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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. Continue Reading

Maintaining driver files comes with a host of nuances that make it challenging for fleets to stay compliant. To this point, our subject matter experts have received countless requests for clarification on the topic. Here are answers to some of the more commonly asked questions... Continue Reading

The Role of Safety Culture in Preventing CMV Crashes Continue Reading

There are more than 15 million commercial trucks transporting over 70% of all U.S. goods every year. This high number of commercial trucks on the road experience a lot of unfortunate accidents. Despite FMCSA’s best efforts in implementing rules and regulations to avoid such... Continue Reading

If you operate a trucking fleet in the state of Texas, here is a free guide to safety and compliance in our state.   Continue Reading

“Cargo theft hasn’t necessarily gotten worse lately, but there is more sophistication on the criminal side than 20 years ago when it was strictly a crime of opportunity,” says Eric Fuller, CEO of U.S. Xpress. But there is much motor carriers can do to help protect customers’... Continue Reading

The 2005 Large Truck Crash Causation Study (LTCCS)i was the first-ever national study to attempt to determine the critical reasons and associated factors that contribute to serious large truck crashes. The LTCCS defines “critical reason” as the reason for the event that... Continue Reading

The government has closed its investigation into a fatal crash between a Tesla on AutoPilot and a tractor-trailer that raised questions about the safety of autonomous vehicles, and the report offers a number of insights into the advanced driver assist technologies on the path ... Continue Reading

Speeding has a direct and adverse effect on safety. Higher overspeed incident count and time overspeed are predictors of a higher accident rate. Can tools for Posted Speed Limit monitoring and speeding violation reporting contribute to improvements in safety? …   Read... Continue Reading

My father, Austin D. Farrell was a NATMI (North American Transportation Management Institute) instructor back when the organization was known by its former name: The National Committee for Fleet Supervisory Training (I think I got that right). Every autumn, my family would pack... Continue Reading