The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) on August 11, 2015 rolled out a campaign called Our Roads, Our Responsibility (https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/ourroads) to further road safety when it comes to sharing the road with commercial vehicles. This information would be good … Read More
By Wally Parke So what is the law regarding road kill? And yes, there are laws, regulating harvesting of road kill for consumption. States set their own regulation in regard to whether road kill can be claimed by an individual … Read More
Pohl Transportation is proud to unveil our 2nd installment in our series aimed at helping our drivers learn the PeopleNet E-log system! View part 1 on our YouTube channel!
You may have heard in the past year or so the administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Mark Rosekind, compare the rise in traffic deaths to a Boeing 747s crashing on a weekly basis. Now the numbers of … Read More
Do Not Make Sudden Moves to Miss A Deer What are your first instincts when seeing a deer or any kind of animal on the road? More than likely it is to make every attempt to avoid hitting it by … Read More
by Wally Parke First off let me state there are no sleep apnea regulations for commercial drivers and their Department of Transportation (DOT) physicals. Nor are there any rules for roadside checks of driver’s neck sizes. The Federal Motor Carrier … Read More
The FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration) has proposed to pilot-test a program that would determine just how preventable certain types of “less complex” truck related crashes truly are. The program’s findings could eventually result in removing certain non-preventable crashes that … Read More
Pilot Flying J has recently overhauled their Wi-Fi in response to driver feedback. The popular chain announced that it had completely rebuild their network from the ground up in over 500 locations to accommodate drivers who rely on a good internet … Read More
By Wally Parke On 10-1-2005 the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations 49 CFR Part 395 hours-of-service changed in a way that has been debated heavily ever since. The 2005 sleeper berth rule change was an update to the 2003 rule. … Read More
by Wally Parke June 7-9, 2016 the 29th annual International Roadcheck will take place. The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) will utilize approximately 10,000 CVSA-certified inspectors in jurisdictions throughout North America to perform large truck and bus safety inspections. Inspectors … Read More