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…
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….
Truckers have had a hard time this year when it comes to finding a decent meal to eat. Truck shops were shutting down along every highway, drive-thrus don’t allow walk-ups, and now food prices are skyrocketing. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association teamed up with the Canadian Trucking Alliance and others…
The latest monthly summary put out by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse gives some good insight at how many in the trucking industry are signing up and what they have in their systems. According to the summary, 80% of the violations reported were positive drug…
Freightwaves put out a survey to drivers, carriers, and others within the trucking industry asking questions about guns. Turns out, and it is really no surprise, that truckers love their guns. 70% of those who responded to the survey carry a concealed gun on their persons or in their vehicles…
American Trucking Associations is asking for nominations for the next round of captains for America’s Road Team. Since 1986, this elite group of professional drivers put a safe and positive face on the trucking industry. They go out and educate people all over the country regarding how the trucking industry…
National Tank Truck Carriers has announced a group of eight professional tank truck drivers as finalists for the Professional Tank Truck Driver of the Year Award. The finalists will be advancing to the final round where their performance, safety knowledge, community efforts, and tank truck driving, will be judged by…
Furloughed drivers are climbing back into the driver’s seat of their big rigs and FMCSA has given them a temporary waiver for certain parts of the pre-employment test. The current regulations state that drivers must go through pre-employment drug testing before getting out there on the road. If the drivers…