15FebBy: Steve Vaughn, vice president of field operations, PrePass Safety Alliance Like the professional truck drivers you employ, state highway patrol officers are on the road long hours, day and night, in fair weather and foul. Out there with speeders and distracted drivers. They’re at crash sites, lending assistance. They’re
10FebFleets today must tackle tough issues including driver and technician shortages, truck parking, detention time, and compliance. That’s according to the American Transportation Research Institute’s (ATRI’s) Top Trucking Industry Issues survey released in the fall of 2021. The good news is that technology and operational improvements can help fleets address
9FebDrivers will receive PrePass weigh station bypass alerts on the Instinct 2 – dēzl Edition, a rugged smartwatch designed for the trucking industry PHOENIX – February 9, 2022 – PrePass Safety Alliance announced today that PrePass weigh station bypass notifications will appear on the Garmin® Instinct® 2 – dēzlTM Edition,
7FebGuest: Dave Huneryager, president and CEO of Tennessee Trucking Association, retired Truck drivers frequently complain about shippers and receivers forcing them to wait for excessive periods of time. But can anything be done to solve this age-old problem? Listen to this new episode of the “Eyes on the Road” trucking
3FebWhatever 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. FMCSA adopts new
31JanFederal efforts to begin an apprenticeship pilot program allowing those under 21 years of age to drive tractor trailers in interstate commerce is off to a quick start. In the beginning of January 2022, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) published an emergency Information Collection Request. An ICR is
25JanBy: Steve Vaughn, vice president of field operations, PrePass Safety Alliance The recent report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on the alarming increase in traffic fatalities during 2021 identified speeding and failure to use a seat belt as the top two risky behaviors among car and truck drivers.
14JanAs of Jan. 15, 2022, all truck drivers entering Canada, regardless of nationality, must be fully vaccinated and carry proof of their vaccination status using the ArriveCAN app. Canada still considers truck drivers “essential workers”, but that status no longer exempts them from the Canadian vaccine mandate. Truck drivers who
12JanGuest: Warren Hoemann, PrePass consultant and former FMCSA deputy administrator Supply-chain issues, the lingering COVID-19 pandemic and upcoming elections are all expected to weigh heavily in 2022. This is also true when it comes to creating and refining trucking regulations by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Listen to this
6JanBy: Steve Vaughn, vice president of field operations, PrePass Safety Alliance Hindsight has a bad rap. Sure, it might sound good when we say “Hindsight is 20/20” but we only say that when something goes wrong. “Hindsight” has become the equivalent of “oops.” That’s because we use hindsight at exactly
3JanThe year 2022 is an election year. All 435 House seats and one-third of the evenly-divided Senate go up for election in November. During 2022, the actions of Congress, the White House and the regulatory agencies, such as the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and others, will be driven by
23NovAfter months of debate and negotiations, Congress passed a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure bill in November, one of the largest appropriations measures ever undertaken by Congress. The final hurdle was the U.S. House passing the legislation the Senate adopted in August. And while not everyone is happy with the final
