Archive for the ‘Safety & Compliance’ Category

I keep hearing about the ‘Driver Shortage’. Everyone that I talk to tells me about it. When I’m talking to drivers, they say that they know that they can quit a job today and be driving tomorrow. When I discuss hiring with my clients, they repeatedly say that they can’t hire drivers and that there…

Why do truck drivers tailgate? I would love to hear your response to this question. Because I just don’t understand it. Why do you follow so close? I see this action each day that I travel on Ontario’s Highway 401. What are the advantages to tailgating? You are putting yourself in a position to have…

It appears that if you were hoping that the ELD rule was going to be overturned or that President Trump was going to step in the stop the new ELD rule, all hope is lost. The new ELD rule is going to go ahead on December 18, 2017. Have you started to install Electronic Logging…

Insurance premiums are going up, and when I say up, I don’t mean by just the rate of inflation. Oh no! Not just two or three percent. No No No. I see rates going up in some cases by one hundred percent! I’m seeing trucking insurance rates doubling in many cases and I see more…

Recently a trucking company client told me a story. Their Safety Director received a telephone call from a man who stated that he was currently in the hospital. He told the Safety Director that he had been rear-ended by one of his trucks and he claimed that the truck driver simply took off after the…

While I was visiting a small trucking company recently, I was reminded of FMCSR 392.9. This regulation specifies what you must do, and when you need to perform cargo securement checks. I had forgotten all about this regulation, but it’s important because we have similar laws here in Canada. So what new information might you…

My goodness, March already! Time is flying by. Soon, if you cross the border, you will have to have an ELD (Electronic Logging Device) installed in every truck. It looks like the new and mandatory ELD law will be going ahead. Some people had hoped that President Trump would step in and change the situation…

Often at the end of one year and the beginning of another, I find myself looking at the year ahead to the year that is expected. What will happen in the year 2017 for the trucking industry? Much of it will affect truck drivers! The big one of course, is the USA ELD Mandate. At…