Federal regulations require that you communicate a number of things to the motor carrier you are contracted to immediately: Any roadside inspection – even those where the officer may have told you that the citations listed are just warnings. CSA points are assigned to every item listed, no matter what it is called. Any citation/ticket/…
For another year – at minimum – federal regulations require that you carry and be able to present a medical card when it is requested by a law enforcement officer. There is an empty sleeve in your legalization folder by design; it is intended for your long form physical copy and medical card. Please confirm…
421,000 people were injured – and 3,328 people were killed – in distracted driving crashes in 2012, the last year for which figures are available. Distracted driving ( described as a driver doing any non-driving activity that can divert his/her attention away from his/her primary task: driving safely.] is dangerous. You will observe it as…
We all know that we must watch out for school children in school zones during those times that they are arriving at or leaving school; however, this is not such a tough thing to do as there is an AM-PM schedule which compresses the risk of driving in areas where there are children. A far…
An average of 14 trucks or buses will be inspected every minute during the 72 hour Roadcheck 2014 inspection blitz for which ports of entry and scales will be open 24 hours a day June 3, 4, and 5, 2014. Roadcheck is the largest targeted enforcement program in the world. 10,000 local, state and federal…
Intersection collisions account for 30% of all accidents, and 40% of all urban accidents. Intersection collisions often result in higher injury levels as well – as the sides of motor vehicles do not protect drivers and passengers as well as front and rear. Take in the whole picture to be safe at intersections: in the…
On a steep grade on North Carolina’s heavily-wooded Pookatella Pike, a driver was surprised by a six point buck that ran into the highway in front of his rig. The driver slammed on his brakes and steered hard partially off of the highway, striking a guard rail; and destroying his right front fender. The driver…
Driving is a divided attention activity; you are watching dials, the road ahead and to the sides; you may be reacting to an incoming phone call; you may be digging around to locate your sun glasses; you may be distracted by kids at play on an adjoining playground; you may be reaching for your water…
The customer vehicle you drive MAY have a sign on the rear that reads, “How’s My Driving? Call 1-800-…” Remember that you look like an employee of the vehicle owner when you transport a vehicle with that company’s logo and identification on its sides. Public image is VERY IMPORTANT to our customers. They WILL get…
Driving at night means you do not have to cope with busy, congested highways, but the trade off brings a whole new set of issues: reduced visibility, impaired drivers, and the effects of fatigue. Road hazards are even more hazardous at night – especially if you lack familiarity with the route and its road construction…