24JunSteve Vaughn, vice president of field operations, PrePass Safety Alliance This blog originally appeared on the FleetOwner.com IdeaXchange. With apologies to George Gershwin and his musical “Porgy and Bess,” summertime driving may bring relief from a long, cold winter and a rainy, blustery spring, but it offers challenges of its
3JunBy Steve Vaughn, vice president of field operations, PrePass Safety Alliance This blog originally appeared on the FleetOwner.com IdeaXchange. Every year the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) stages an all-out 72-hour inspection effort, called International Roadcheck. This June 4-6 will be no different, as U.S. federal and state inspectors, plus
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
20FebTrucking companies using weigh station bypass services save more than $8.68 and five minutes each time their truck bypasses a truck weigh station, according to a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration calculation. However, each system operates differently, meaning what works well for one fleet, be it large or small or
27DecGuest: Doug Marcello, trucking defense attorney, Marcello & Kivisto LLC Each year there are more than 450,000 reported truck crashes in the United States, involving the newest of drivers to the most seasoned veterans. Often these crashes are not the fault of the truck driver, but still result in a
