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Personal conveyance: How and when to use it Ryan Witkowski With strict regulations for hours-of-service, the use of personal conveyance can be an important tool for truckers. However, it can be a confusing area for some. Personal conveyance is used to account for the movement of... Continue Reading

Motor Carriers can often find themselves in a frustrating scenario trying to defend why they do not have a current “SATISFACTORY” safety rating. It is understandable to question a motor carrier’s safety rating when they are currently “CONDITIONAL” or even “UNSATISFACTORY.”... Continue Reading

A good article by Deborah Lockridge here. Continue Reading

Daren Hansen Commercial vehicle inspections are critical to highway safety. Yet safety managers, mechanics, and drivers frequently have questions about the paperwork they need to fill out and retain. We’ll look at some of their commonly asked questions about vehicle... Continue Reading

Dennis J. Junk Interested in cameras and telematics for your fleet but not sure where to begin? Well, here we’re going to walk you through the whole process, at a high level, of planning and implementation. This should give you an idea what you’ll be getting into,... Continue Reading

Todd Dills The owner-operator of yesteryear struggled to prosper amid a complex web of Teamster pressures and over-regulation. Shutdowns and other conflicts lined the highway that led to today’s climate in which the self-employed contractor is integral to the industry and able to... Continue Reading

Marc Green Viewers often fail to see objects, such as pedestrians and other vehicles. Such failures-to-see have great importance in safety as well as in many other domains such marketing, medicine, and sports, and elsewhere. I have discussed seeing in general and why... Continue Reading

Doug Marcello A major failing in trucking “defense” is that is seen as synonymous with “defensive”. Too often trucking companies and their insurers hunker down after the accident, waiting for the bill board attorney to make their move. Worse yet, even after receiving the... Continue Reading

Jim Stinson Dive Brief: Labor costs for repair and maintenance increased 2.6% between Q1 and Q2, according to Decisiv’s and the American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council’s North American Service Event Benchmark Report. Overall, cost of... Continue Reading

Fleets using in-cab cameras said they pay for themselves within months, as video exonerates drivers in crashes and drops insurance premiums. Jim Stinson When Keith Wilson proposed having an in-cab camera system for the trucks at Sharp Transport, the idea did not go over well with... Continue Reading