Combating Road Rage with Safe, Calm Truck Driving
As a fleet manager, you should be aware that the anonymity of operating a commercial motor vehicle – your truck drivers up there, isolated from the world – can trigger road rage in both directions. To some passenger car drivers, that truck is inhuman. It is just an enormous machine, occupying too much space on the road, blocking the view of traffic. No wonder some car drivers cut into a truck’s safety zone, the following distance needed for a safe stop. Those motorists feel only their own frustration.
Blog, Safety, Trucking CommunityPrePass Insider Newsletter – June 2023
The Federal Motor Carrier Administration (FMCSA) is slowing the move to speed limiters by postponing a proposed rulemaking release. Initially targeted for June, FMCSA Administrator Robin Hutcheson recently said the agency won’t release its proposal until the end of summer or early fall.
BlogFMCSA Study Dives Deep into Truck Crash Causes
Why a new study? Much has changed in truck safety and highway safety over the last 20 years. Today, CMVs come equipped with advanced safety technologies, such as stability controls, electronic logging devices, and automatic emergency braking. On the other hand, today’s drivers hit the road with access to cell phones and operate at higher speeds in more congested situations.
Blog, Regulations, SafetyWhy Truckers Need to Be Alert for Roadway Flooding
At long last, we are feeling warmer temperatures! Can we relax? No. Melting snows are now adding water to rapidly-filling streams and rivers. Those waterways are often already full from heavy winter rains which fell on frozen ground and were not absorbed by the soil. And in many parts of the country, hurricane season, which runs June 1 – Nov. 30, is just around the corner along with its torrential downpours.
Blog, SafetyNew FMCSA Hours of Service Data Muddled by COVID-19
So when Congress requested a report from FMCSA on the safety implications of the four HOS rule changes, FMCSA responded that the data was “inconclusive.” While the number of truck driver inspections showing HOS violations and those that placed the driver out of service had each ticked up, the large truck crash rate and large truck fatality rate showed no statistically significant changes.
Blog, Regulations, SafetyTruck Speed Limiter Rulemaking Hits a Speed Bump
Why the delay? To begin with, the speed limiter proposal generated 15,600 comments. FMCSA reads and catalogs each and every rulemaking comment. Even “form letters” are tallied. But rulemakings amount to more than vote counts. FMCSA must also consider the content of the comments received. Effective comments use facts, data, and direct personal experience or cite relevant studies.
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