Chris Harris, The Safety Dawg, hosts “The Dawg On-It Trucking Pawedcast” where he interviews influential trucking insiders for their insights and in-depth knowledge. On July 10, 2020, Chris sat down with Marc Moncion to talk about ELDs in Canada and the U.S.
Driver vehicle inspection personal safety, and that of the motoring public that you share the highway with, is clearly the most important reason to inspect your commercial motor vehicle.
A vehicle defect found during a pre-trip inspection at a motor carrier’s terminal could save you and your fleet down the road. This includes a breakdown at roadside that will cost time and dollars, or even worse – a crash.
Read More »Staying Ahead Of The Curve: Driver Vehicle Inspection Compliance
Many motor carriers, and Safety Directors still struggle to grasp how the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Authority (FMCSA) CSA enforcement program is managed. So we decided to do another blog and go back to the BASICs (pun intended) of the CSA Program.
Read More »What is the Compliance, Safety, and Accountability (CSA) Program?
The last thing a Motor Carrier wants is to be penalized for not complying with the Department of Transportation (DOT) or Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) regulations.
It’s vital for Motor Carriers to stay on top of the relevant laws when transporting loads or people across interstate and intrastate boundaries.
Included below are 10 transportation laws Motor Carriers should stay up to date with to ensure you’re always compliant.
Read More »10 Laws to Comply with When You Buy a CMV in the U.S.
Included in this blog are the ELD record keeping requirements under Part 395.
Thanksgiving, whether Canadian or American, is a great time of year. It brings together families, food and, if you are lucky, you usually get some time off as well. Folks gather round and watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade on TV. The local stores and shopping malls are usually pretty crazy – not just leading up to Thanksgiving but especially the day before…and heaven knows the day after as well!
As much as we complain about what a pain it is to get to the store during these busy periods, it’s actually pretty convenient. And who do we have to thank? We have truck drivers to thank! These are the folks who transport all the goodies cross country so that we can step out to the store and easily access everything we need.
With Thanksgiving behind us, December is a hectic month. The closer we get to the holidays, the more frantic it is: buying presents, baking, cooking, events with friends and family and more shopping. All of the items we need for these activities are available – usually the only thing missing is time!
This holiday, not only should we leave out cookies for Santa, but also say a thank you to truck drivers. They lend a big hand (and rig) to ensuring all the food, gifts, supplies, parcels arrive at their destinations on time. It’s actually a lot of work!
How much work?
Read More »Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (in a Big Rig)
At the start of every year, people make New Year’s resolutions to improve themselves or their lives. Usually they don’t really pan out for the whole year – just look at the drop off of people going to the gym after February. But I say stick to it! If you do it long enough, it will be routine and you’ll be happier in the long run.
Here are BigRoad’s Top 5 New Year’s Resolutions for Drivers in 2016.
Read More »Top 5 New Year’s Resolutions for Drivers
