Conference Program Tuesday, November 11th 11:00 AM Golf Outing: Slammer and the Squire Golf Course 6:00 – 9:00 PM Welcome Reception 0 Agenda and Speakers -Nov 2014-2
Conference Program Tuesday, November 11th 11:00 AM Golf Outing: Slammer and the Squire Golf Course 6:00 – 9:00 PM Welcome Reception 0 Agenda and Speakers -Nov 2014-2
The 2014 holiday season is upon us and as drivers travel to their destinations they are likely to encounter thousands of other vehicles on the road heading to visit friends, relatives or even shopping. With gas prices reaching new lows this year, the holiday travel season is shaping up to be one of the busiest […]
To properly recruit and retain good truck drivers, key members of the entire carrier family need to be involved from before first contact: The training and operations departments must be in on recruiting and recruiting must follow up with training and operations; and every step should be scripted, rehearsed and tracked.
A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration â€rule proposal†that continues the agency’s process of increasing the minimum amount of liability insurance carriers must have has cleared the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, meaning an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is likely to be published in the coming weeks.
The excitement in Kate Dell’s voice is infectious. The 27-year-old Washington State native is wrapping up her education at WyoTech’s campus in Laramie, Wyo. In just a few weeks, she’ll start a new job as an entry-level diesel technician at a Mack Trucks dealership in Denver.
The general public may not be as open to autonomous or “driverless†trucks as fleets may be, if a recent survey is any indication.  Nearly two-thirds of respondents to the survey fromSoftwareAdvice.com said they’d feel either “much less safe†or “less safe†sharing the road with “driverless semi-trucks.â€
The average loss value per cargo theft incident in the third quarter of 2014 jumped 100 percent from 2013’s third quarter $321,521, while the number of thefts fell, according to the quarterly cargo theft trends report from FreightWatch International.
Two advisory committees to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration have recommended that the agency require that primary care or other treating physicians of drivers fill out a questionnaire when use of Schedule II drugs by drivers is known or suspected.
Members of the FMCSA’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee spent the morning of their second day of meetings this week debating the agency’s work in raising the minimum amount of liability insurance that carriers must hold to operate.