Brake Safety Week Places More than 5,000 Trucks Out of Service

Brake Safety Week Places More than 5,000 Trucks Out of Service

Source: CVSA, Brake Safety Week According to the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, this year’s Brake Safety Week saw 12% of the 43,565 commercial motor vehicles inspected placed out of service for brake-related violations. Inspectors from the U.S., Canada, and...
What Fleet Safety Policies Should Cover

What Fleet Safety Policies Should Cover

There are three components that make up fleet safety, which includes drivers, vehicles, and policy. The third component, fleet policy, should make some consideration to fleet safety. Fleet policy must address several key elements: Who: Which employee is assigned a...
Trucking on the Front Line in Fight Against COVID-19

Trucking on the Front Line in Fight Against COVID-19

As an increasingly aware United States mobilizes to contain the spread the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19, the trucking industry is uniquely positioned to help in the containment effort – or further accelerate the spread of the pandemic. As the importance of...
Roadcheck 2020 to Focus on Driver Inspections

Roadcheck 2020 to Focus on Driver Inspections

Even though it’s a little earlier this year, ‘tis the season for a Roadcheck inspection blitz. The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance announced that its annual International Roadcheck commercial vehicle inspection blitz week will take place across the United States...
Regulatory Outlook 2020: Keep an Eye on Hours of Service

Regulatory Outlook 2020: Keep an Eye on Hours of Service

Don’t expect any radical new regulatory developments to come out of nowhere in the coming months to slap trucking upside the head. Photo: U.S. Department of Transportation On the regulatory front – no matter which party controls the White House – progress always comes...