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Attorney gets jail time for role in staged crash scam targeting trucks
Land Line Media A personal injury attorney is the latest person to be sentenced in Operation Sideswipe – an elaborate scheme that staged crashes with tractor-trailers in search of a payday. Danny Patrick Keating Jr., 57, of New Orleans, was sentenced on Oct. 15 for...
Fuel Prices Emerge as the Trucking Industry’s Top Concern
Charlotte, NC – Today, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), the trucking industry’s not-for-profit research organization, released its 22nd annual Top Industry Issues report that identifies the trucking industry’s leading issues. This year’s list...
Know the Crash Before It Happens: A Practical Playbook for Carriers
Scopelitis Here’s a question worth 60 seconds of your time: if you had to name the handful of crash types most likely to hurt someone in your operation, could you? Most of us think crashes are random bolts of lightning. They’re not. When you dig into the national...
Driver safety evaluation shifts from isolated events to pattern recognition
CCJ Staff Harsh braking, mobile usage, distracted driving, speeding, rolling stops and following distance are all driver behaviors that can increase the risk of crashing a vehicle. If a driver in a vehicle equipped with a Samsara camera looks away from the road, the...
Motus has promise despite kinks
David Heller Key takeaways FMCSA’s Motus system aims to modernize carrier registration, strengthen identity verification, and reduce fraud. Login problems, account verification steps, and registration errors have complicated the transition for carriers....
LITIGATION FUNDING: ARE THE CRACKS FORMING?
Doug Marcello For a decade, litigation funders told courts they were passive investors who wrote checks and stayed out of the way. Three developments this year say otherwise — and one of them took effect last week. On October 6, Ohio began requiring litigation...
Ghost drivers: Falsified ELD records draw scrutiny
Law enforcement, regulators and policymakers are cracking down on ELD manipulation and noncompliant devices Fraudsters are constantly using newer technology to develop methods of evading regulations. (Krista Bussey/Transport Topics) "Ghost driver" schemes can obscure...
How a community of truckers built a CDL school to save their industry
Jason Cannon Last December, Shawn Gresham stood at a crossroads that tested everything he believed in. An investor had just offered him $100,000 to open the truck-driving school he had dreamed of for years. The catch: The school was to run as a CDL mill—a...
Pre-employment screening: What drivers and carriers need to know
Brad Klepper Hiring safe, qualified drivers is essential to every motor carrier’s success. A strong safety record protects more than the company’s reputation: It can support equipment uptime, reduce crash-related costs and legal exposure, help control insurance...
Moving disabled vehicles to a safe location is a lifesaving necessity, not an option.
Kevin Rohlwing Key takeaways Position disabled trucks to give technicians a safe workspace away from traffic whenever possible. TPMS can alert drivers to low tire pressure before a roadside emergency develops. Proper use of reflective warning devices helps...