News & Reports
Chevron deference is gone. What does that mean for trucking?
A world without Chevron deference empowers courts to ignore agencies’ interpretations of their own statutory authority, bringing new vulnerability to emissions regulations, FMCSA rulemaking, and more. Jeremy Wolfe The Supreme Court in June overruled Chevron...
ATRI: VALUE OF RISK AND SAFETY PER ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSE
Doug Marcello WHY IT MATTERS: The value of safety and risk is not theoretical. ATRI’s Annual Operational Cost of Trucking Study quantifies its value and importance to the bottom line. And with anticipated premium increases, it is now more vital than ever to reduce...
Alert: FMCSA registrants targeted in phishing attack Carriers registered with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration are receiving fake emails urging them to complete a form with sensitive information
BT Staff Users registered with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration are the target of a new phishing campaign that urges them to complete a form attached to the fake email, according to an alert from the agency. The forms ask for a social security number...
4 Core Metrics Safety Directors Should Be Looking At Each Week
Scott Rea You know the old saying: “You can’t manage what you don’t measure?” As a Safety Director tasked with overseeing recruiting, compliance, and safety efforts in your company, you must use metrics to avoid wasting time and money, keep auditors and plaintiff’s...
Future of federal regulations in wake of Supreme Court’s decisions
Tyson Fisher While most people are talking about the U.S. Supreme Court’s presidential immunity decision, the high court’s latest term included two decisions that have stripped a significant amount of power from federal agencies, dramatically reshaping the regulatory...
How Will AI Impact the Trucking Industry?
Michael McCareins Artificial intelligence is becoming an increasingly popular global topic. From February 2022 to February 2024, Google searches for “AI” rose by a staggering 1000%, highlighting a common interest in just how impactful AI can become and what the...
Trucking Attorneys Need to Get Aggressive, Expert Says
Plaintiff Lawyers Put Transportation Industry in Crosshairs of ‘Destructive Machine’ Eric Miller INDIANAPOLIS — Litigation psychologist Bill Kanasky has a few rather frank words of advice for truckers and their attorneys facing potential nuclear verdicts: Get in the...
Transportation a top 10 target of cyberattackers, cases nearly triple last year
Jason Cannon A recent study conducted by data collection experts SOAX, utilizing data from the Identity Theft Resource Center on the number of data violation cases from 2020 to 2023 by industry, revealed the United States experienced a total of 3,205 data...
ATRI: Value of Risk and Safety Per Annual Operating Expense
Doug Marcello Why It Matters The value of safety and risk is not theoretical. ATRI’s Annual Operational Cost of Trucking Study quantifies its value and importance to the bottom line. And with anticipated premium increases, it is now more vital than ever to reduce risk...
How to mount an effective DataQs challenge
Todd Dills & Max Heine Clark Freight Lines, with 180 trucks, used to routinely file lots of DataQs RDRs (Requests for Data Review) but met with little success, said Vice President Danny Schnautz. He gave the example of a violation for an air leak that wasn’t in...