Interstate Truck Driving School delivered 40,000 pounds of rice to the military air base at MSP July 7th to help out the Real Hope for Haiti campaign. The Airforce Reserve will be taking this load of rice to Haiti without charge as part of a training mission. Sometimes we forget just how huge of a contribution our military makes toward humanitarian efforts helping people all over the globe.

The following article is from Fleet Owner by Aaron Marsh:

Pinnacle Express operates fuel trucks servicing the aviation industry.  In order to deal with their heavy loads, they have purchased truck and trailers with disc brakes to help them stop quickly if there's some obstacle or accident suddenly in front their drivers.

"My drivers, because we haul fuel tankers, are trained not to 'avoid' the accident," says Jim Fox, the fleet's vice president and general manager. "They cannot turn the wheel to avoid, because they will roll over and it will lead to a much bigger problem.

Bill Collins drove the Interstate Truck Driving School racing Corvette at the SCCA June Sprints at Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI June 18th and 19th.

One-year field study involved 169 drivers operating 150 tractor-trailers from seven different motor carriers using two 2013-era collision avoidance system packages.

Jun 16, 2016   Sean Kilcarr | Fleet Owner