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ELD Lessons Learned So Far, Part 2: Vendors Continue Reading

ELD Lessons Learned So Far, Part 1: Roadside   Continue Reading

Understanding Your ECM By Bruce C. Mallinson It’s been 19 years since the first computer-controlled electronic diesel engine for semi trucks has been released. These days, just about everything on the engine is monitored and controlled by the engine computer, also commonly... Continue Reading

Overview From the time the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued its final rule on electronic logging devices in late 2015, much of the trucking industry has been mindful about ELDs. On Dec. 18, 2017, the nationwide ELD mandate took effect–a move... Continue Reading

There are no “ELD” Out of Service items. Rather, they’re footnotes related to current OOS conditions having to do with the hours of service, namely having no log book, having no previous seven days of logs and presenting a false log. All require putting the driver OOS... Continue Reading

There are more than 15 million commercial trucks transporting over 70% of all U.S. goods every year. This high number of commercial trucks on the road experience a lot of unfortunate accidents. Despite FMCSA’s best efforts in implementing rules and regulations to avoid such... Continue Reading

Level I – North American Standard Inspection An inspection that includes examination of driver’s license; Medical Examiner’s Certificate and Skill Performance Evaluation (SPE) Certificate (if applicable); alcohol and drugs; driver’s record of duty status, as required; hours of... Continue Reading

Here is a sample Roadside Inspection Report; in each block of the report are numbers and following pages provide an explanation of each block. Continue Reading

In the event of an erroneous violation on a roadside inspection report, the DataQs system provides an electronic means of filing a request to the FMCSA or state agency to review the violation(s) in question. You and the FMCSA have a vested interest in accurate federal and state... Continue Reading

From Rocky Roemer and the May 2018 Roemer Report With the President’s deregulation and tax agenda rising the tide, several of the U.S. economy’s bigger boats have been getting a pretty big lift including trucking. As of the end of April it looks like the nation’s economy is... Continue Reading