Owner-operator bags Victory Vegas Jackpot bike
The bike Long Haul Trucking-leased owner-operator Steve Wright is sitting on is a 2012 Victory Vegas Jackpot cycle that was the grand prize in a contest begun by the Albertville, Minn.-based carrier at the Mid-America ...
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Highway bill includes truck parking elements The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved more truck parking in a two-year transportation bill. The $109 billion Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act was combined with ...
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Cross-border program starts Mexico had approved three U.S. carriers to deliver beyond its border by Oct. 21, when the first Mexican carrier crossed into Laredo, Texas, marking the beginning of the cross-border pilot program with Mexico ...
FMCSA: Study shows CSA improves compliance
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Aug. 31 announced an independent evaluation of the agency’s Compliance Safety Accountability program’s operational model test confirm that CSA substantially improves the agency’s enforcement and compliance model. FMCSA says the ...
CSA Part 2: Maintaining your equipment
CSA and YOUR RIG Now more than ever, you’re responsible for what you drive, including company trailers. Take control of maintenance with robust inspection procedures and self-education to avoid inspection hassles. “I go over my truck with ...
High-risk carriers reviewed
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration completed compliance reviews on 82 percent to 91 percent of high-risk carriers under the former SafeStat system during the first three quarters of 2010. The agency had used SafeStat to ...
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Most carriers unranked in CSA Only 12 percent of active motor carriers are ranked in any of the five safety categories within the new Safety Measurement System the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration made public Dec. ...
Agency defends CSA 2010
Claims that disclosure of data related to the Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 program will have disastrous consequences for many trucking companies fail to acknowledge that similar data have been available for more than a decade ...
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Crashes and interventions: Blitzkrieg probes coming to trucking
The FMCSA's quick-strike sweep through "high-risk" passenger carriers, say officials, will be hitting our industry sooner rather than later. Knowing the agency's definition of a high-risk carrier is your first step in avoiding involuntary shutdown.
Watch those post-crash-inspection violations
How to DataQ: 9 tips
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