Feb 12, 2024
Scopelitis Transportation Consulting’s Steve Keppler has been named 2nd vice chair of the American Trucking Associations’ Law Enforcement Advisory Board. Comprising a vast array of experience in federal, state, local law enforcement, and the trucking industry, ATA’s...
Jan 23, 2024
Last year, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking announcing their decision to explore ways to update its safety rating process. The headline at the time was the agency’s suggestion that it is considering...
Jan 23, 2024
With data gathered over a three year period ranging from 2016 – 2018, FMCSA recently released its “Assessment of Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Holders’ Traffic Violations, Convictions, and Disqualifications” report. In short, the research goal was to determine the...
Jan 23, 2024
Technology continues to accelerate and permeate almost every aspect of our lives. This statement most certainly holds true for those of us working in the transportation and trucking space as well, although usually at a less frenetic and generally more measured, pace....
Jan 16, 2024
In this January 12, 2024 article in Freightwaves, STC’s P. Sean Garney offered his opinion regarding the FMCSA publication of its “notice of data availability” (NODA), and what it may mean for motor carriers. Read or listen to the article...
Jan 9, 2024
In Episode 15 of the Tripple T Podcast, STC’s P. Sean Garney and Steve Keppler discusses ways to incentivize investment in proven safety tools, technologies and programs among motor carriers and how an FMCSA’ sponsored Beyond Compliance Program could reduce crashes in...