by Kerry Simmons | Aug 13, 2014 | Craig Safety News, DOT, Industry News, Safety Compliance, Safety Programs
The annual CVSA Brake Safety Week is right around the corner. The week-long brake inspection campaign runs September 7-13, 2014. Commercial vehicle inspectors will be out in full force throughout the U.S. and Canada conducting Level 4 inspections. Defective or...
by Kerry Simmons | Aug 5, 2014 | DOT, Industry News
The FMCSA has finally launched the newly designed website making it more functional and enables easier navigation of SMS, PSP and DataQ. The design is fresh and new and fairly user friendly, if you can get over how the old site worked. The update has also brought...
by Brenda Craig | Jun 30, 2014 | DOT, Regulatory Compliance
New FMCSA regulations have changed the game on DataQs and adjudicated citations. States now will be able to reflect the results of adjudicated citations related to roadside inspection data collected in the Motor Carrier Management Information System(MCMIS). [Click...
by Brenda Craig | Jun 29, 2014 | DOT, Personnel Management, Regulatory Compliance
It is no secret that CSA has impacted many carriers and drivers in the industry. Since 2010 when the CSA Phase One rollout began, the industry has struggled to understand the ever evolving CSA system. Even after 4 years, CSA is a mystery to many and appears to have a...
by Brenda Craig | May 19, 2014 | DOT, Regulatory Compliance, Safety Compliance
With Roadcheck America and National Tire Safety Week both during the week of June 1, now is a good time to review with your drivers the benefits of conducting thorough tire inspections during daily pre and post trip inspections. With the price of diesel fuel now...
by Brenda Craig | Nov 25, 2013 | DOT, Industry News
On August 23, 2013, FMCSA published a final rule, Unified Registration System (URS), amending its regulations requiring interstate motor carriers, freight forwarders, brokers, intermodal equipment providers (IEPs), hazardous materials safety permit (HMSP) applicants,...
