market even faster.” –Ryan McGee, supervisor of vehicle controls architecture and algorithm design at Ford Motor Co.’s Research and Advanced Engineering group OK – it’s no secret that the Japanese ... http://blog.fleetowner.com/trucks_at_work/2009/10/27/speeding-up-hybrid-development/ “The most important object in Boy Scout training is to educate, not instruct.” –Sir Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts Professor Jerry Osteryoung from the college of business at Florida State University penned an interesting column the other day about why businesses must stop focus on “training” their employees and ... http://blog.fleetowner.com/trucks_at_work/2009/10/26/learning-vs-training/ ”The end goals of security and efficiency are not mutually exclusive.” –Stephen Russell, chairman, CEO and founder of truckload carrier Celadon Group, from testimony this week before the House of Representatives We all know cargo shipments of all stripes need tighter security, against theft, terrorist infiltration, and to illicitly move ... http://blog.fleetowner.com/trucks_at_work/2009/10/23/cargo-security-vs-efficiency/ “Electronic stability systems were found to provide substantial safety benefits. Assuming that all existing 5-axle tractor semitrailers operating on U.S. roads were fitted with the technologies as they address rollover-relevant crashes, the expected annual reductions are 106 fatal injuries and 4,384 injuries.” –From the Safety Benefits of Stability Control Systems ... http://blog.fleetowner.com/trucks_at_work/2009/10/22/nhtsa-foresees-big-savings-with-esc/ “We spend millions on research and development, scientist salaries, manufacturing, background checks, and the latest in high-tech facility security. Then what do we do? We turn it all over to a guy making $25 an hour driving a truck who probably doesn’t know what he’s hauling. It’s amazing – absolutely ... http://blog.fleetowner.com/trucks_at_work/2009/10/21/cargo-theft-and-trucking/