2DecIn early October, now-departed Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Administrator Ray Martinez announced the agency would begin a two-year project to educate the trucking industry on the safety benefits of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and monitor their adoption. Appearing at the American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference and Exhibition
7OctThe federal deadline for truckers using automatic on-board recording devices (AOBRD) to switch to electronic logging devices (ELD) is Dec. 16, 2019. But if you wait too close to the deadline to comply, you may find your trucks will be unable to hit the road and out of compliance with
23SepThe most utilized truck weigh station bypass platform with more than 620,000 trucks enrolled, PrePass, has expanded with two significant firsts, saving drivers and fleets more time and money than ever before. A new agreement with the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure allows PrePass users to bypass weigh
19AugCooperative agreement allows carriers to bypass at PrePass and Weigh2Go locations PHOENIX, August 19, 2019 – PrePass®, the most utilized truck weigh station bypass platform with over 620,000 trucks enrolled, is now expanding into Canada, helping trucking fleets and drivers save more time and money than ever before. A new
22JulWhen a trucking company has drivers who are happy and satisfied, that usually means it also has, depending on how you look at it, a high driver retention rate. Now any smart fleet will tell you this helps them save money, because recruiting and training new drivers isn’t cheap. In
9JulFollowing the U.S. requiring most commercial trucks to be equipped with electronic logging devices (ELDs) by the end of this year, Canada’s trucking regulator is following a similar path. Beginning June 12, 2021, Transport Canada will require the devices when trucking north of the border, replacing paper logs. The Canadian
10JunIt’s official. That old flip phone you have that runs, slowly but successfully, on your wireless provider’s 3G network is about to see its last days. 3G itself is ending. You’ve resisted the TV ads to buy that shiny new 4G LTE smartphone… but now they’ve got you! Better act
21MarAsk a motor carrier what it wants from government and the answer would be: reliability. Government can’t control the weather, the carrier would say, but it can provide good roads with sufficient capacity and it can give clear rules on when and why my trucks should be stopped. With reliable
