Oct 6, 2020
In late September 2020, FMCSA quietly posted its latest Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts report with finalized 2018 CMV crash data and trend information. There was no FMCSA news release, no Agency tweets about this new report, and the crash trends reflected in the data...
Oct 6, 2020
In August 2020, an under-the-radar safety research organization called the National Surface Transportation Safety Center for Excellence published a new research report titled, Examining the Relationship Between CMV Driver Retention and Safety. Before you stop here and...
Sep 25, 2020
Register! On Tuesday, October 13, 2020, from 2:00-3:00 PM EDT, STC Vice President P. Sean Garney will be participating in a presentation to discuss the FMCSA’s Crash Preventability Determination program and DataQs, and how carriers are utilizing them to contest and...
Sep 25, 2020
Heavy Duty Trucking recently discussed STC President Dave Osiecki’s comments at Trimble’s In.Sight virtual conference regarding what safety inspectors look for when performing a compliance investigation. Osiecki discusses how ELDs have changed the way these...
Sep 15, 2020
The new Hours of Service rules are upon us, and leading up to their implementation, STC has been fielding many questions about how they can be used. Given our previous predictions about the impact of the new rules on the industry’s short-haul segment, we thought...
Sep 15, 2020
At a recent truck safety summit, three safety experts talked about ‘what’s working’ to move the safety needle at their companies. All three experts talked about the effectiveness of automatic emergency braking technology (AEB) and shared compelling...
Sep 15, 2020
In early May 2020, FMCSA launched its new, and permanent, CSA-related crash preventability determination program, and its first “Quarterly Statistics” report illustrates two important things: (1) the pent-up trucking industry demand for the program; and...
Sep 15, 2020
Did You Know? 82% of carriers that have had an FMCSA audit this calendar year have 20 or fewer trucks.
Sep 15, 2020
Did You Know? On Sept. 1, 2020, the USDOT issued and authorized use of a new Federal Drug Testing Custody & Control Form (CCF) that includes a new field for driver CDL information, information which is required under Clearinghouse rules. The ‘old’ CCF can be used...
Sep 15, 2020
Did you know? Thus far in CY 2020, only 7% of FMCSA audits resulted in no violations being discovered…in other words, violations are found in 93% of such audits.
