ELD Mandate & Electronic Logs
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FMCSA Now Recording ELD Violations in SMS
Violations of the electronic logging device rule found during roadside inspections since full enforcement kicked in on April 1 are now being used in the Safety Measurement System that drives the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Carrier, Safety, Accountability enforcement program…
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Starsky Robotics Goes All-In On Driverless Trucks
Self-Driving Trucks Get Ready to Haul Freight – While most automotive companies exploring autonomous trucks insist that a driver will be mandatory for years to come, Starsky Robotics is going all-in on the early adoption of Level 5 autonomous systems, moving freight without any human in the vehicle at all.
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How Fleets Can Implement Gamification into Safety Training
Gamification is taking something that isn’t typically a game – for instance, safe driving techniques – and adding an element of competition in order to incent a behavior change. This is done within a peer group, so drivers are competing against each other. In the fleet management world, this means making safe driving into a competition, complete with prizes. But how do you implement Gamification into your fleet’s training?
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Replacement Tire Costs Increase 5-10%
The cost of commodities used to manufacture tires, such as oil, rubber, and steel, are increasing. Raw material prices were up 5% to 10% in 2017. The increase in OEM automobile wheel diameters has driven up the cost of fleet’s replacement tires, primarily because the larger the tire, the greater the manufacturing expense. One factor exerting downward pressure on fleet tire expenditures is the…
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Eliminating Hidden and Soft Fleet Costs
Since the fleet management profession was in its infancy, fleet managers have needed data to maintain as efficient an operation as possible to help them find, quantify, capture, and act on the kinds of hidden and soft costs that may have vexed them. This includes data from assesing vehicle depreciation, fuel costs, and driver safety…
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ELD Mandate Enforcement Kicks in for Real April 1
As of April 1, a driver can be placed out-of-service if: Using an unauthorized logging device not registered with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Unable to produce and transfer data electronically from an ELD to an authorized law enforcement officer, or to produce the data via the display or print it out. A driver with an AOBRD can be placed out-of-service if unable to display or produce records of duty status…
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