Driver related topics
PSTC is Partnered with Motive (formerly KeepTruckin) Just as the trucking industry has advanced and changed, KeepTruckin has evolved to keep up with a fast changing environment. Now rebranded as Motive, PSTC is proud to partner with the new and improved Motive to offer you the best in ELD technology. ELD and GPS [...]
A potential new rule in the United States which would require heavy-duty trucks to use speed limiters while operating has passed the preliminary stages for policy-making. The new rule will be finalized likely within the next few weeks and will then soon be put into practice later in the year. The National Highway Traffic Safety [...]
A recent report from Governors Highway Safety Association published new findings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration which estimated that fatalities or injuries caused by drowsy or tired drivers in the United States have a combined ‘societal cost’ of approximately $109 billion. That estimated cost doesn’t even include property damage. This new information, as [...]
The United States Department of Transportation recently made some changes to the way motor carriers and truck operators interact, specifically concerning the usage of Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs). These changes are meant to help reinforce the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) previous rules from 2014 about anti-harassment from motor carriers towards truck operators using [...]
The United States Department of Transportation recently made some changes to the way motor carriers and truck operators interact, specifically concerning the usage of Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs). These changes are meant to help reinforce the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) previous rules from 2014 about anti-harassment from motor carriers towards truck operators using [...]
The Winnipeg Police Services just released this video, great reminder for us all to just slow down. https://youtu.be/9HppFNyqVOI (video credit WpgPoliceService) Just a reminder in most jurisdictions it's the law that vehicles must move over for emergency vehicles on the side of the road (some areas also including tow trucks), if it's not [...]
(photo wiki) For those watching the news of late you might have heard that the only road the links east and western Canada was closed on January 10, 2016 in Nipigon Ontario due to a bridge failure. This left motorists stranded on both sides of the bridge. What makes this story news worthy [...]
The long awaited and highly controversial Electronic Logging Device or ELD rule is set to be published December 16, 2015 with a compliance date of December 16, 2017. This gives operators a two year window to transfer over from paper logs to e-logs. It has been a long and bumpy road for the FMCSA who [...]
The FMCSA has been busy issuing Hours of Service exemption recently as the list grows for carriers hauling specific goods. The latest is an hours of service exemption for oversize/overweight haulers. The FMCSA has determined that all to often drives struggle with finding suitable locations to stop and comply with the regulation, often [...]
It’s been all over the trucking news, The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has been forced to roll back it’s controversial hours of service reset provisions at least temporarily. Temporarily because the FMCSA […]
