CVSA Brake Safety Week
CVSA Brake Safety Week will take place on September 15–21, 2019. In an effort to emphasize the seriousness of faulty brake systems, CVSA-certified enforcement personnel wi ll conduct roadside inspections to identify – and place Out-of-Service – commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) with critical brake violations. Vehicles with critical brake violations, or other critical vehicle inspection item violations,…
Personal Conveyance Use
We’re often asked by our clients about when it’s okay and when it’s not okay to use “Personal Conveyance”, or “PC” mode. So, we decided to create this primer to help clear up many of the common misconceptions out there. What is Personal Conveyance? Personal conveyance is simply the movement of a commercial motor vehicle…
New FMCSA Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse
The new FMCSA Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse will impact every trucking company and driver in the US. Are you ready for these new regulations? Beginning January 6, 2020 all US motor carriers will have to change the way that they qualify and monitor drivers for the use of drugs and alcohol. What is the FMCSA…
New FMCSA HOS Regulations Proposed
The FMCSA has finally released the long anticipated proposed changes to the Hours of Service regulations! At first glance, these proposed regulatory changes appear to be wonderful and should provide much needed relief to truckers who are still struggling to manage in a world of ELD (Electronic Logging Devices). These changes will be published tomorrow…
FMCSA Crash Preventability Program
Crash preventability has long weighed heavy on the arguments against the effectiveness of the FMCSA’s CSA 2010 enforcement program. Currently the FMCSA takes every crash that a trucking company is involved in into consideration when determining how safely a motor carrier is operating. Many believe that this is unfair, especially when this includes crashes that…
Cargo Theft to Spike 30-40%
Expect cargo theft to spike between 30-40% over this holiday weekend. Want to help protect yourself? Check out our tips below: The best things to do focus around protecting the cargo while it is at rest. This is especially true when it is in a trailer at a truck stop or in an unsecured lot…
CVSA Road Check 2017 Starts Today!!
Road check 2017 begins today and ends on Thursday, June 8. The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) 30th annual International Road Check is a 3 day safety blitz that has large truck and bus inspectors from coast to coast out reviewing carriers across the continent. During this 72-hour period, CVSA-certified commercial motor vehicle inspectors…
FMCSA Compliance Reviews Spike 27%!
Compliance reviews conducted by the FMCSA and their state DOT partners have spiked 27% through the first 4 months of 2017, according to our research! After reviewing the FMCSA A&I online thoroughly (because I’m a huge geek), we’ve found that our suspicions were true. I have felt, through business growth and from others in the…
Breaking News: FMCSA Kills SFD Changes!
The FMCSA just announced that it is withdrawing its controversial safety fitness determination (SFD) rulemaking issued in January 2016 and will also cancel plans to issue a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM) announced back in January to help support the SFD effort. Per the FMCSA: “The new methodology would have determined when a motor carrier is not fit to…
Breaking News: CVSA RoadCheck 2017
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) 30th annual International Roadcheck will take place on June 6-8. Over the 72-hour period, CVSA-certified commercial motor vehicle inspectors in the US, Mexico and Canada will conduct about 73,000 truck or bus inspections. On average, around 17 inspections per minute will be completed during the safety blitz. …
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