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Why Perception-Response Time (PRT) Is Not Like Gravity
Why Perception-Response Time (PRT) Is Not Like Gravity Marc Green In many highway crashes the discussion will most likely lead to, why did not the driver see and react according. For those of us who have read crash reports, the investigator often will use the PRT of...
SCOPELITIS COVID-19 TASK FORCE: LATEST NEWS AND UPDATES
Scopelitis has assembled a COVID-19 task force that is analyzing late-breaking international, national, and state developments on this issue as they impact the transportation industry. Find it here.
Important Information Regarding Regulatory Relief for Commercial Trucks
Hours-of-Service Regulatory ReliefThe U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued a national emergency declaration to provide hours-of-service regulatory relief to commercial vehicle drivers transporting emergency...
History Of Trucking And Transportation
By Spencer Jensen Introduction To The History Of Trucking And Transportation The history of trucking and transportation has followed an interesting trajectory. A good portion of the transportation that is still used today was invented in the twentieth century, a time...
9 Items Struggling Owner-Operators Usually Don’t Have
by Bruce Mallinson Learning how to take care of certain maintenance items without the help of a shop is paramount to an owner-operator’s success. After working with owner-operators for the last 37 years, I’ve concluded there are at least nine items that struggling...
Trucking Law: What works as ‘personal conveyance’?
From Overdrive Magazine; I frequently am asked when it is permissible to record time spent driving a commercial vehicle as “personal conveyance” on a record-of-duty status. Although a log line designated as PC is a relatively new phenomenon, the permissible recording...
What Are the DOT Driver Training Requirements?
The FMCSA requires the following DOT driver training: Entry-Level driver training (Part 380), Longer Combination vehicle training (Part 380), Hazardous Materials training (Parts 172 and 177), and Reasonable Suspicion Training for Supervisors (Part 382). However,...
How to Secure Your Wi-Fi Router and Protect Your Network
The biggest threat to your small business or home network is those internet-connected devices without screens. You don't see them and you don't think about them. Wired magazine has an excellent article, check it out here.
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...