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The Effect of Drug Testing Regulations on The Trucking Industry With 72.5% of all freight in the U.S. being moved on highways, in the early 1990s congress decided there was a need for more oversight on drug and alcohol use in the transportation industry. This decision led to congress passing …
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Essential Safety Training Topics for Trucking With increased litigation potential, rising insurance costs, and tighter regulations on the trucking industry, safety training is an essential element of running a trucking company of any size. It can be difficult to know where to start when it comes to developing your safety …
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3 Steps to Lowering CSA Scores Your company’s CSA scores effect everything from insurance rates to lawsuit outcomes. Bad scores can even lose you customers. This makes safety a number one priority for any trucking company that wants to continue and grow. Getting CSA scores down does take time, but …
Creating a Trucking Company Prepared for Success You’ve been driving for a long time, and it feels like time to start your own trucking company so you can be your own boss. Simple enough right? The truth is there’s a lot of planning that goes into building a business. You …
5 Questions to Ask When Negotiating Trucking Insurance Rates Negotiating trucking insurance rates can seem daunting. Running a growing trucking company is expensive, and those insurance costs make up a sizeable part of those expenses. While you want to be careful about too much shopping around, you also want to …
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Workload Management Tips for a Growing Business 15% of business owners report burnout due to job stress. A lot of this stress comes from a lack of workload management strategies. As the owner of your trucking company, you tend to try to handle more than your fair share of the …
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5 Safety Management Challenges for a Growing Trucking Company Safety management is an important aspect of running a trucking company. Of course, if you are trying to grow a trucking business to compete with corporate companies, you likely find yourself wearing many hats to keep things going. This means keeping …
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Iowa waives hours, weight regulations for fuel haulers. The continuing disaster caused by COVID-19 shows little sign of abating. Instead of sitting by and watching the COVID-19 pandemic, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds used emergency powers to limit the impact of petroleum shortages. As part of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster …
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FMCSA Fails To Meet Its Safe Truck Driver Policies One accident led the Office of Inspector General to question what is “going on” on America’s roads. Commercial driver’s licenses (CDL) are issued by one State. But allows drivers to drive on roads in all states. The FMCSA Fails Safe Truck …
Distracted driving Distracted driving has become a significant cause of car accidents and deaths. According to the NHTSA, 3,179 people were killed in traffic accidents involving distracted drivers in 2011 alone. However, information on distracted driving before this year is limited because law enforcement agencies report accident data to NHTSA in …
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