THE CAR AND TRUCK FLEET AND LEASING MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE
Teletrac Navman's new Drive App, available to Android users on the Google Play store, is a bring-your-own-device solution that lets fleets use their supported Android tablets.
Time is almost finally up: All motor carriers and truck drivers subject to the electronic logging device rule must use an electronic logging device starting on Dec. 17. Don't expect any "soft enforcement."
After pummeling the Bahamas for a few days, Hurricane Dorian has begun to move toward the Atlantic coast, prompting the FMCSA to issue a regional emergency declaration in 10 states that suspends certain trucking regulations.
Dec. 16, 2019, is the last day you’ll be able to take advantage of the grandfather clause that let carriers using automatic onboard recording devices hold off switching to fully compliant electronic logging devices for two years.
The FMCSA has declared an emergency for the Midwest states hit by historic flooding, freeing up local trucking companies like Crete and Werner to deliver needed supplies to those affected by the disaster.
ELDs were supposed to reduce driver fatigue and make roads safer, but a recent report suggests that any benefits may have been offset by an increase in unsafe driving behaviors.
As Hurricane Michael approached the Florida Panhandle as one of the most powerful storms to hit the U.S. mainland, the FMCSA issued emergency declarations in eight southern states.
In advance of Hurricane Florence making landfall, the FMCSA has issued an emergency declaration along the East Coast, suspending certain regulations for drivers and carriers in 11 states and Washington D.C.
A coalition of Departments of Transportation from Arizona, California, New Mexico and California are seeking a federal grant to develop a program that would alert truck drivers to available truck parking along Interstate 10.
It's hard to deny that electronic logging devices have had an effect on the trucking industry in the short time since they were mandated, but it might not be in the ways you'd expect.