HDTX Keynote: Inside Insights on Trucking Regulations
Get insights into the trucking regulatory and safety environment from Jack Van Steenburg, the former number-two guy at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, at Heavy Duty Trucking Exchange.
Former FMCSA Executive Director and Chief Safety Officer Jack Van Steenburg will share regulatory and safety insights at Heavy Duty Trucking Exchange.
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How would you like a chance to talk to one of the top former officials at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and get his insights into the trucking regulatory environment? Attendees at Heavy Duty Trucking Exchange, Sept. 4-6 in Scottsdale, Arizona, will get that chance when Jack Van Steenburg delivers the opening keynote address.
Van Steenburg will kick off HDTX the evening of September 4 with a presentation following dinner titled, “Life after FMCSA: A Different Perspective on Safety & Compliance.”
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He retired last year after 15 years with the FMCSA, where he was executive director, chief safety officer, and assistant administrator. Now he’s turning that inside knowledge into real-world insights and advice for trucking fleets as principal for CMV Safety Experts LLC.
Van Steenburg will talk about his experiences at FMCSA, what he’s seeing today, and what he believes we will see in the future from a regulatory standpoint. Will we ever see a speed limiter rule? How about revamping the safety fitness rating system?
And he’ll discuss real-world recommendations on how fleets can improve safety and compliance and combat litigation.
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“I want to let them know, don’t take things for granted,” Van Steenburg told HDT.
Having safety policies in place is not enough. Fleets need to follow up and make sure they are living up to every part of those policies.
More About Jack Van Steenburg
Van Steenburg recently formed a consulting business, CMV Safety Experts. He brings years of extensive knowledge of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s expectations and views to motor carriers, attorneys, and safety groups on commercial motor vehicle safety.
He retired from FMCSA in May of 2023, after serving 15 years in the agency. He was the executive director and chief safety officer for the agency and the first person to hold the title of executive director. Previously, Van Steenburg served as FMCSA’s director of enforcement and compliance.
Before joining FMCSA in 2008, he served in the New York State Police for 25 years and rose through the ranks of Trooper to Staff Inspector.
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He also served as the elected president of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance and participated on their executive committee for a decade.
Founded in 2017, Heavy Duty Trucking Exchange is designed to connect a diverse and influential group of fleet managers of Class 7 and 8 vehicles, at no charge, with a select group of product and service suppliers in an intimate resort setting to exchange information, ideas and solutions.
In addition to casual and structured networking opportunities, educational highlights of HDTX 2024 will include:
HDT’s Truck Fleet Innovators will receive their awards and participate in a panel moderated by HDT editors.
HDT Editor and Associate Publisher Deborah Lockridge and Executive Editor Jack Roberts will discuss the top trucking issues and trends they’re covering.
Thursday’s keynote speaker, a transportation attorney with Tyson & Mendes, will discuss nuclear verdicts.
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