30JanBy: Steve Vaughn, vice president of field operations, PrePass Safety Alliance When I was with the California Highway Patrol, we would meet regularly with local trucking companies. One company fleet manager always had the biggest smile on his face. “You seem chipper,” I said to him once, “Something good happen?”
24JanAcross the breadth of the federal government, departments and regulatory agencies have a new weapon against misbehavior. It’s called inflation. Federal law mandates an annual adjustment based on the annual inflation rate in all civil penalties to maintain their deterrent value. The adjustment from 2022 to 2023 was published in
16JanSales of products containing cannabidiol (CBD) continue growing by leaps and bounds. And their increasing popularity is likely putting more truckers and motor carrier fleets at risk. CBD is a chemical found in the hemp plant, the cousin to marijuana, or is manufactured in a laboratory. CBD doesn’t contain a
13JanThe PrePass Insider newsletter is your monthly digest of trucking news and everything PrePass. Not subscribed to this newsletter? Subscribe now. Podcast: New Trucking Regulations You Can Expect in 2023 Now that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has an administrator for the first time in years, expect to see
11JanThe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking to modify the scope of regulatory relief automatically granted in declared emergencies. Existing federal regulations grant an automatic 30-day exemption from Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to motor carriers and drivers providing direct assistance to
9JanNow that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has an agency head for the first time in years expect to see a raft of new and updated trucking regulations in 2023. Listen to this new episode of the “Eyes on the Road” trucking podcast as we discuss anticipated rules when
5JanTransformational leader brings more than two decades of transportation, bypass, and tolling technology experience to PrePass. PHOENIX – January 5, 2023 – PrePass Safety Alliance today announced that Chris Murray has been named President of PrePass LLC effective January 1, 2023. Murray is a transportation technology executive with an extraordinary
5JanThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced a 24-month extension of the deadline for full enforcement of the REAL ID. The deadline had been May 3 of 2023, less than five months away. Now full enforcement of the REAL ID will begin May 7, 2025. DHS cites the lingering impact
3JanA look at the U.S. Department of Transportation Significant Rulemaking Report coupled with new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration efforts in 2022 leads to one conclusion: 2023 will be a very big year for trucking regulations! And that’s even before viewing the Fall
29DecBy: Steve Vaughn, vice president of field operations, PrePass Safety Alliance Motor carriers and professional truck drivers are essential to our lives. As a law enforcement officer, I saw the hard-working folks in trucking as a partner in highway safety and often in emergency response. Still, there were those times
27DecAt the beginning of 2022, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration forecast several important rulemakings that did not come to full fruition. FMCSA would, according to the Fall 2021 edition of the Unified Regulatory Agenda, adopt regulations imposing time or mileage limits on the personal conveyance use of commercial motor
22DecBy: Steve Vaughn, vice president of field operations, PrePass Safety Alliance Truck driver families learn to live with the uncertainty, the tension, and the danger of having their loved ones out there on the road. But even the most patient and understanding of families still yearn for time together. Birthdays,
