technology

Truckers Reach a New Milestone of Support for PrePass

More than 700,000 trucks voluntarily support nonprofit PrePass Safety Alliance to make America’s highways safer, more efficient. PHOENIX – March 16, 2022 – For the first time, more than 700,000 trucks from over 100,000 fleets chose to support PrePass Safety Alliance, the nonprofit public/private partnership that provides PrePass weigh station

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Identify and Communicate Truck Safety Challenges with INFORM Safety

Fleet safety professionals understand the terminology of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s safety evaluation program. They can recite the meaning of government acronyms like CSA, BASICs and SMS. They recognize that an inflated Inspection Selection System (ISS) score can prevent their fleet from qualifying or remaining qualified for a

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Mobile Carriers are Ending 3G. Is Your Truck ELD Affected?

Mobile carriers are shutting down their 3G networks to make room for more advanced network services, including 5G. As a result, many older cell phones and other mobile devices may not connect to data services, including electronic logging devices. Once cellular carriers no longer support 3G networks, any electronic logging

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Tackling New Trucking Technology

By Steve Vaughn, vice president of field operations, PrePass Safety Alliance These days you will see many stories in the trucking media about technology. You will read about automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, speed limiters, intelligent trailers, and so on. You will see the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

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PrePass Upgrades ALERTS to Include Realtime Traffic Notifications

PrePass has upgraded its mobile app ALERTS system to include critical traffic warnings across all U.S. continental states. In addition to weigh station bypass notifications, truck drivers receive PrePass ALERTS as they approach high-risk areas on the road, helping them to stay vigilant and reduce speed when applicable. Motor carriers

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PrePass Real-Time Safety ALERTS™ Now Available Nationwide

PrePass safety notification system now provides proactive, always-on traffic, work zone and speed ALERTS across the country to keep drivers safe and on time. PHOENIX – September 14, 2021 – PrePass Safety Alliance recently upgraded the PrePass safety ALERTS™ system to include critical traffic warnings across all 48 contiguous states.

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PrePass Now Available to America’s Motor Carriers on the Geotab Marketplace

Geotab welcomes U.S. based PrePass to its Marketplace, helping save fleets time, fuel, and money. PHOENIX – August 31, 2021 – PrePass Safety Alliance today announced that PrePass® weigh station bypass service is now available on the Geotab Marketplace, a go-to source for organizations seeking to better manage their fleets. This

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Next Up for Trucking: Automatic Emergency Braking

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration have yet to release a joint Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for automatic emergency braking (AEB) on new commercial motor vehicles (CMVs). However, numerous indications point to automatic emergency braking as the next safety technology included on all

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Learn How to Compare Weigh Station Bypass Technologies

There are different technology options for truck weigh station bypassing – transponders and mobile apps. But how do you determine which is best for your trucking operation, so you can save the most time and money? Watch this webinar, “Comparing Weigh Station Bypass Technologies. Which is Best?” and learn how

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PrePass Integrates with Omnitracs to Improve Driver Experience

PrePass continues to expand the reach of its nationwide weigh station bypass service by integrating with the Omnitracs One platform. Motor carriers will benefit from this new partnership between PrePass Safety Alliance and Omnitracs LLC by receiving PrePass bypass and safety notifications on Omnitracs One enabled devices. This saves fleets

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