News & Reports
FMCSA Listening Session Tomorrow in Dallas
Join us at the 8/24/2018 from 3 - 5 PM CDT for a listening session with the FMCSA. Topic is Hours of Service (HOS). It will be held during the Great America Truck Show at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center; 650 S Griffin Street, Dallas TX 75202. More...
FMCSA Seeks Comments on Changes to Hours of Service Regulations
https://loadtrek.net/2018/08/22/fmcsa-seeks-comments-on-changes-to-hours-of-service-regulations/
Do Red Light Cameras Reduce or Increase Intersection Accidents?
Case Western Reserve University Red Light Camera Study
What Driver Should Do After an Accident
What Drivers Should Do After an Accident
Predicting Truck Crashes
ATRI's 2018 Report examining the leading indicators of truck crashes can be found here.
Truck SAE Codes Explained
Good article by Tyler at Diesel Laptops here...
Understanding the Off Duty “Personal Conveyance” Provision for CMV Drivers
The recently published FMCSA guidance on personal conveyance provides additional flexibility for fleets that choose to allow their drivers to utilize off-duty driving or personal conveyance. The flexibility comes from the removal of the “unladen” term, which...
Understanding Your ECM
Understanding Your ECM By Bruce C. Mallinson It’s been 19 years since the first computer-controlled electronic diesel engine for semi trucks has been released. These days, just about everything on the engine is monitored and controlled by the engine computer, also...
Mexico Introduces Hours of Service for Commercial Vehicles
Read about it here on the LoadTrek blog.....
Guide to the ELD Mandate
Overview From the time the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued its final rule on electronic logging devices in late 2015, much of the trucking industry has been mindful about ELDs. On Dec. 18, 2017, the nationwide ELD mandate took effect--a move...