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Preventing Driver Injuries This Fall and Winter

Preventing Driver Injuries This Fall and Winter

Slip/Trip and Fall injuries are drivers’ most common type of injury. Most of them occur during the winter months. Thousands of professional drivers are seriously injured annually due to not paying attention to winter conditions. Working on the ice...

IC Bus Next Generation CE Series

IC Bus Next Generation CE Series

New School Bus Provides Customers Improved Efficiency and Multiple Powertrain Options IC Bus announced the launch of its next generation CE Series school bus, a newly redesigned and updated version of its flagship CE Series originally launched 20...

Navistar to Set Emissions Reductions Targets

Navistar to Set Emissions Reductions Targets

Navistar, Inc. (Navistar) President and CEO Mathias Carlbaum signed a commitment to develop science-based targets aligned with Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) criteria and submit the targets for validation. That commitment has since been...

IC Bus Electric CE Series

IC Bus Electric CE Series

The Electric CE Series features a 100% electric powertrain mounted on the tried-and-true CE platform. In fact, this revolutionary bus includes all the functionality and safety features that school districts everywhere know and love—it just happens...

Over One Million Miles and We’re Just Getting Started

Over One Million Miles and We’re Just Getting Started

IC Bus has officially passed over one million miles driven across their electric vehicle brands by real customers and have reduced emissions by more than 800 metric tons. This success builds on the confidence customers have in the products and...

Parts & Service Specials – August 2023

Parts & Service Specials – August 2023

Cumberland International Parts and Service Specials for August 2023 Call your local branch to take advantage of this month's specials or visit your RepairLink Shop. Ask for Parts or Service department to learn more. NASHVILLE, TNJACKSONVILLE,...

IC Bus Launches the Next Generation CE Series

IC Bus Launches the Next Generation CE Series

New School Bus Provides Customers Improved Efficiency and Multiple Powertrain Options RENO, Nev., July 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IC Bus today announced the launch of its next generation CE Series school bus, a newly redesigned and updated version of...

CVSA’s Brake Safety Week Scheduled for Aug. 20-26

CVSA’s Brake Safety Week Scheduled for Aug. 20-26

CVSA’s Brake Safety Week Scheduled for Aug. 20-26 The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) has scheduled this year’s Brake Safety Week for Aug. 20-26 with a focus on brake lining/pad violations. During Brake Safety Week, commercial motor...

Proactive vs. Reactive Safety and Loss Control Programs

Proactive vs. Reactive Safety and Loss Control Programs

Which One Do You Have? At the end of the year you should be evaluating your safety and loss control program to determine your performance over the year. Where do you stand compared to last year and the year before? Ongoing analysis programs are...

Hypertension and Drivers

Hypertension and Drivers

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health reports that 26% of truck drivers say they have hypertension. Even with high blood pressure, you may still be able to drive. Truck drivers with high blood pressure must take steps to lower...

Clearinghouse Return-to-Duty Process for CDL Drivers

Clearinghouse Return-to-Duty Process for CDL Drivers

A driver with a drug and alcohol program violation is prohibited from performing safety-sensitive functions, including operating commercial motor vehicles, for any DOT-regulated employer until the driver has completed the return-to-duty (RTD)...

Parts & Service Specials – July 2023

Parts & Service Specials – July 2023

Cumberland International Parts and Service Specials for July 2023 Call your local branch to take advantage of this month's specials or visit your RepairLink Shop. Ask for Parts or Service department to learn more.NASHVILLE, TNJACKSONVILLE,...

30 Tips for Driving Safely in Extreme Summer Weather

30 Tips for Driving Safely in Extreme Summer Weather

Tips for Extreme Weather like Tornados, Hurricanes, Flooding, Severe Thunderstorms and Lightning Use a rain repellent on your windshield, side windows, and mirrors to clear standing raindrops. Build a car emergency kit. At the very least, have a...

10 Ways to Protect Yourself (and Your Employees) from the Heat

10 Ways to Protect Yourself (and Your Employees) from the Heat

Protecting Your Employees from the Heat These conditions are created when our body cannot regulate our heat production at a safe level. First, we need to make all your employees aware of the signs and symptoms of these conditions: Fatigue,...

Summer Forecast 2023 – Extreme Heat & Humidity

Summer Forecast 2023 – Extreme Heat & Humidity

Heat and your Truck For drivers to operate a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) safely, they also need to understand how heat affects the operation of the CMV. Two areas that drivers must pay attention to during their inspections are the engine coolant...

Make Sure Your MCS 150 Up to Date

Make Sure Your MCS 150 Up to Date

The FMCSA requires all interstate carriers to file a MCS-150 or MCS-150B, if a Safety permit is required, every 24 months based on the last two digits of the US DOT number.  The last digit of the number dictates the month and the second to last...

5 Risks of Driving While Using a Mobile Phone

5 Risks of Driving While Using a Mobile Phone

There are several types of driver distraction: Visual – takes your eyes off the road. This can include looking for something in the vehicle, electronic devices or reading advertising along the road. Manual – takes your hands off the wheel. Smoking,...

Parts & Service Specials – June 2023

Parts & Service Specials – June 2023

Cumberland International Parts and Service Specials for June 2023 Call your local branch to take advantage of this month's specials or visit your RepairLink Shop. Ask for Parts or Service department to learn more.NASHVILLE, TNJACKSONVILLE,...

Schools are Letting Out! Proceed with Caution!

Schools are Letting Out! Proceed with Caution!

With Summer almost here, many of us are looking forward to spending more time outdoors. Many schools will be letting out in the next couple of weeks.   There will be many children going to and from, and participating in, outdoor activities...

Tips! Preventing a Single Vehicle Accident

Tips! Preventing a Single Vehicle Accident

A single-vehicle accident is any driving mishap where only one vehicle is involved. This can include veering off the road and hitting a tree, a rollover crash, or damage caused by animals or debris on the road. Bad weather, poor visibility, and...

Operation Safe Driver Week 2023

Operation Safe Driver Week 2023

Shifting the focus slightly from vehicles to drivers, this year’s Operation Safe Driver Week will be held from July 9th through the 15th. During this week, law enforcement will be in heightened alert for any commercial or passenger vehicles driving...

New Out-of-Service Criteria from CVSA

New Out-of-Service Criteria from CVSA

Annually, the CVSA’s changes to the existing Out-of-Service Criteria (OOSC) are approved in October and take effect the following April 1st; this year is no exception. Here are the changes for 2023: False Logs – Clarification is given as to whether...