Con-way Spends $100 Million on High-Tech Trucks

Con-way Spends $100 Million on High-Tech Trucks

LTL carrier buys 1,300 Class 8 trucks with advanced safety systems

Anticipating new federal truck safety rules, Con-way Freight purchased 1,300 2010- model-year heavy trucks equipped with anti-crash safety technologies. The company spent more than $100 million to purchase tractors equipped with technology to warn drivers of danger and even take control of the vehicle.

That significant investment in replacement trucks represents almost 20 percent of Con-way Freight's capacity, said Vice President of Safety Robert Petrancosta. Its part of the less-than-truckload carrier's plan to prepare for the Department of Transportation's Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 regulations. "Con-way Freight is proactively pursuing a high-tech approach to safety," Petrancosta said, testing the technologies for more than a year before its purchase.

The carrier took part in a pilot project run by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.

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