22JunNew PrePass whitepaper explains FMCSA’s Crash Preventability Determination Program Reducing crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses remains the primary mission of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. FMCSA pursues its mission through federal safety regulations and through the prioritization of motor carriers and drivers whose safety performance
1JunBy Steve Vaughn, vice president of field operations, PrePass Safety Alliance Yesterday your trucks were hauling toilet paper to a grocery distribution center. Today your drivers are heading to a distillery that has begun making hand sanitizer. Both of those shippers are new – usually your fleet handles auto parts.
27AprEmergencies, such as the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, sometimes call for extraordinary or unusual trucking operations. Who knew earlier that officials would erect a field hospital in the middle of New York City’s Central Park? Yet, wherever it may be located, a hospital requires deliveries of equipment and supplies that
15AprFor over a quarter century, PrePass has advanced the shared goals of safety and efficiency among its trucking industry and government partners through the PrePass weigh station bypass program. Qualified motor carriers and professional drivers know they save time and money while legally bypassing weigh stations and roadside inspection sites,
11MarBy: Steve Vaughn, vice president of field operations, PrePass Safety Alliance In the 2019-2020 college football season there were 40 bowl games at the Division 1A level alone. Add to that the Division 1AA playoffs, the NFL and all the preceding regular season games at every level of the sport,
13FebIf you ever wondered what roadside inspectors frequently find when they look at drivers and trucks, the answers are conveniently tracked on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) website in its Analysis & Information Online (A&I) section. The FMCSA tracks these numbers because they display what is actually taking
2JanBy: Steve Vaughn, vice president of field operations, PrePass Safety Alliance Mother Nature is somewhat predictable, we have these things called “seasons,” after all. But the exact time, location and amounts of temperature change, precipitation, high winds and road closures is not. For example, Eastern Washington, northern Idaho, and large
5DecNo one – no motor carrier, no professional driver, and no law enforcement officer – wants someone with a history of drug or alcohol abuse driving a commercial motor vehicle on the highways. Except for those who have completed return-to-duty counseling and testing, it is illegal and clearly unsafe. Beginning
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
11NovUp ahead is a weigh station and a seemingly endless string of red taillights from trucks backed out onto the highway. You are mentally calculating the time this is going to add to your journey. Surely the troopers will understand if you pull out into the left lane and pass
6NovBy Steve Vaughn, vice president of field operations, PrePass Safety Alliance Frank was back in the office after leave following his wife’s surgery, and every time he rose from his desk he made an exaggerated step over some invisible object. “What’s going on, Frank?” He paused, after muttering to himself,
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
