22AugPotential dangers during inspections of compressed or liquid natural gas or hydrogen bulk packages contained within a truck trailer or cargo tank have sparked warnings from several commercial vehicle safety organizations. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), and the Commercial Vehicle
11AugNow for the first-time: A podcast focusing on driver health that has plagued the trucking & bus industry for years. PrePass has joined The Trucker Trainer™ and driver health advocate Bob Perry to create a new podcast called FIT DRIVERS. Recognizing the need to address the professional driver health crisis,
11AugNow for the first-time: A podcast focusing on driver health that has plagued the trucking & bus industry for years. PrePass has joined The Trucker Trainer™ and driver health advocate Bob Perry to create a new podcast called “Fit Drivers.” Recognizing the need to address the professional driver health crisis,
9AugWhat’s on the minds of federal trucking regulators? A look at the latest Unified Regulatory Agenda provides some clues. The Unified Regulatory Agenda displays the anticipated regulatory activity by departments and agencies across the federal government. “Anticipated” is a key word, as the dates shown for agency actions often slip.
3AugBy: Steve Vaughn, senior vice president of field operations, PrePass Safety Alliance Commercial law enforcement in North America focuses on unsafe behavior by car and truck drivers. The most frequent reason enforcement pulls drivers over? Speeding. As a fleet manager or truck driver, you know that speeding can lead to
31JulThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) are jointly proposing an automatic emergency braking standard for all heavy vehicles above 10,000 pounds (vehicle classes 3-8). Commonly referred to as AEB, the technology uses cameras and radar to detect stopped, decelerating, or slower
17JulRecently, the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) aired a “Frontline” report on “America’s Dangerous Trucks.” The television program focused on an investigation by ProPublica into car-truck accidents where the passenger vehicle underrides the truck chassis, often resulting in fatalities. ProPublica indicated the simple requirement that truck trailers have side underride guards
26JunThe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently launched its new human trafficking prevention campaign — “Your Roads, Their Freedom.” The agency seeks to give the nation’s 8.7 million commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers the information needed to identify and report suspected human trafficking. Most in the trucking industry understand
22JunBy: Steve Vaughn, senior vice president of field operations, PrePass Safety Alliance The pickup truck sped up close to the bumper of the slow-moving car, then backed off. Speeding up again, it sharply pulled alongside the car driver’s door. I could clearly see the pickup driver screaming and gesticulating. “Foolish
19JunThe PrePass Insider newsletter is your monthly digest of trucking news and everything PrePass. Not subscribed to this newsletter? Subscribe now. The Beginning of the End for Trucks Waiting at Red Lights? How many times have you or one of your trucks been making great time for a pickup or delivery
15JunThe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is undertaking a new study of the causes behind commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crashes. The agency released the last such study in 2006, based on data from 2001-2003. In the Infrastructure Bill signed into law in late 2021, Congress directed FMCSA to conduct
8JunBy: Steve Vaughn, senior vice president of field operations, PrePass Safety Alliance We will all remember the winter of 2022/2023. Snow fell in sunny Southern California. Yosemite National Park recorded 15 feet of the white stuff. Storms labeled “atmospheric rivers” pummeled large portions of the country. Tornadoes hit the South
