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,…
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…
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. …
Disrupting DOT Drug and Alcohol Testing
Too many trucking companies are at risk of being shut down due to their DOT drug and alcohol testing programs (or lack of having one)! The evidence is clear when we are still seeing around 45% of all acute compliance violations being related to drug and alcohol regulations. While other management programs currently exist and…
Fleet Safety Program Essentials
An effective fleet safety program is a critical part of any organization’s risk management planning. This is especially important because transportation related incidents account for over 40% of all fatal workplace injuries. Though there are tons of free resources out there, I haven’t found many that hold a match to one that I recently read. Though…
Truck Parking Search Costs Drivers $5k Year
Truck parking and Hours of Service issues took 3 of the top 4 spots in the 2016 annual list of industry concerns. A recently released study of the issues at hand adds a bit more clarity to the situation. Due to industry regulations, truck drivers only have about 12.5 hours of available time to drive…
FMCSA Maintains 25% Drug Testing Rate
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration just announced that it will maintain its current 25 percent random drug testing rate of truck operators in 2017. In 2016, the FMCSA lowered the minimum required drug testing rate from 50 percent to 25 percent. This continued lower rate stems from three consecutive calendar years (2012- 2014) of…
FMCSA, Some States Sharpen Audit Teeth
From Todd Dills via Over Drive Magazine: In 2013, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration offered a dark valentine to motorcoach/bus companies with announcement of its “Operation Quick Strike” enforcement sweep of such companies, during which it deployed investigative teams to target companies deemed “high-risk” by FMCSA terms. Those terms at the time defined a…
Breaking News! ELD Mandate Stands!
The 3 member panel of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals just blew the last death knell to the OOIDA’s attempts to block the onslaught of the ELD showing up to a truck near you soon. In their decision, the judges shut out each of the OOIDA’s arguments against the legality of the electronic logging…
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