ELD Mandate & Electronic Logs
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Ray Martinez Stepping Down as FMCSA Chief
Ray Martinez, Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Administration, will be leaving his agency post by the end of this month to take on a different position within the Department of Transportation…
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New ATA Policy Addresses Marijuana Challenges in Trucking
The American Trucking Associations Oct. 8 endorsed a new set of policies aimed at helping the industry continue to safely operate in an environment where more states are liberalizing laws related to the recreational use of marijuana…
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DOT Audit: FMCSA Short on Data Needed to Fix CSA Program
Although not much in the news of late, the ongoing Congressionally mandated process to improve the federal Compliance, Safety, Accountability safety-compliance regime for commercial vehicles was recently put through an internal audit and found to be solid on the whole, but lacking in data…
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GM Adding Amazon Alexa Capabilities to Vehicles
General Motors is adding Amazon Alexa virtual assistant capabilities to vehicles that are from the model year 2018 and newer, allowing drivers to control navigation, media, and calling via voice commands…
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Florida Zone-based Hands-Free Law Starts in Oct
In July, Florida enacted a broader law that made texting behind the wheel a primary traffic offense, which means that police can stop drivers specifically for texting as opposed to writing a citation for texting only after they’ve pulled over a driver for another offense…
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Meet the 2019 Fleet Manager of the Year
Erin Gilchrist, director of fleet for Safelite AutoGlass, was named the 2019 Edward J. Bobit Professional Fleet Manager of the Year. Gilchrist, who manages a fleet of more than 8,000 vehicles…
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