Mar 24, 2023
NHTSA has denied DTNA’s equipment exemption petition, likely resulting in a recall of 24,000 vehicles. Daimler, seeking the exemption, claimed the safety-related noncompliance is inconsequential. P. Sean Garney of STC commented on his disappointment in the...
Mar 23, 2023
With a career spanning more than 25 years with some of the nation’s largest fleets, David O’Neal has joined STC in the role of Senior Associate. O’Neal will combine his skills and regulatory knowledge with Co-Directors P. Sean Garney and Steve Keppler to grow STC’s...
Mar 23, 2023
With FMCSA’s recent implementation of new push-notification functionality in the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse, STC believes it is time to revive the conversation about doing the same for updates to driver MVRs. Currently, 19 states have a service to provide...
Mar 23, 2023
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program has been making headlines lately. FMCSA’s proposed changes to the program are sweeping and motor carriers are working hard to understand what their new scores could look like...
Mar 23, 2023
In CY 2022, the vehicle-related violation resulting in the most out-of-service (OOS) orders at the roadside was “tire flat/or audible air leak”, with more than 97,000 OOS violations according FMCSA data....
Mar 23, 2023
According to FMCSA’s Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report, in FY 2022, 39% of the compliance investigations completed by FMCSA investigators resulted in a Notice of Claim (i.e., a...
Mar 23, 2023
According to FMCSA’s Safety Event Mapping Tool, California and Texas account for nearly 20% of all large truck and bus crashes in calendar year 2022.
Mar 16, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 16, 2023 Former Motor Carrier Executive Joins STC Veteran leader David O’Neal joins STC’to expand trucking safety and compliance service offerings. ARLINGTON, Va. – Scopelitis Transportation Consulting (STC), a specialized...
Mar 7, 2023
Last month, FMCSA rejected the complex IRT system and have instead decided to modify it, making it more user-friendly for truck drivers. In Transport Topics’ February 28 article, P. Sean Garney of STC commented on FMCSA’s decision. Read the full article...
Mar 6, 2023
On Valentines Day, FMCSA declared its love for CSA by rejecting a suiter it had been flirting with for nearly six years, the Item Response Theory. The industry exhaled a collective sigh of relief as it had been anxious about the possibility of having to adapt to a new...
