Exploring Safer Roads

AMTA's Kelsey Hipkin and Dave Elniski chat with Brenda Suggett, Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals (CARSP), for our first episode of 2025, or Season 2 of Steering Change, if you will.In our conversation, we focus on all aspects of road safety and ways Carriers and Drivers can apply research to their operations to improve their safety on the highways.If you would like to learn more about CARSP, please contact Brenda at [email protected], or visit their website to access the newsletter, resources, and webinars: https://carsp.ca/en/.Below are links to the studies and research mentioned in this episode:Truck Driver TrainingDistracted Driving & Workplace Safety Policies: A Business Case for EmployersAre Truck Driver Training requirements meeting the Safety Needs of the Transportation Industry?Improving truck driver and vulnerable road user interactions through driver training: A subject matter expert interview studyTruck Driver Health and WellnessOccupational health and safety risks in Canadian long-haul truck driversPrevalence and Risk Factors for Depression among Long-Haul Truck Drivers in Western CanadaEvaluation of Best Practice Programs to Improve the Health and Wellness of Truck Drivers in BCMusculoskeletal disorders among Canadian truck drivers: Results from an intercept studyLong haul Truck Driver CarriersOccupational health and safety risks in Canadian long-haul truck driversMusculoskeletal disorders among Canadian truck drivers: Results from an intercept studyPrevalence and Risk Factors for Depression among Long-Haul Truck Drivers in Western CanadaBus Carriers