Safety and Compliance

Safety and Compliance

Practicing safety: Resist complacency

It’s as important as ever to resist the tendency to overlook otherwise repetitive tasks necessary for a safe trucking operation on-highway, aka "safety complacency." These are a but a few things that fall on your shoulders to maintain.

January 1, 2025

Safety and Compliance

6 pre- and post-trip inspection myths, and reality

Owner-operators know how important inspections are, but much of the conventional wisdom around inspections is more fiction than fact, which in some cases can lead to OOS violations.

January 1, 2025

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March 24, 2025

Safety and Compliance

Following the rules of the road, and how they follow you: Inspections, violations and safety scores

The cat's long been out of the bag on federal safety scoring within the CSA program. Managing inspection, violation and crash data associated with your business starts with minding the small stuff with respect to maintenance and other rules of the road.

January 1, 2025