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The hidden connection between fleet safety and efficiency
Jim Perkins The harsh weather of winter months naturally brings fleet safety more into focus. At face value, fleet safety is keeping drivers out of harm’s way. Beneath the surface, safety is a key factor in boosting efficiency and decreasing total cost of ownership....
Institute a comprehensive safety plan to help ensure fleet safety — Part 5
Brad Klepper After taking a hiatus last month to explore the ramifications of the proposed rescheduling of marijuana, we’re back with the fifth — and final — installment of a series designed to help motor carriers create and implement an effective safety plan....
Institute a comprehensive safety plan to help ensure fleet safety — Part 4
Brad Klepper In Part 4 of this series, I am finally getting to the team no one thinks of when it comes to building a comprehensive safety plan: the safety team (insert tongue in cheek here — and yes, this is why they pay me the big bucks!) I am also going to address...
FMCSA declares regional emergency declaration in wake of Hurricane Helene
SJ Munoz The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration enacted a Hurricane Helene regional emergency declaration for eight states on Friday, Oct. 4. Additionally, state emergency declarations previously issued in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South...
Institute a comprehensive safety plan to help ensure fleet safety — Part 3
Brad Klepper In the third installation of this series, we’re going to talk about bad habits. Whether we want to admit it or not, most of us have picked up some bad driving habits between the age of 16 and whatever age we are now. (No, I’m not going to say how many...
Institute a comprehensive safety plan to help ensure fleet safety – Part 2
Brad Klepper I’m sure my riveting column about strategically interviewing candidates as part of your comprehensive safety plan is what’s drawn you back for the highly anticipated Part 2. (Thanks to both of you for contributing to my delusions of grandeur.) But...
Institute a comprehensive safety plan to help ensure fleet safety – Part 1
Brad Klepper We all know how much people love to hate lawyers. Even I can jump right on that bandwagon. When you pay a lawyer for his/her advice, you’re often actually paying someone to be a killjoy. He/she will listen as you describe what you hope to...
What is a Compliance, Safety, and Accountability (CSA) BASIC Score?
Kathy Close A CSA BASIC (Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Category) score is a percentile ranking used to compare a motor carrier against its peers to assist in identify high-risk carriers. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)...
ELD revision proposal expected in 2025
Mark Schremmer The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration plans to revisit its ELD rule in 2025. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Spring 2024 Unified Regulatory Agenda, FMCSA is targeting June 2025 for a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding...
2024 Commercial Vehicle Safety Symposium
Presentations from the 2024 Pennsylvania Commercial Vehicle Safety Symposium; August 2024 FMCSA Update NDASA Drug and Alcohol Testing Update Doug Marcello; Cost of Noncompliance Presentation Richard C. Kelly; Civil Liability