Incorporating crash accountability into theCompliance, Safety, Accountability carrier ranking program would not improve the DOT’s ability to target for intervention carriers most at risk for crashes, nor would it be easy to implement or cost-effective, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration concluded in a study released Jan. 21.
Following a December-made promise for more clarification of current sleep apnea guidelines for medical examiners, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration posted earlier this month a bulletin telling examiners that if they suspect a driver may have sleep apnea, then he or she should be sent to a sleep specialist for evaluation.
The combination of video and big data, called video intelligence, has already transformed several industries. Commercial transportation could be next.
President Barack Obama in his sixth State of the Union address made little mention of issues related directly to trucking or transportation, which has in years past come in the form of the president pushing Congress to do more to fund
The National Transportation Safety Board released its 2015 Most Wanted List of safety regulations this week, and included in list of 10 items are four items related to trucking and truck operators.
Electronic logging devices (ELDs) can be a delicate issue for fleets that use the owner-operator business model.  Last year, research by CCJ’s sister publication, Overdrive, found that independent operators are strongly opposed to the technology. Seventy percent said they would go so far as quit the industry before using ELDs.
The recent nosedive of diesel prices may be the new normal — or at least a temporary normal — according to the latest projection from theDepartment of Energy.
The information motor carriers deliver is just as valuable as the freight. Without accurate and timely status on an inbound shipment, a manufacturer may be forced to shut down an entire production line and incur losses far greater than the actual value of goods in transit.
The convenience store (actual gas stations don’t really exist anymore) up the street from my house is selling regular unleaded gasoline for $1.87 a gallon. This is the lowest price for gas I’ve personally encountered yet. And it’s a good feeling to actually fill my pickup all the way and drive around with the gas […]
