K&B Turns Enforcement Experience Into Safety Tech Choices
HDT's profile of Lance Evans shows how K&B Transportation is using enforcement experience to guide driver screening, DataQ challenges, in-cab cameras, speed management, and safety technology rollouts.
Safety From Both Sides of the Road
Lance Evans, director of safety at K&B Transportation, is using a law-enforcement background to shape how the refrigerated carrier screens drivers, challenges data issues, and rolls out safety technology. Heavy Duty Trucking profiled Evans as one of its 2026 Truck Fleet Innovators.
Before joining K&B, Evans spent 22 years in Iowa law enforcement specializing in commercial vehicles. That experience now helps him read warning signs in driver histories, evaluate PSP and DVIR patterns, and advise the compliance team on DataQ challenges when federal or state data may be incomplete or incorrect.
Technology With a Specific Job
Evans' approach is practical: identify the safety problem first, then pick the tool. K&B uses the LifeSaver app to prevent drivers from using phones while a vehicle is moving, and it uses Esmart's GPS-based intelligent speed management to reduce speeding in risky conditions.
He told HDT the speed-management system has sharply reduced 6-to-10-mph-over events and helped avoid bridge strikes by detecting low-clearance bridges and reducing throttle when needed. K&B also uses Netradyne cameras, but the fleet does not use the driver-facing view because Evans said the carrier already addresses distracted driving another way.
Rollout Matters as Much as Hardware
The lesson for fleet operators is not to buy every new device. It is to connect each system to a measurable risk, explain the change to drivers and technicians, and make support part of vendor selection. Evans said fleets should talk to references, test products in the field, and know whether customer support will answer when the problem happens after hours.
