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Trucking in 2025 included numerous mergers, acquisitions, closings
David Hollis It was a transformative year in many ways for the trucking industry in this country, as many carriers of all sizes struggled with depressed rates, and a reduced amount of freight. There were numerous mergers and acquisitions, and no small number of fleets...
How to Combat Employees Who Use GPS Jammers
Malcolm Rosenfeld Thousands of businesses across the United States have a GPS problem. Employees have learned how to mess with GPS. GPS spoofing and GPS jamming devices have become inexpensive and easy to use. For as little as $10, delivery drivers and long-haul...
Master the Art of GPS Spoofing: Tricks to Fake Your Phone’s Location
Uncover apps and techniques to change locations on iPhone and Android for fun and practical uses Tim Fisher What to Know You can change your Android phone's GPS location using a free app from the Google Play Store. To spoof your iPhone location, use a desktop program...
Telematics hacking: Three things you need to know
Jamming and spoofing may be your greatest threats Sean Kilcarr If you haven’t heard the terms “jamming” and “spoofing” in relation to trucking telematics before, you are not alone, for both are highly rare forms of telematics hacking in the U.S. Yet Guy...
How to Deal with GPS Jamming and Spoofing
CRFS From ship navigation to financial transactions, we’re increasingly reliant on GPS (or other GNSS systems, such as Galileo, GLONASS or BDS BeiDou). Jamming and spoofing can therefore cause significant disruption and represent a public safety threat. Fortunately,...
FMCSA Targets Falsified ELD Records in New Approach
Crash Spurs Investigation of Tactics Designed to Circumvent HOS Rules Eric Miller Faced with evolving tactics to bypass hours-of-service rules, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is taking steps to combat electronic logging device fraud. The agency is...
FMCSA told to strengthen ELD requirements
NTSB report finds fake driver logs contributed to Triton Logistics crash that killed 3 John Gallagher WASHNGTON — Safety investigators have warned the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to tighten electronic logging device (ELD) requirements to prevent...
An ELD Company Is Manipulating Truck Driver Logs, and Someone Is Going to Get Hurt
Stephen G. Lowry An electronic logging device, or ELD, is installed in a commercial truck to record how long a driver has been on the road. Not every truck has them – any truck manufactured before 2000 won’t have the system in place; neither will certain types of...
Fake Team Driving Scam: ALL ELD Systems Affected
Truckers Report Mainly Chicagoland does this, so what they do is they buy an ELD service platform from overseas although the ELD platform believes they are in America because they furnish a credible USDOT/MC, vehicle count, and fake business fronts. So even though...
FMCSA Targets Falsified ELD Records in New Approach
Crash Spurs Investigation of Tactics Designed to Circumvent HOS Rules Eric Miller Faced with evolving tactics to bypass hours-of-service rules, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is taking steps to combat electronic logging device fraud. The agency is...