Is Trucking Meeting its Duty to Public Safety? [Podcast] – Podcast

Why aren’t trucks as safe as airplanes? Should motor carriers be required to carry more insurance?

On this episode of HDT Talks Trucking, Deborah Lockridge talks to Lane Kidd of The Trucking Alliance about an essay he wrote on trucking’s duty to public safety.

This episode is sponsored by ⁠CAT Scale⁠

In this episode:

• Can you compare trucking’s safety record to the airline industry’s?
• The Trucking Alliance’s ambitious goal to eliminate truck crash fatalities.
• Emerging technology advancements like autonomous trucks and collision mitigation systems
• Raising minimum insurance requirements for motor carriers — pros and cons
• The problem with so few motor carriers having safety ratings from FMCSA
• If victims of truck crashes were adequately compensated, would litigation drop?