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FMCSA Pocket Guide to Large Truck & Bus Statistics
FMCSA Pocket Guide to Large Truck and Bus Statistics - 2014
Forming a Motor Carrier Safety Class in Pennsylvania
We are looking to form a Motor Carrier Safety class at PMTA HQ in Harrisburg PA later this year. We need at least 25 students, but will accept no more than 35 students. Cost will be $725. The class will start Monday morning and end Friday noon. We will be using the...
Background Checks that are EEOC Compliant
Hiring drivers and other employees is perhaps the most critical function of any fleet. You need to know that the rules have changed. Individual assessment is the bottom line of the EEOC’s recently released “enforcement guidance”: Blanket policies that automatically...
Fleet panel: Experience with e-logs overwhelmingly positive By Jack Roberts
Fleet executives speaking at the CCJ Summer Symposium in La Jolla, Ca., today said their experiences implementing electronic logging devices have been overwhelmingly positive for their businesses, customers and drivers. The panel was moderated by CCJ‘s Technology...
Bill with HOS Provisions Pulled from Senate Floor: Commercial Carrier Journal – June 20 By James Jaillet
The Senate bill that would have suspended two of the 34-hour restart provisions included in the 2013-implemented federal hours-of-service rule was pulled from the Senate floor June 19 after disagreements over procedural rules prevented the bill from moving forward for...
TIMTC, USDOT To Sponsor A Webinar Showcasing Trucking Industry Technology
Trucking industry stakeholders are invited to participate in a free webinar to hear trucking industry experts discuss their real-world experiences with several different types of cutting-edge truck technologies. Representatives from Con-way Freight, Boyle...
LoadTrek Client Version 3.5 Overview
Join us for a Webinar on June 23. Review changes and new functionality included in the latest version of LoadTrek. Title: Review of LoadTrek Client Version 3.5 Date: Monday, June 23, 2014 Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT Contact us to register
Don’t Allow the Media to Eat You Alive
Every Safety Director that I know lives in dread of a school bus accident. The thought of one of their trucks getting tangled up with a school bus is a nightmare, regardless of which driver is “at fault.” Every employee of your company, from the CEO to each of your...
ATA Pushes HOS Restart Amendment Through Appropriations Committee
By a 21-9 vote, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved an amendment introduced by Senator Susan Collins of Maine at the behest of ATA as well as the federation and HOS coalition partners that would suspend two provisions that limit the use of the 34-hour...
7 Steps to Establishing Yourself as an Industry Leader
By Craig Ballantyne In the summer of 2000 I was finishing up my master's thesis in Exercise Physiology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario (Canada's 'steeltown'). At the time, I lived with two buddies, and the only computer with Internet access in our house...