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Safety & Compliance
Speeding, seat belt use among top trucker violations during Operation Safe Driver Week
While nearly 6,000 tickets/citations and warnings were issued to commercial and passenger drivers during the initiative, 4,000 of those were to truckers. Also: Fleet owner sentenced for COVID loan fraud; Averitt names new VP; new Landstar facility opens.
November 20, 2024
Safety & Compliance
Three ELDs removed from FMCSA's Registered Devices list
The Keep Tracking ELD and two Rollingtrans ELDs were removed from its Registered Devices list Monday, requiring carriers and drivers to discontinue using them. Also: Nikola Tre BEV trucks recalled; North Carolina reminds truckers to stay on truck routes.
November 19, 2024
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Safety & Compliance
Unannounced hazmat inspection blitz puts 576 trucks out-of-service
A five-day hazmat-focused inspection initiative totaled nearly 4,000 inspections with 576 OOS violations. Also: Lewisville, Texas, enforcement operation puts 43% of inspected trucks OOS; Kenworth secures new Sourcewell government contract.
November 18, 2024
Safety & Compliance
CDL downgrades for drug, alcohol violations begin Nov. 18
The second phase of FMCSA's Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse takes effect Monday, Nov. 18, which requires states to downgrade CDLs for drivers in "prohibited" status.
November 15, 2024
Safety & Compliance
Roadcheck finds U.S. vehicle violations slightly higher than North American average
Commercial motor vehicle enforcement parked more than 13,000 vehicles and nearly 3,000 drivers with violations in May's enforcement campaign.
September 24, 2024
Components
How well do you know the 20% rule for brake violations?
An often misunderstood rule can keep a truck and/or trailer with certain brake violations on the road.
August 15, 2024
Safety & Compliance
FMCSA places four ELDs on 'Revoked Devices' list
Carriers should stop using the four devices – CTE-LOG ELD, ELD VOLT, PowerTrucks ELD, and TFM ELD – and revert to paper logs or logging software to record required hours of service data.
July 23, 2024
Regulations
Canadian fleet shut down following bridge strike
British Columbia officials followed through on recently increased penalties for bridge strikes in the province. Also: Zonar's telematics device the first to be certified by CARB for Clean Truck Check testing.
July 22, 2024
Regulations
Timeline for AEBs, broker transparency, other rulemakings in the works
The 2024 Spring Regulatory Agenda, published this month, updates the timeline on a number of potential rulemakings from FMCSA and NHTSA affecting trucking.
July 17, 2024
Regulations
Emergency HOS waivers for Baltimore bridge collapse extended
The emergency declaration, in effect since the end of April, is now effective through July 15. Also: Tie rod recalls affecting more Daimler, Volvo, Mack units; comment period extended for fleet's request to use under-21 drivers across state lines.
July 9, 2024
Maintenance
Get dinged during Roadcheck? Know your rights
Out of service criteria is fairly black and white and not open to interpretation, but inspectors do make mistakes.
May 16, 2024
Maintenance
How to help drivers pass a DOT inspection
Over the last three years, roughly 6% of all drivers inspected have been parked with a violation during CVSA's Roadcheck.
May 2, 2024
Components
How to ensure brakes pass DOT roadside inspection
Barring an unforeseen statistical anomaly, brake violations will be among the top equipment out of service violations found during Roadcheck.
May 2, 2024
Components
How to ensure your tires pass roadside DOT inspection
From tread depth to road gators, tires are a big problem during DOT inspections.
May 2, 2024
Maintenance
How to ensure your lights pass roadside DOT inspection
The top equipment violation last year, with somewhere around 300,000 nationwide, was lighting devices.
May 2, 2024
Regulations
How to pass a roadside inspection: CVSA answers Roadcheck questions
CVSA Roadside Inspection Specialist Jeremy Disbrow offers an instructional how-to on passing commercial vehicle roadside inspections.
May 2, 2024
Safety & Compliance
Roadcheck puts trailer protection, substance abuse in its crosshairs
CVSA will kick off its International Roadcheck blitz in about a month with tractor protection controls in the air system and alcohol and controlled substance possession getting special focus.
April 15, 2024
Cybersecurity
Research highlights vulnerabilities in ELD cybersecurity
A group of researchers from Colorado State University recently published a paper that details cybersecurity threat vectors surrounding one of the most used devices in the cab of a truck: the electronic logging device.
April 5, 2024
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