There’s no denying it now: Winter is definitely upon us with the first snow coming as early as October in some regions. Here are 7 winter trucking safety tips for staying prepared while on the road -- especially when visibility and road quality is compromised by snowy conditions:

No matter how healthy you may be, pretty much every driver has struggled with fatigue at the wheel. Feeling tired, eyes becoming gritty and heavy...but, you still have a 200 mile leg left in your route. Perhaps, you wanted to pull over and rest 50 miles ago, but you just couldn’t do it for fear of delivering your load late or being reprimanded for a “service failure.” We hear you -- truck driver fatigue is a very real problem.