Although less than 1% of driving is done backward, almost 50% of collisions nationwide occur when a driver is backing up. The ways to avoid trouble are * goal – Get out and look – get an understanding of the area you will be backing into – and then begin to back up immediately before…
WE all know what is expected of us as drivers following an accident/collision: stop immediately; prevent additional accidents with four ways and emergency triangles; notify law enforcement; check for injuries; and document the accident. Sometime it is even MORE important to know what you should NOT do: A driver should NOT (1) Discuss specific details…
The FMCSA ( Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ) mandates that once a calendar year every motor carrier must re-qualify every commercial driver. Basically, this means that a number of documents must be collected and analyzed, and a decision that the driver is still qualified to drive in interstate commerce – or not –…
At conference calls and business meetings, it will not surprise you to learn that dispatchers and managers here at MTI talk about drivers. Who are the best, favorite drivers to work with? The answer is always the same: The ones who do what they have said they will The ones who call in often,…
We are a company that has very clear hours of service programs and policies in place. The USDOT has recently advised us that we can only reduce our CSA scores in the hours of service basic by ruthlessly enforcing these policies. To this end, the safety department will be assuring that all drivers know and…
New research shows that e-logs can reduce a driver’s hours of service errors by half and reduce crash rates as well. The actual data follows: 53% lower DOS driving- related errors such as 11. 14, 70 hour; 30 minute break, and 34 hour restart errors. 49% lower non-driving HOS errors – such as errors of…
I’m finding it hard to believe it’s already the middle of July, in Indiana today we only have a high of 65 I hear–crazy isn’t it? I’m finally getting caught up from vacation and wanted to drop a quick post in to let everyone know that we are still very busy and in…
Because electronic logs reduce CSA point-violations by over 50% and collisions by over 5%, it may be time for you to take another look at your paper log book. ELD ( the proposed electronic logs which must be connected to the engine/computer of a truck) is not what we are talking about here. No, a…
The end of June/ start of July MTI [ Mamo Transportation, Inc.] was audited by the USDOT. The good news is that our driver qualification process and files, our alcohol and drug testing program, and our accident register got perfect grades. The not-so-good news is that a number of issues were discovered in the over 500…
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/…