Watch your Six! A military term to watch out behind you. The term is equally applicable to truck drivers. Although rear underride guards (a/k/a ICC bars or rear bumpers) have been required for more than 65 years, they are not included on the list of safety related...
Have you noticed lately that the price of a Prime T-Bone at the local grocery store seems to have skyrocketed? Did you conclude that those cattle ranchers must be getting rich, buying new Cadillacs with all that extra change? If so, you would be WRONG! Despite record...
Federal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationOn January 6, 2020, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse will go LIVE. All Motor Carriers, and their vendors that assist in administering the Carrier's federally mandated...
Late last year we discussed a short-term fix of a long-term problem as Congress considered legislation to exempt Livestock haulers from the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) provisions of the US Department of Transportation's Hours of Service (HOS) regulations...
Regulations, Regulations, and more Regulations. Whether its equipment safety, insurance and risk, driver conduct, or any number of other issues, intrastate and interstate motor carriers, whether carrying persons or property, are among the most heavily regulated...
Regulations, Regulations, and more Regulations. Whether its equipment safety, insurance and risk, driver conduct, or any number of other issues, intrastate and interstate motor carriers, whether carrying persons or property, are among the most heavily regulated...
Livestock haulers face unique challenges and problems when delivering their cargo across the country. Livestock require water and feed and cannot be left in trailers indefinitely. Requiring drivers to stop for extended periods of time under the strict Hours of Service...
In our continuing discussion about drones, today, we look at how to protect yourself when you are operating your drone.Introduction:What started out as the next generation of remote controlled toy for the kids-instead of the 1:22 scale replica of the Bigfoot Monster...
Oh Vanna, I'd like to buy a letter...In the abbreviated, truncated world we live, we no longer speak in complete sentences, but rather in "text-ese", everything has an acronym or abbreviation...including you-"U", and me-"RTC."In our last blog, Mike provided strategies...
Introduction:Earlier in our series on drones, we analyzed the Taylor v. Huerta case where the D.C. Circuit Court struck down an FAA regulation requiring the registration of recreational use drone operators. Today, we look at a recent case from the United States...
