The number of crashes used in FMCSA’s study on assigning crash fault and weighting scores appropriately in its Compliance, Safety, Accountability program. Lack of crash accountability in CSA has been one of the trucking industry’s biggest issues with the program.
Electronic logging devices (ELDs) are on track to becoming the new standard for all 3.4 million commercial drivers who are required by law to keep a record of duty status.
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.
