The trucking industry has contributed a lot to the socio-economic development of nations, trucking issues must be taken serious because we are talking about the driver, passengers, pedestrians, goods and logistics. Policy makers must not see the transportation industry as any how industry, but must be really careful in developing policy directions that will build the industry and help the economy to grow. Trucking business has employed a lot of people in any country, as l speak trucking fatalities across the globe is very high, many great citizens are dying through avoidable accidents, when you look at both develop and developing nations trucking accidents are so many and this has serious economic challenges and financial burden for the nations and families.
Safety of the trucking industry has long be forgotten, now is the time for all of us to stand up and let our individual voice be hear so that road accidents or trucking accidents will be taken serious, and the rightful avoidance strategies will be develop for the safety of our roads and humans. Let us all understand that trucking safety goes beyond the driver. while many believe the driver is ultimately responsible for the safe performance of a vehicle, safety goes much deeper than who is behind the wheel. In addition to the people who load the trailer and technicians who maintain the equipment, the equipment driver uses plays a critical factor into the overall safety of the vehicle. Training and recruiting competent drivers is the duty of truck company to reduce accident on the road.
Technologies introduce in the trucking industry helps to reduce accidents, forward collision warning and mitigation systems, on the other hand aim to target accidents caused by driver inattention by alerting drivers if they are tailgating or getting too close to the rear end vehicle. This is accomplished using cameras, as well as sensors that use LIDAR technology. Some of the safety technologies also includes, driver alert systems, electronic stability control, Rear-view cameras, and artificial intelligence applications in truck safety.
