As a trucker, you probably know the rules of the road better than most drivers, and this means you know that drinking and driving is not only dangerous, but it's also illegal. Unfortunately, many truckers take a chance every single day on the roads of America when they choose to drink and drive, but [...]
2013 brought in new rules for those carriers operating in the state of California. The state is reminding carriers that January 1, 2013 brought in yet another set of regulations for vehicles weighing over 26,000 pounds. They affect trucks with a model year 2000-2004. California reduces smog on public roadways Heavy Vehicles [...]
Recreational marijuana and your drug test The 2012 US Presidential election failed to bring in a new President but did bring in some new laws, of which a few are highly controversial. Several states brought in changes or planed changes to existing marijuana laws. The legal recreational use of marijuana has now [...]
The Compliance Safety Accountability enforcement program or CSA has been in the news quite a bit within the last few weeks. Looks like the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is finally working on making the system more accurate and fairer. Changes to CSA English: Logo of the United [...]
New US Hours of Service Rules court case moves forward. The US Hours of Service Rules court challenges are now on the docket for the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Court. […]
If your one of thousands of carriers in the US that have had a not at fault accident and have seen your CSA scores skyrocket because of it, this maybe for you. In fact this is very timely for us as we just had a client with this exact same problem. [...]
Anyone who has thought of opening up a For Hire Operating Authority in the United States may have heard the terms BOC-3 and process agent. You may have wondered, what is a BOC-3 and process agent, also why does the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration want me to file one [...]
I just read an interesting news blurb on CCJ this morning reporting on Anne Ferro's presentation at the CCJ Spring Symposium on May 22, 2012. There are some interesting items of note that the FMSCA is working on. First off the long-awaited entry-level driver training rule might finally make an appearance as a proposal [...]
Just released from the US DOT: USDOT Proposes Groundbreaking Rule to Prevent Rollover Crashes for Nation’s Large Trucks, Buses New Federal Safety Standard Could Prevent More than Half of Rollovers, Help Maintain Steering Control for Large Commercial Vehicles WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [...]
