FMCSA Proposes to Study Truck Safety Metrics to Move “Beyond Compliance”
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration currently only considers carrier safety mistakes when evaluating a fleet’s safety performance. This may change as the FMCSA proposes to study whether to also consider other factors including carrier efforts to improve safety.
Blog, RegulationsTrucking Lessons from Broderick Crawford and “Highway Patrol”
Legislators and regulators usually try to craft fair and workable safety rules. Achieving “one-size-fits-all,” though, is not possible in the highly diverse world of trucking. At times it can require true safety specialists – motor carriers and commercial vehicle law enforcement – to work together on alternative solutions.
Blog, SafetyPodcast #45: How to Spend Less Money on Truck Tolls
Listen to this episode of the “Eyes on the Road” trucking podcast as host Evan Lockridge talks with Drew Anderson with PrePass about how you can spend less money on truck tolls. They discuss how the many different ways trucks can be incorrectly charged and how to avoid expensive fees for toll violations.
Blog, PodcastsExperts Reveal Best Practices for Truck Driver Pre-Employment Screening
How do hiring experts at motor carriers rate best practices for truck driver pre-employment screening? The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute asked that question in an online survey of 40 safety-conscious managers from various types of commercial vehicle operations. While VTTI notes that a small sample cannot be applied across the commercial motor vehicle industry, the results are instructive, with recent events suggesting that one practice may rise in importance.
BlogTake Control of Your Truck Fleet’s Toll Costs
Watch this PrePass webinar, “How to Take Control of Fleet Toll Costs,” and learn how you can take some simple steps to help reduce and manage tolling costs immediately and in the future. Hear from two PrePass experts, Jarrod Del Prado, senior director of operations, and Drew Anderson, INFORM program manager. They examine toll agency structures and the history of tolling. More importantly, they look at recent tolling trends and how these trends can affect your operation.
Blog, TechnologyTruck Driver Health: A Highway Safety Risk?
In this year of COVID-19, medical conditions dominate front-page headlines. But it is in the back pages of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s website where you will find evidence that medical conditions and their treatment are directly linked to highway safety. In June 2020, FMCSA published a study by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, “Commercial Driver Safety Risk Factors,” tracking nearly 21,000 truck drivers for three years.
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