The holiday season usually means added stress for most of us. But for truck drivers, the holidays can take stress to an entirely different level. This is because stress has a compounding effect, meaning that multiple stresses stacked on top of each other impact our...
Photo: Neuwieser via Flickr, licensed through Creative Commons Santa’s entire sleigh and reindeer team has been temporarily put out of service by “an overabundance of government regulations that defy common sense,” according to the Minnesota Trucking...
Data transfer of the driver’s record of duty status to the enforcement official’s ERODS program is one of the key differences between an ELD and an AOBRD. Photo courtesy CVSA As of Dec. 17, 2019, most motor carriers are required by federal law to use...
CARB noted that, in the meantime, it will continue to administer the California GHG trailer regulation on a voluntary basis. Photo: U.S. DOT The California Air Resources Board is suspending enforcement of its greenhouse-gas emission standards for trailers for at least...
An estimated 90% of all driver decisions are based on what the driver can see. Yet at night, one’s vision is compromised, which may account for the fact that approximately 40% of all fatal motor vehicle accidents occur at night. Now is a good time to remind your...
Winter can be brutal. Every year, approximately 76,000 people are injured in traffic accidents during snowfall. Moreover, some 800 Americans die in car crashes annually while driving in winter weather conditions, according to Carsurance. Keeping your drivers safe on...
