The Driver Shortage: How Bad Is It and What Can be Done?
“The U.S. doesn’t have enough truckers, and it’s starting to cause prices of about everything to rise.”
“Every single day is a battle to find drivers.”
Read More»How to Become a Shipper of Choice (and why you should want to)
Carriers rule (at least in today’s capacity environment). The driver shortage, increased demand, and the new Electronic Logging Device (ELD) mandate have shifted the balance of power to the carrier.
Read More»New Guidance on the 150 Air-Mile Hours of Service Agricultural Exemption
Tomatoes wait for no man. Neither do lambs, bees, or hay. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) understands that timing is everything on farms and ranches, and so instituted several exemptions for trucks hauling agricultural products. And with the recent Electronic Logging Device (ELD) mandate, the Administration felt the need to clarify the 150 air-mile exemption from the Hours of Service (HOS) rules for transporting agricultural commodities.
Read More»How to Avoid Accidents with 18-Wheelers
You’re late for an important meeting. The freeway is jammed—you’ll never make it on time. If you could just get off the freeway, maybe you could take the side streets…Then you see a space between two semis, just enough to get into the right lane for that off-ramp just ahead.
Read More»FMCSA’s New Guidance on Personal Conveyance Aims to Keep Drivers Safe
Drivers need to sleep. And use the restroom. And eat. And they need to do it without fear of racking up hours of violations. That’s what personal conveyance guidelines are supposed to address. And on May 31, 2018, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued new guidance regarding personal conveyance that should help to keep truck drivers safer by explaining and expanding the definition of personal conveyance.
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