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Apr 13, 2016

TRUCKS EVALUATION * USA: New Pickup Trucks may not keep you safe

* Virginia - IIHS evaluated two body styles of each 2016 model-­year pickup — crew cab and extended cab

(Video from IIHS - April 12, 2016: Three out of seven large pickup trucks evaluated by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in a new round of crash tests earn an acceptable or higher rating for occupant protection in a small overlap front crash) 

-- Three out of seven large pickup trucks IIHS evaluated in a new round of crash tests earn an acceptable or higher rating for occupant protection in a small overlap front crash... IIHS evaluated two body styles of each 2016 model-year pickup — crew cab and extended cab. Crew cabs have four full doors and two full rows of seating. Extended cabs have two full front doors, two smaller rear doors and compact second-row seats... Ford improved the 2016 model F-150 SuperCab to clinch a good rating in the small overlap crash test, up from the 2015 model's marginal rating... The Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Double Cab and the Toyota Tundra Double Cab both earn an acceptable rating for occupant protection in a small overlap crash... The story was different for the larger crew cabs. The Silverado 1500 Crew Cab and the Tundra CrewMax earn a marginal rating in the small overlap front test... The worst-performing pickups in the small overlap test are the Ram 1500 Crew Cab and the Ram 1500 Quad Cab. Both earn a marginal rating overall and a poor rating for structure... Besides the F-150, the Silverados and their GMC Sierra twins are the only other pickups available with an optional forward collision warning system that earns a basic rating for front crash prevention... IIHS plans to test the redesigned 2016 Nissan Titan and Honda Ridgeline later this year... 
Ruckersville, VA, USA — Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (PR), by Russ Rader - 13 April 2016

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Nov 1, 2015

TRUCKERS PERFOMANCE * USA: Through DART System

* Wiscosin - Four components to maximizing your truck drivers’ performance
-- Drivers are the heart of the trucking industry, so it’s essential to find successful ways to attract them, coach them into becoming top performers and keep them... When looking at how to measure — and improve — driver performance, we use a simple acronym to judge the likelihood of success: DART. We believe that the best systems for activating driver performance are: Defined, Aligned, Refined and Times — or DART... In order to accomplish your most audacious goals for the coming year, you’re going to need to usher in an era of meaningful behavioral change. Let’s look at how the four components of DART can help you drive performance enhancement in your organization... The Transportation DART System is a performance enhancement system that aims to drive behavior change throughout an organization... 
New Berlin, WIS, USA - HNI/Trucking News, by Michael Natalizio - October 30, 2015

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Feb 1, 2008

Performance Based Standards * Australia - Safer, greener, more efficient trucks

Sydney,NSW,Australia -Transport and Logistics News -29 Jan 2008: -- A change in government legislation and a decade of intense work by the truck industry and regulators has resulted in safer, greener and more efficient trucks being granted approval to enter service on Australian roads with Performance Based Standards (PBS) finally becoming a reality for the transport industry... PBS enables efficiency gains to be made under the provision that trucks meet a total of 16 separate criteria related to speed, braking and safety standards... Until now all trucks have had to meet Prescribed Standards with strict weight and length restrictions, however PBS allows greater flexibility and efficiency gains without compromising safety or the convenience of other road users... According to John Bushell, the president of the Truck Industry Council (TIC), the peak industry body representing truck and component manufacturers, the concept of performance based standard vehicles has been hotly debated for the past 10 years and at times it appeared that such vehicles would never operate nationally...(Picture from BigLorryBlog: This one ex-Brambles heavy hauler)

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