- Safety a driving concern for trucking indrustry....
- The trucking industry includes more than 442,000 companies as of March 1998, of which 69% are small businesses operating 6 or fewer trucks.
- Generated $346 billion in gross revenues in 1996- 82% of the nation’s freight bill.
- Hauled 6.5 billion tons of freight in 1996- 60% of all domestic freight volume.
- Serves every community in America - 77% of all communities are served exclusively by trucking and no other freight mode.
- Traveled more than 166 billion miles in 1996 (medium and heavy trucks), operated more than 4.06 million medium and heavy trucks in 1996; and purchased more than 41 billion gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel in 1995.
When it comes to taxes, as of April 1, 1998, commercial trucks pay 21.0 cents in federal fuel taxes for each gallon of diesel fuel;
20.6 cents in federal fuel taxes for each gallon of gasoline;
24.4 cents per gallon of diesel fuel in state fuel taxes;
18.4 cents per gallon of gasoline in state fuel taxes.
In 1996, commercial trucks paid $11.3 billion in federal highway-user taxes; $15.3 billion in state highway-user taxes-- a total of $26.6 billion in federal and state highway-user taxes. ---ATA Information CenterTrucking and the Environment...
The trucking industry is committed to environmental responsibility in all aspects of its operations, including the design, operation and maintenance of its vehicles and equipment and the use of its terminals and properties.
Heavy-duty truck fuel efficiency has improved by more than 30% since 1982, thanks to advances in truck design and engine performance, proper driving techniques and improved maintenance.
Trucks play a small role in overall air pollution. Based on 1994 data, heavy-duty trucks accounted for less than one-half of 1% of all emissions of particulate matter; less than 3% of emissions of volitile organic compounds; less than 7% of all carbon monoxide emissions; and less than 10% of all emissions of nitrogen oxides.
The trucking industry supported the switch to cleaner-burning diesel fuel in 1993 that has resulted in a 38% reduction in particulate emissions, 80% lower sulfur dioxide emissions, 3% lower hydrcarbon emissions, and 8% lower carbon monoxide emissions from trucks.
The trucking industry is the second largest user of retreaded tires and uses an estimated one million such tires per year, thereby saving valuable petroleum and energy resources used in producing new tires.Facts about American truckers:
In 1996, the trucking industry employed 9.5 million people throughout the country in jobs that relate to trucking activity, including company personel,loading dock workers,truck stop personel,etc.and 3.02 million commercial truck drivers.
These drivers are the backbone of the trucking indrustry.
Safety is the No.1 priority of the trucking industry. If you are talking about truck safety, here are a few facts you should know: Safety
Driver Fatigue
Trucking’s role in national economy...
From 1987 to 1997, the fatal
accident rate for large trucks fell by
33%, while trucking mileage
increased by more than 43%.
Trucks were involved in just 13
% of the more than 41,006
fatalities on the nation's highways
1997.
Police reports indicate that 68
% of fatal accidents between
cars and trucks begin with the car
driver
Just 4% of all fatal truck accidents are fatigue-related, according to the National Highway Safety Administration.The trucking industry is doing a lot to address fatigue in conjunction with the federal governmment and academic researchers, including improving driver and carrier education, and experimenting with various countermeasures, such as fitness-for-duty devices, vehicle motion monitors and adjusting driving schedules.