News & Reports
AT&T outage leads to ELD, tech concerns for truckers
Mark Schremmer A large-scale AT&T outage on Thursday, Feb. 22 raised questions about how truck drivers can remain compliant if their electronic logging device stops working. The short answer is that truckers may have to turn to paper logs to track hours of...
Deadline nears for filings as Werner seeks review of nuclear verdict
Arguments at Texas Supreme Court recap liability and blame apportionment in fatal 2014 accident John Kingston Deadlines are looming for all briefs to be filed with the Texas Supreme Court as it decides whether to review the enormous verdict against Werner Enterprises...
Update on Relevant U.S. Regulations
FMCSA Requests Comments on Application for Certificate of Registration for Foreign Motor Carriers and Foreign Motor Private Carriers ICR On Feb. 16, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) requested comments on the Application for Certificate of...
Accident Response Tips
By Alyssa Adams The moment an accident occurs is not the time to put your company’s accident response plan into place. Having an accident response plan in place, including training your dispatchers on the policy, will allow you to act as soon as an accident occurs. ...
Federal law designed to make trucking safer may have aggravated worst issues
US government can’t confirm whether ELD mandate has improved safety on the road, but studies suggest otherwise Rachel Premack On a Tuesday evening in March, Lisa and Lee Schmitt left their home to move a 42,000-pound load of pre-cracked, pre-whipped eggs. As truck...
Final Rule for Determining Independent Contractor Status under the FLSA
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) finalized its regulation for determining employee or independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the federal statute governing minimum wage and overtime pay. The final rule repeals and replaces a prior...
Electronic Logging Devices Can Be Fooled
Michael Phelan Trucking industry insiders are charging that some ELD vendors are manipulating weaknesses in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s technical requirements to allow trucking companies and drivers to use “ghost co-drivers” to avoid...
How do drivers falsify ELD logs?
Log falsification remains the number one hours-of-service-related violation. Many people mistakenly believed that falsification would be a thing of the past once electronic logging devices (ELDs) were in widespread use. However, while ELDs made falsification harder...
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....
Pennsylvania Lawyer Employs Creative Strategy in Crash Case
Eric Miller The crash occurred on a chilly morning in Bensalem Township, Pa., between a tractor-trailer and a passenger vehicle traveling at what witnesses described as a “relatively fast speed.” The truck driver wasn’t injured, but the driver of the passenger car was...