TRUCK DRIVER RATINGS ARE COMING Driver ratings are coming! Based on a new five-year plan by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the agency will…
Author: Wayne Schooling
More Americans than ever before are becoming overweight. The latest numbers say that 63.1% of adults in the U.S. were either overweight or obese in 2009.…
CARRIERS VIOLATING SAP REGULATIONS It has been brought to my attention that some motor carriers have and are skirting their Substance Abuse Professionals (SAP) obligations. It…
NTA recently received an invitation from the Mayor of Irving, Texas to co-host the 14th Annual Transportation & Infrastructure Summit and 4th Annual Global High-Speed Rail Forum in Irving, TX this coming August.
If you haul cargo on a flatbed, you have undoubtedly heard of the 10-foot rule: you need at least one tie-down for every 10 feet of…
In the past few months, I have written a lot about what motor carriers can do about preparing for the new FMCSA’s Compliance, Safety and Accountability…
CSA SCORES I don’t really want to be one of those “I told you so” people, but just last week I received two e-mails from companies…
Many Americans have been forced to adapt to a change in their work status, and many of them now need to rethink their tax status. The…
WHAT CAN A MOTOR CARRIER DO? I strongly recommend that you follow the FMCSA’s “CSA Safety Management Cycle for Unsafe Driving.” In reality, this identifies six…