Speeding Slim to None

Years in the making, FMCSA’s proposed speed limiter rule has again been delayed. In a Significant Rulemaking Report issued January 26, 2024, the Agency indicated that May 2024 is now its intended publication date for the Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...

Dealer’s Choice Chassis?

The Federal Maritime Commission recently made a landmark decision that will likely ripple through the U.S. supply chain for some time. The FMC upheld an administrative law judge’s ruling from a year ago relating to a lawsuit filed by the American Trucking...

Environmental Safety

STC helps motor carriers develop and implement programs designed to improve safety and compliance. The call for this has increased as carriers begin ingesting more data sources and begin acting on the identified gaps and trends. The accelerating adoption of dashcams...

Did You Know? Safety Technology on Cars Reduces Truck Crashes

According to a recent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study, Forward Collision Warning and Automatic Emergency Braking systems on cars reduced rear-end crashes with medium and heavy-duty trucks by 38%.  A companion study found that a truck or motorcycle is...

Did You Know? International Roadcheck is Scheduled for May

CVSA’s annual International Roadcheck is scheduled for May 14-16, 2024, and this year it will have two focus areas – tractor protection systems and alcohol/controlled substance possession. Their website provides great detail of the program and how to...

STC In The News: TN Truck Thought Podcast Episode 16

In this episode, STC’s Co-Directors, P. Sean Garney and Steve Keppler share their thoughts and predictions on which truck-related issues will make headlines in 2024.  Some of the discussion topics included bipartisan infrastructure law, drug and alcohol testing, speed...

NO-DA

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...

Disqualifying the Disqualified

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...