An amendment added to the Invest in America Highway bill could increase the minimum requirements of liability insurance for carriers from $750,000 to $2 million. This amendment would also require the insurance minimum to be adjusted every five years. The final bill still needs to make its way through the…
Information is incredibly valuable these days, especially in the trucking industry where truck performance and safety are key. Everyday technology is changing and advancing so quickly it’s almost hard to keep up with but finding the right telematics service provider for your needs is important to how your business runs….
USA Carry has put out a handy dandy map that shows the concealed carry permit information for each of the 50 states. The states are colored-coded showing whether they are May Issue, Shall Issue, Right Denied, or Constitutional Carry. This website outlines and explains the concealed carry definitions used and…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has given truck drivers the ability to renew their med cards and licenses by the end of September. The last update to this notice was for licenses to be renewed by June 30, 2020, but it has now been extended through September 30, 2020….
The temperatures are going up and the roads are busier with summer travelers. Here are some tips for truckers to help make it safely through the summer months. Hot roads and high speed are not a good combination for your tires so keep an eye on them and keep them…
Convoy has announced they have teamed up with Feeding America to deliver undeliverable food and beverages to food banks around the country. By using their Digital Freight Network and MealConnect technology they will be able to connect with truckers who have rejected shipments of food or beverages and find them…
States are opening back up and freight is starting to move like normal again. A study of trucks traveling put out by Samsara Networks has shown us that trucks are rolling again but there is more speeding and less hard braking going on out there. During the COVID-19 lockdown, there…
Overdrive Magazine’s Red Eye Radio has put out its Trucker Talent Search announcement and got back over 50 entries. The long list of talented truckers has now been narrowed down to 10 and will be reviewed by a panel of judges sometime this summer. These 10 will be narrowed down…
USDOT’s Federal Highway Administration has awarded a $4.4 million grant for the Interstate 70 Truck Automation Corridor project. The project is a collaboration between DriveOhio, INDOT, the Transportation Research Center, and ODOT. This project will allow those working with automated trucks a safe place to deploy their operations. Data gathered…
Sure, many states have no cell phone usage and hands-free laws throughout the country, but fleets should have their own safe-driver policies to go along with these. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the National Safety Council have some good ideas to get started on developing your own policies….