by Christina McConnell | Nov 26, 2017 | DOT, Industry News, Regulatory Compliance
News of the ELD Mandate, which becomes active across the country on December 18, is abuzz. Earlier this month, officials from the FMCSA announced at the Southern Regional Road Show that any ELD violations found at road stops before April 1 would not count against a...
by Christina McConnell | Nov 19, 2017 | Industry News, Regulatory Compliance
If you are in the trucking business, you most likely have heard of the delay in carrier registrations caused by the FMCSA’s failure to set up a new fee schedule for the 2018 Fiscal Year. Questions such as how to obtain permits and register are likely on your mind....
by Christina McConnell | Nov 12, 2017 | Travel, DOT
Results from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s 2017 Brake Safety Day were released last Tuesday. Of the 7,968 inspections conducted between the United States and Canada, 14 percent of them resulted in out-of-service statuses due to brake-related violations....
by Christina McConnell | Nov 5, 2017 | Travel, DOT
According to data collected by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, drowsiness was the culprit behind at least 100,000 crashes and 1,550 deaths in the U.S. every year. The Truck Crash Causation Study (2007) led by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety...
by Christina McConnell | Oct 31, 2017 | Health and Safety Training, Risk Management, Safety Compliance
Last year the DOT lowered the percent of drivers in the consortium that must be tested for controlled substances from 50% to 25%. Testing for alcohol was left at 10%. This was based on findings that the positive drug tests were down over the last few years. This is...
