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9 clever ways thieves steal your identity
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Report: Fleet Operating Costs hit Nearly $72 an Hour in 2018
HDT Staff Operating costs were up across the board last year, costing fleets an average of $71.78 per hour to run freight, according to the American Transportation Research Institute’s latest Operational Costs of Trucking report. The 2019 update to ATRI’s report...
CVSA Reminds Motor Carriers of the Dec. 17, 2019, ELD Compliance Deadline
Greenbelt, Maryland (Dec. 2, 2019) – Starting Dec. 17, 2019, all motor carriers and drivers subject to the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) electronic logging devices (ELD) final rule must use an ELD. This...
Cost-savings from new technologies and other programs have proven elusive.
Below find an article by the United States Postal Service Office of the Inspector General. Technology does not solve problems. People solve problems using the right technology in the right manner. Case in point: Dynamic Route Optimization (DRO), a technology-based...
What American Carriers Need to Know About Canada’s ELD Rule
Canada has recently released the Technical Standard for ELDs, and American carriers operating in that country will have to comply with its rules. The rule was adopted as law on June 12, but there will be a 24-month implementation period after which it will be fully...
CVSA’s New 2019 North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria is Now in Effect
Starting today, April 1, 2019, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) 2019 North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria is now in effect. The 2019 out-of-service criteria replaces and supersedes all previous versions. The North American Standard...
Western States Trucking Association’s FAAAA Preemption Argument Dismissed by California District Court
On March 29, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California held that the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act (“FAAAA”) does not preempt the application of the Dynamex ABC Test to a motor carrier for purposes of determining...
Commercial Driver Qualifications
Maintaining driver files comes with a host of nuances that make it challenging for fleets to stay compliant. To this point, our subject matter experts have received countless requests for clarification on the topic. Here are answers to some of the more commonly asked...
Do ELDs Improve Safety?
The research says that the ELD mandate does not currently improve safety - this is according to Alex Scott of Northeastern University, Andre Balthop of the University of Arkansas, and Jason Miller of Michigan State University. Alex Scott led a team that evaluated...
Register for the Hours of Service Question and Answer Session
Attend a live Hours of Service (HOS) Question and Answer session with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) subject matter expert Tom Yager, Chief of the Driver and Carrier Operations Division, and Peter Chandler, Lead Transportation Specialist in the...