May 25, 2023
In its latest TrueNorth Truck Thought podcast, the STC team along with TrueNorth and crash litigation attorney and Partner at Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Fear, P.C. talk about Dashcams. This interesting conversation takes a deep dive into a popular topic,...
May 25, 2023
As a part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal in 1933, each industry sector was asked to create a “code of fair competition.” The trucking industry did its part to establish its code, and in 1935, congress passed the Motor Carrier Act, which adopted the code...
May 25, 2023
FMCSA first proposed a speed limiter mandate in 2016. Seven years and six FMCSA administrators later, there’s been no resolution. What’s happened since 2016, and what direction do we think FMCSA will take? The short answer to the first part of the question is simple: ...
May 25, 2023
Earlier this month, the Office of the Secretary of Transportation issued a final rule allowing motor carriers to adopt oral fluid testing for all DOT-required testing types. During the proposal stage, some, including STC, had initially criticized the proposal pointing...
May 25, 2023
According to FMCSA registration data, the industry lost 8,018 for-hire motor carriers between December 2022 and April 2023.
May 25, 2023
The recently released Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Freight Analysis Framework estimates that in 2021 the most popular freight lane as measured by tons transported was Texas to Louisiana. The second most popular? Louisiana to...
