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ArticlesFebruary 7, 2024

5 Ways to Improve Your CSA Score

Perspective on improving your fleet's safety program and CSA scores from a truck driver and trucking company owner turned insurance consultant.

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PodcastsJanuary 25, 2024

How Trucking Fleets Can Get Control of False Driver Logs

Log falsification violations can lead to out-of-service orders, fines, bad federal safety scores, failed DOT audits, civil penalties, and even nuclear verdicts. What can motor carriers do?

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeJanuary 19, 2024

FMCSA Administrator Hutcheson Leaving Agency

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Administrator Robin Hutcheson is leaving the agency after three years, following the departure earlier this month of Deputy Administrator Earl Adams Jr.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeJanuary 11, 2024

Speed Limiters, Automatic Emergency Braking, Side Underride? 2024 Regulatory Outlook

What trucking can expect this year in federal rulemakings in areas such as mandatory truck speed limiters, mandatory automatic emergency braking, changes in how motor carrier safety is scored, trailer side underride guards, electronic truck IDs, possible ELD rule revisions, and more in this 2024 regulatory update.

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Newsby Jack RobertsJanuary 10, 2024

Stoneridge Continues to Improve MirrorEye Rear-View Camera System

Stoneridge CEO Jim Zizelman detailed new MirrorEye safety enhancements and the regulatory outlook for additional rear-view camera testing and validation work at CES 2024 in Las Vegas.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeJanuary 8, 2024

FMCSA Deputy Administrator Leaves Agency for Private Sector

FMCSA Deputy Administrator Earl Adams Jr. has left the agency less than a year after being sworn in, going back to the private sector in transportation law with a focus on regulatory issues and new technologies.

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NewsJanuary 2, 2024

Why Quality Drivers and Safety Compliance are Key for Best Trucking Insurance Rates

Hiring quality drivers and focusing on safety compliance are key ways to reduce insurance costs for trucking companies.

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Newsby StaffDecember 29, 2023

FMCSA Wants Comments on Meal and Rest Break Waivers

Although it determined previously that federal regulations regarding commercial motor vehicle drivers pre-empted state meal and rest break rules, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is now considering several petitions for waivers.

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Newsby Wayne ParhamDecember 27, 2023

HDT’s Top 10 Safety & Compliance Stories of 2023

What were the most-read HDT safety and compliance news and articles in 2023?

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseDecember 19, 2023

NMFTA Names Jim Mullen Chief Strategy Officer

Jim Mullen, a former acting administrator for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, has been named chief strategy officer for the National Motor Freight Traffic Association. He has also worked with TuSimple and the Clean Freight Coalition.

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