Photo by Lance Armstrong on Unsplash This Aug. 18 to Sept. 4, law enforcement will be stepping up their “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign. This means police officers will be focused on spotting impaired drivers and pulling them over. There were nearly 10,000 people killed in alcohol-impaired motor vehicle crashes in 2014, according…
On July 17, 2017, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, issued an updated version of Form I-9: Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9). Under federal law, every employer that recruits, refers for a fee or hires an individual for employment in the United States must complete a Form…
Whether they are walking, riding a bike, in their parent's car or on a bus, back to school time means millions of children are suddenly back on our roads. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recognizes the increased hazard and puts out annual bulletins on ways to keep your children safe, and a reminder to…
At one point in time, nearly every company driver has dreamed of being an owner-operator. The freedom to choose your own routes, set your own schedules (dependent upon jobs taken, of course), drive the truck of your choosing and selecting your own policies and rules (again within reason and regulations.) Additionally, owner-operators tend to earn…
While the absolute number of people failing the DOT drug test decreased due to a lower volume of tests performed, the percentage of drivers and others who take the test reached its highest level since 2009, according to a Department of Transportation report. The overall 2016 drug testing failure rate for all tests reported by…
At times, insurance agents will get together and talk about the best way to get a client covered. Even I was a little surprised when my 11 year old niece asked me the following insurance question: “If you were going to insure one of the CARs from the CARS movie – would you sell them…
The FDA's Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rule on Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food adds a number of new requirements to the food industry, both for facilities and transporters. The goal of this rule is to prevent practices during transportation that create food safety risks, such as failure to properly refrigerate food, inadequate…
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) used GPS and Federal Highway Administration data to determine that the trucking industry experienced over 990 million hours of traffic delays in 2015. These delays added up to over $63 billion in lost revenue, an increase of over $13 billion in lost revenue from the year before. The ATRI…
Although federal laws require large trucks to have rear underride guards to help prevent fatal collisions between trailers and commercial vehicles, new tests from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) have shown that side underride guards can be just as important. The IIHS ran two tests to determine the importance of side underride guards,…
During a recent meeting between the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and electronics manufacturers, the agency stated that its computer system is not yet ready for the new electronic logging device (ELD) rule. However, the FMCSA is moving forward with its planned compliance date of Dec. 18, 2017.If the FMCSA’s computer system isn’t ready…
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