Tax Tips for Owner Operators
By Reagan Payne Being an owner operator opens up a multitude of opportunities for truckers. Taking charge in business always comes with a price: taxes. Owner operators should set aside around a quarter of their…
Laws & Regulations
Destroying Distracted Driving
Distracted driving is an inescapable issue for everyone on the road. While safety policies are effective, the industry is turning to technology to help combat it. Often, people think of driving distractions as anything that…
Autonomous Trucks: Debunked
By Reagan Payne Drivers all across the nation hear treacherous tales of self-driving trucks. Carriers that carry themselves down the interstate threaten driver job security, despite the current high demand. Good news: these trucks are…
Long-Distance for Lads
By Reagan PayneIn an industry with growing demand and a shrinking labor force, executives everywhere are figuring ways around the gap. An age-old avenue is seeing new traffic: adults under drinking age. This population is…
Ready for the HOS Rules Changes?
Updates based off feedback from commercial drivers go into effect Sept. 29; FMCSA to form an advisory committee of 20-25 CMV drivers. By Al MuskewitzA couple of new Hours of Service rules go into effect…
FMCSA Moving Forward on Program to Open Interstate Commerce to Young Drivers
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is moving forward with a proposal and request for comment on a pilot program to allow younger commercial vehicle drivers currently confined to in-state driving to operate in interstate…
CVSA Postpones International Roadcheck
Normal roadside safety inspections and traffic enforcement will continue By Al Muskewitz The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has postponed this year’s International Roadcheck out of an abundance of caution over COVID-19 and the trucking industry’s importance to…
FMCSA Provides Relief for Drivers During Outbreak
WASHINGTON – The federal government provided relief to the nation’s truckers today by issuing an expanded national emergency declaration to provide hours-of-service relief to drivers transporting emergency relief in response to the nationwide coronavirus outbreak. The…
Roadcheck Inspectors Looking at All, but Focusing on Requirements
By Al Muskewitz Truckers, have your papers ready and up to date. The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s 33rd annual International Roadcheck gets underway in a couple months and this year’s point of emphasis is one of the…
ATA’s Spear Again Advocates Young Drivers to Congress
By Al Muskewitz Chris Spear, president and CEO of the American Trucking Associations told lawmakers Tuesday something that seems a fundamental answer to the age-old question of solving the national driver shortage: Change the law. It has…