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Registration Open for ‘Truck to Success,’ Sponsored by PrePass

Thinking about taking the next big step in your trucking career and becoming an owner-operator? Put yourself on the right path. Register for “Truck to Success,” sponsored by PrePass. This three-day, in-depth training program provides step-by-step guidance from the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association. The OOIDA Foundation, the educational and

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Take the Survey: What Are Your Top Trucking Industry Concerns?

Time is running out to take the American Transportation Research Institute’s 2022 Top Industry Issues Survey. The annual survey asks trucking industry stakeholders to rank the top issues of concern for the industry along with potential strategies for addressing each issue. Now in its 18th year, ATRI’s annual analysis not

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Truckers to Pay Lower UCR Fees in 2023

Motor carriers will pay substantially less for Unified Carrier Registration Plan and Agreement (UCR) fees beginning in 2023. Overall, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced a roughly 31% decrease in the UCR fees. For example, carriers with one to two trucks paid $59 in UCR fees for the registration

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Welcome FMCSA Administrator Hutcheson

The U.S. Senate has confirmed the nomination of Robin Hutcheson to become the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Administrator Hutcheson has served as FMCSA Deputy Administrator since mid-January 2022. In 2021, Hutcheson was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Safety Policy for the U.S. Department of Transportation. As

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What Law Enforcement Officers Think About Trucks

By, Steve Vaughn, vice president field operations, PrePass Safety Alliance When I was a rookie highway patrolman, a veteran law enforcement officer took me out roadside along an open Interstate highway. “I could sit here 20 years,” he said, “and never see a crash.” He then drove us back to

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Learn from Other Truck Fleets How INFORM Safety Solves Safety Problems

Three carriers. Three different safety challenges. One solution: INFORM Safety. INFORM Safety is easy-to-use data visualization software, available to PrePass customers at no extra charge. INFORM Safety takes the very same data that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) uses to evaluate motor carrier safety and displays it in

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Trucking Group Seeks Exemption in Hair Testing for Drug Use

A group of large motor carriers has applied to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for an exemption from federal drug testing regulations. The Trucking Alliance wants an employer’s knowledge of a driver’s positive hair test to be reported to FMCSA’s Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse and to other motor carriers

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FMCSA Proposes Updates to Trucking Medical Examiner’s Handbook

A family doctor found himself frequently stopped on the street by patients hoping for a quick diagnosis of whatever ailed them. The doctor never wanted to offend his patients, but at the same time, he hesitated to provide medical advice outside his clinic. During one such episode, he saw his

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Learn How Weigh Station Bypass Adds Up to Big Savings, Part 2

In this two-part series, we look at three common interstate truck routes and demonstrate the cumulative savings that bypassing weigh stations with PrePass provides. In the first part, we examined the western route between Salt Lake City, UT and Riverside, CA. Now we tackle a truck route in the East

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Eliminating Distractions for New Truck Drivers

By, Steve Vaughn, vice president field operations, PrePass Safety Alliance Every fleet manager is looking for new truck drivers. And not just new drivers – safe new truck drivers. So, every fleet manager and their company’s human resources department should go through the same steps: Require an employment application and

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Podcast #68: Debunking Weigh Station Bypass Service Myths

There are many myths in the trucking industry, and some may cost you time, money, and even fuel. Listen to this new episode of the “Eyes on the Road” trucking podcast to learn which myths about weigh station bypass service simply are not true.  Host Evan Lockridge talks with PrePass

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