It doesn’t matter if you are an experienced driver that has recently changed into the refrigerated produce transportation, or you are a rookie driver that is starting in this field. Even if you are […]
What Happens with The Produce if a Refrigerated Truck is Placed Out of Service by the CVSA?
Time is up. The extension to the ELD mandate that was supposed to go into effect in December 2017 officially went into effect on April 1, 2018. Even with plenty of notice, many trucks […]
Changes to the FMCSA’s Carrier Ratings and the Safety Fitness Determination
On January 21st, FMCSA published in the Federal Register the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for the much anticipated carrier safety fitness determination (SFD). The Administration proposes to change the Federal Motor Carrier Safety […]
FMCSA Driver Coercion Rule – What You Need to Know
There are many proposed regulations that the trucking industry is keeping a close eye on for 2016. They include changes to CSA, the ELD mandate, the proposed speed limiter rule, sleep apnea health issue, […]
What you need to know about FMCSA’s proposal to raise carrier liability insurance minimums
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has made the work it is doing on producing a rule that will raise the minimum amount of liability insurance for carriers top priority. This is according to […]
Facts on Decision Driving
Driving a CMV requires full concentration and attention and there are many decision making processes going on simultaneously. Time and motion studies have discovered that on average, a driver will make 160 driving decisions/mile. […]