Trucking Technology and Personal Responsibility
FMCSA looks to compile questions and concerns to help it evaluate how commercial drivers in a driving simulator setting respond to increasing levels of truck automation. As the automated truck does more of the “driving” itself, the commercial driver “takes on a more supervisory role” and may engage in non-driving tasks. Upon alert from the vehicle, the driver may need to quickly achieve “situational awareness” and “resume full control of the vehicle.”
Blog, SafetyWhat Trucking Can Learn from Recent Roadcheck Results
While Roadcheck has an annual focus, the inspections conducted are predominantly comprehensive Level I and Level V inspections, meaning all vehicle systems and often a review of driver operating credentials and requirements. So, a look back at Roadcheck results from recent year reveals trend lines, showing where commercial vehicle law enforcement and the trucking industry must improve highway safety together.
Blog, Regulations, Safety, Trucking CommunityTrucking Things to Know Now, Part 7: Federal Regulatory Updates
Whatever the political headlines of the day, federal agencies continue to add new trucking regulations, adopt new forms, and extend or discontinue previous waivers and exemptions. In this series, “Trucking Things to Know Now,” PrePass provides quick updates on regulatory developments, often with links to more information. Details about personal conveyance, COVID-19 waivers for trucking and pulsating brake lights on trucks.
Blog, Regulations, SafetyFMCSA Examining Electronic IDs for Trucks
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted a petition from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance to consider requiring all interstate commercial motor vehicles, trucks, and buses, to have devices installed that electronically transmit the identity of the vehicle. These “unique identification devices” (UIDs), also known as “universal identification devices,” would allow roadside enforcement to identify and perhaps even monitor the condition of CMVs on the highway.
Blog, Regulations, TechnologyLearn How to Protect & Improve Your Truck Fleet’s DOT Safety Rating
Your motor carrier DOT safety rating determines whether you are authorized to operate in interstate or intrastate commerce. It can also have significant influence on your customer relationships, negatively affect your insurance premiums and whether you’re eligible to participate in weigh station bypass service, such as PrePass. In other words, if you let your safety rating slip or fail to improve a poor rating, it can be more expensive and increasingly difficult for your trucking operation to function.
Blog, RegulationsPodcast #69: California Law Puts the Future of All Owner Operators in Doubt
Now that California’s controversial Assembly Bill 5 has taken effect, changes are quickly happening for many owner-operator truckers inside and outside the Golden State. Listen to this new episode of the “Eyes on the Road” trucking podcast and hear what changes are happening and are expected to happen in the coming months and years.
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