STC In The News: FMCSA to consider waivers to its pre-emption determination on CA and WA rest-break rules
STC’s Sean Garney commented on FMCSA’s decision to accept waivers from its previous decision to preempt the California and Washington Meal and Rest Break rules. Read or listen to the article...
read moreSTC In The News: BCB Live Discussion with “Drive Safe Dave” on August 14, 2023
STC’s Steve Keppler joined a discussion with host Dave Dover regarding various safety issues in the trucking industry, and in particular marijuana usage and its challenges and impacts. Watch the discussion here. Their conversation was precipitated by this article in...
read moreSTC In the News: STC Talks Independent Contractors on TTT Pod
Episode 11 of the Scopelitis Transportation Consulting hosted TN Truck Thought Podcast was released on July 13, 2023. Entitled "Trucking Ambassadors: Defending the IC Model in Trucking," the podcasts featured Bill Web, leader of the Coalition for Independent...
read moreSTC In The News: DOT Seeks Input on Transportation Infrastructure Innovation
DOT’s Request For Information posted in the Federal Register seeks comments on possible research and development projects that could improve transportation infrastructure. As the safety and compliance experts at STC explained on its website, “…ARPA-I could...
read moreSTC In the News: Scopelitis Consulting Talks CSA Comments in Episode 10 of the TTT Pod
Scopelitis Transportation Consulting welcomed Quinn Hancock from TrueNorth Companies and Deborah Lockridge from Heavy Duty Trucking to discuss how the industry was reacting to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's proposed changes to the Compliance,...
read moreSTC In the News: TTT Podcast Covers Dashcams and What’s Not Being Discussed
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,...
read moreSTC In The News: DOT Issues Final Rule on Oral Fluid Drug Testing
The final rule amends the Department of Transportation’s industry drug testing program to allow oral fluid testing for all required DOT tests, but the Department of Health and Human Services needs to certify at least two testing laboratories before motor...
read moreSTC In the News: TTT Podcast Investigates Adult Education Strategies for Effective Driver Training
In its latest TrueNorth Truck Thought podcast, the STC team along with TrueNorth and adult education expert Dr. Gina Anderson, CEO and Founder of Luma Brighter Learning talk about how adults learn and how to implement effective driver training in the trucking...
read moreSTC In The News: Recall likely after feds deny Daimler Trucks’ equipment exemption
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...
read moreSTC In The News: Transportation Experts Divided on FMCSA’s Rejection of IRT
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...
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