News & Reports
Personal Conveyance: Guidance from FMCSA
On December 19, 2017, FMCSA proposed revisions to the regulatory guidance concerning driving a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) for personal use while off-duty, referred to as “personal conveyance.” Over 380 comments were received in response to the draft guidance. This...
7 ELD Tips for Roadcheck Inspection Blitz
June 1, 2018 • by Deborah Lockridge The top driver-related violation from last year’s Roadcheck, the annual commercial vehicle inspection blitz, was for hours of service (32.3%), so the focus for this year’s event (June 5-7) is hours-of-service compliance. And of...
Operation Roadcheck: Have your AOBRDs and ELDs Ready
Ready for Opeartion Roadcheck 2018? Here are the inspectors' guides to checking AOBRDs and ELDs at the roadside. CVSA Inspection Bulletin: ELDs CVSA inspection Bulletin: AOBRDs
Successful DataQs
In the event of an erroneous violation on a roadside inspection report, the DataQs system provides an electronic means of filing a request to the FMCSA or state agency to review the violation(s) in question. You and the FMCSA have a vested interest in accurate federal...
Trucking’s Rising Tides and the Bumpy Road to Growth Town
From Rocky Roemer and the May 2018 Roemer Report With the President's deregulation and tax agenda rising the tide, several of the U.S. economy’s bigger boats have been getting a pretty big lift including trucking. As of the end of April it looks like the nation’s...
FMCSA’s latest truck-involved crash data reveals insignificance of fatigue and side impacts
By Tyson Fisher, Thursday, May 10, 2018 The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recently published its Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts for 2016, highlighting some key factors behind truck-involved crashes. The report, which pulls crash data from reports...
Get Dinged Wrongly for an ELD Violation? Here’s How to Challenge It
Full enforcement of the electronic logging device mandate that went into effect April 1 means you may need to challenge incorrect citations and inspection reports. Here are tips for filing successful Data Q challenges. Source: Get Dinged Wrongly for an ELD Violation?...
Here we were – in 1978
Ever wonder how the Rockwell Tripmaster and this industry was started? Check out the National Academy of Sciences summary here. An academic paper was presented at the SAE Toronto meeting in 1978. The US Department of Energy and Department of Transportation...
One Thing You Need to Do if You’re Using Grandfathered AOBRDs
If you’re using automatic onboard recording devices to track driver hours of service under the grandfather clause of the electronic logging device mandate, there’s something very important you need to do by mid-June, says a former commercial vehicle enforcement...
Are you ready for the ELD compliance deadline?
Until now, officials have taken a “softer” approach to enforcing the regulation as carriers adjusted to the new ELD technology. In many cases, only warnings have been issued for noncompliance. When enforcement action was taken, it couldn’t include out-of-service...