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ACT NOW! Access to Your FMCSA Accounts Is Changing.

The federal government is moving to multifactor identification to access official accounts and databases. You probably already experience updated security when accessing your bank, mortgage, or credit card accounts. The same thing is coming at the federal level. The updated security will include the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)

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FMCSA Finalizes Changes to Emergency Trucking Exemptions

The trucking industry remembers the COVID-19 pandemic very well. From 2020 to 2022, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued nine emergency declarations, waiving specific sections of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) to facilitate emergency relief efforts by motor carriers. With each emergency declaration update, FMCSA adjusted

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Superheroes Wear Reflective Vests

By: Steve Vaughn, senior vice president of field operations, PrePass Safety Alliance Nov. 13-17, 2023, is Crash Responder Safety Week. It may seem that we have a day, a week, or a month for every possible group or interest. But for those who make their living on the highway, or,

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Cost/Benefit Changes = More Federal Trucking Regulations?

As a motor carrier you have budgetary limits on your departments. As a truck driver you know some costs require pre-approval. Those limits exist to ensure the company has the cash flow needed for expenses. Through experience, you all have learned just how much things cost. So, when a bill

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ATRI: The Finger on the Pulse of Trucking

Many believe we live in an era of disinformation and distrust of those who report the news. That’s why it is reassuring to know that someone actively listens to trucking industry concerns and then responds with thoughtful research on meeting those challenges. All done transparently and for free. The American

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Stop Toll Management from Taking a Toll on Your Trucking Operation

Toll roads are a $5 billion annual challenge for U.S. trucking companies. Granted, they may offer quicker routes on the road, but in the office, they create administrative work that takes a toll on operational efficiency. If managing tolls is diverting your staff and office resources from more important dispatch

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Trucking Things to Know Now, Part 11: Federal Regulatory Updates

Whatever the political headlines of the day, federal agencies continue to add new trucking regulations, adopt new forms, and extend or discontinue previous waivers and exemptions. In this series, “Trucking Things to Know Now,” PrePass provides quick updates on regulatory developments, often with links to more information. Not Quite Full

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Carriers May Get Another Challenge to Truck Crash, Inspection Data

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is offering reassurance to motor carriers utilizing its DataQs system to challenge inaccuracies in truck crash and inspection data. No longer would appeals of DataQs decisions be ruled on by the same state-level personnel who made the original determination and then denied its

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PrePass Welcomes Brennen Carson as Chief Revenue Officer

Sales Leader Set to Drive PrePass Growth in Current and Emerging Markets  PHOENIX – Oct. 16, 2023 – PrePass Safety Alliance and PrePass LLC, the leader in trucking safety and efficiency solutions, are thrilled to announce the addition of Brennen Carson as its new Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Carson, a

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FMCSA Overhaul of Key Truck Safety Program Begins

UPDATED – The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to potentially redo the Safety Fitness Determination (SFD) process, which is part of its comprehensive Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) truck safety program. The SFD process can result in a declaration that a motor

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Why Trucking Needs to Take Extra Care During ‘Friday Night Lights’

By: Steve Vaughn, senior vice president of field operations, PrePass Safety Alliance You may recall the 2004 movie “Friday Night Lights” or the 2006-2011 TV series of the same name. According to its producers, “Friday Night Lights” depicted the “intense and sometimes extreme culture of high school football in small

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