Jul 27, 2020
STC President David Osiecki recently provided insight to John Gallagher, Washington Correspondent for FreightWaves into why so many pre-employment drug test refusals are being reported to the Clearinghouse. “Considering that a refusal, in the pre-employment context,...
Jul 27, 2020
In a story about new Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse usage data, Scopelitis Transportation Consulting’s President Dave Osiecki provided his interpretation of the data. Osiecki noted the jump in the number of pre-employment full queries as good news for industry...
Jul 27, 2020
On Thursday, August 6, 2020 at 2pm EDT, Scopelitis Transportation Consulting Vice President P. Sean Garney will be joining Dr. Todd Simo, Chief Medical Officer at HireRight, and Mark Savage, DOT Safety Manager at Huwa and former Deputy Chief of the Colorado State...
Jul 27, 2020
On Friday, July 30, 2020 at 10am EDT STC President Dave Osiecki will be delivering a one-hour webinar about what to expect in the event of an DOT off-site audit. COVID-19 has accelerated an already significant trend toward off-site compliance reviews from on-site...
Jul 27, 2020
On Thursday, July 30, from 10am to 11 am central time, STC Vice President P. Sean Garney is set to deliver a webinar providing an overview of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Crash Preventability Determination Program. The webinar will include a...
Jul 15, 2020
Did you know STC does mock DOT audits for carriers? Want an outside set of eyes on your compliance program and status? Contact STC here if you want to discuss how we do it, and our rates.
Jul 15, 2020
There’s a thing called the “Large Truck Technology Return-on-Investment Calculator.” See the User Guide and Instruction Manual.
Jul 15, 2020
Off-site DOT audits by federal & state personnel are up 244% thus far in FY 2020 (compared to all of FY 2019). See the data.
Jul 15, 2020
12,935 “general/form and manner” violations were cited during roadside inspections in the first five months of 2020 (Jan-May). Even with ELDs, “form and manner” violations are still a thing–drivers forget to enter truck or trailer number, shipping document #,...
Jul 15, 2020
FMCSA has a difficult job–it is tasked with reducing CMV crashes by monitoring 550,000 motor carriers and nearly 7 million CMV drivers. It is a herculean task. But FMCSA is not on an island. Let’s face it, motor carriers themselves are best equipped to improve...
