Don’t Be Distracted While Driving

April 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment

PrintStatistics show that drivers spend more than half their time texting, talking on the phone, conversing with passengers or engaging in other activities instead of doing what they should be: giving their full attention to driving. [Read more...]

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Industry, Government Continue to Look at Truck Size and Weight

March 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Highway photoFor years, the trucking industry has advocated for increased truck size and weight, and now the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is investigating the effect on safety and infrastructure if vehicle weights up to 97,000 pounds are allowed. [Read more...]

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Fireworks and Rental Trucks Do Not Mix

June 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Penske Truck Rental is ready and willing to help businesses with their truck rental needs – except when it comes to transporting fireworks.

“Due to the extremely volatile nature of fireworks, Penske does not allow them to be transported in the back of our trucks for the safety of our customers and other citizens,” said Dave Baptisti, Penske’s director of national consumer sales and programs. [Read more...]

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Using CSA Data to Your Advantage

April 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment

It has been almost two years since the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) launched the new safety protocol Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA), but motor carriers and the third-party companies that hire those carriers are still working to better understand the program and decipher how it applies to them. [Read more...]

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Trucking Pilot Project Between Mexico and U.S. Underway

February 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment

A pilot project between the United States and Mexico that grants Mexican motor carriers the right to operate beyond the 25-mile border zone is underway, marking the next step in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) cross-border long-haul trucking provisions. [Read more...]

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Stay Current on Snow and Ice Removal Laws

January 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment

As winter weather comes calling, drivers in certain regions of the country are bound to have snow and ice buildup on their vehicles. Not only can that snow and ice dislodge during transit, damaging vehicles or injuring drivers, it could also mean drivers can face state fines. [Read more...]

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Fleets See EOBR Benefits

October 19, 2011 by Leave a Comment

A growing number of fleets are turning to electronic on-board recorders (EOBR) to increase driver safety, and earlier this year the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) proposed a rule that would require nearly all interstate carriers to use EOBRs—electronic devices that attach to a vehicle and record the amount of time a vehicle is being driven. [Read more...]

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DOT Aims to Increase Safety with Cell Phone Restrictions

September 21, 2011 by 2 Comments

The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is currently reviewing comments on its proposed safety regulation that would prohibit interstate commercial truck and bus drivers from using handheld cell phones while operating a commercial motor vehicle. 

FMCSA already bans text messaging for all drivers operating a commercial motor vehicle.  That rule took effect late last year, and in March DOT’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued a final rule banning texting for intrastate haulers carrying hazardous materials. [Read more...]

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Cross-Border Regulations Require Advanced Planning

July 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment

In 2010, over 790,000 shipments crossed over the Canadian and Mexican borders into the United States, and those numbers are on the rise. According to the latest Department of Transportation (DOT) figures, surface transportation trade among the U.S., Canada and Mexico reached $80.8 billion in March, the latest month for which figures are available.  That is 15.6 percent higher than for the same period in 2010 and marks the highest month since collection of data began in 1994. [Read more...]

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Inspections Under CSA Becoming More Targeted Yet Vary by State

July 5, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Compliance Safety Accountability—the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) program that calculate fleets’ safety scores—is allowing officials to more readily see the specific safety problems associated with carriers by using more of the data inspectors collect at roadside.

What’s more, under CSA, several states are updating their databases and taking the randomness out of roadside inspections by equipping inspectors with carrier-specific information.   [Read more...]

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