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The Roadcheck effect

Take a visit to the mechanic? Go through the truck with a fine-toothed comb? … How do you prepare for the annual 72-hour inspection blitz? It’s coming soon — June 2-4.

April 28, 2015

How do you get ready for Roadcheck? Mobile users can tap the image to weigh in with a voice message we may use in a future “mailbag” podcast.

Rewarding owner-operators for safety? FMCSA looking at ‘Beyond Compliance’ incentive program

Incentives proposed by FMCSA include credit on CSA scores, credit on ISS scores and fewer roadside inspections.

April 22, 2015

Carriers receiving credit on their CSA SMS rankings is one idea floated by FMCSA for rewarding carriers in the agency’s “Beyond Compliance” program, which would reward those who take proactive safety measures.

Louisiana becomes next Drivewyze state

Louisiana becomes the next state to add the Drivewyze PreClear mobile-based weigh station and inspection site bypass service.

April 15, 2015

Drivewyze PreClear

S.D. adds Drivewyze bypass

The smartphone-based bypass service is now available in 545 locations in 34 states, including some mobile inspection sites. More data here on South Dakota inspection rankings.

April 3, 2015

Overdrive Radio

Kenny Capell’s obstruction of justice case at the scale house, in his own words

Capell hopes it becomes common practice in law enforcement to better respect the job trucking professionals do by refraining from waking sleeping codrivers absent reasonable suspicion.

March 23, 2015

Kenny Capells Freightliner Columbia edit

NY: Latest Drivewyze state

Nine locations on I-81, I-88 and I-87 in the Empire State became operational for bypasses for users of the Drivewyze PreClear bypass software.

March 10, 2015

Drivewyze PreClear

How does a weigh station work?

Working in part with truckers following Overdrive’s 2014 Florida Pride & Polish, Chris Fiffie of Big Rig Videos turned his camera on the technology, procedures behind the Wildwood, Fla., weigh station

March 10, 2015

Florida DOT Senior Inspector Dennis Hegman was Fiffie’s ultimate source for the film that resulted.

Driver cleared of obstruction charges after being woken up by police in the sleeper of team-driven truck

Kenny Capell was charged with obstruction of justice after refusing to comply with an ID check after being forced awake during a routine stop at the Northbound scale in Ringgold, Ga.

March 3, 2015

Kenny Capell small edit

To carry or not to carry: 65 percent of readers say physical med card still key in inspections

As evidenced by February polling here, the physical medical card remained part of more than 6 in 10 readers’ most-recent roadside stops.

February 25, 2015

Manchester Scales — Johnny McBee checks a logbook

Investigators targeted 193 carriers using CSA data in 2014 enforcement blitz

Investigators used driver performance data from the FMCSA’s CSA algorithm to target nearly 200 companies for on-site interventions. Officers also made contact with nearly 20,000 commercial drivers.

February 13, 2015

Traffic enforcement, Kentucky scales

Light-sensitive: Ohio the No. 1 state for light violations

Lights can go out when you’re running, but some drivers contend “a lot of these lights are off before the trip starts.” If you don’t catch them, you can bet that if your run takes you through Ohio, somebody else will.

February 2, 2015

Ohio light leader nationwide

Indiana’s vanishing clean inspections, further speed scrutiny

Indiana ranks No. 5 nationwide for the smallest percentage of clean inspections.

January 2, 2015

WHERE IT’S MOST DIFFICULT TO IMPROVE CSA SCORES | For more detail on where the states fall in rankings of their likelihood to issue a totally violation-free inspection, click through the above map or follow this link.

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