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The Owner-Operator Independent Driver’s Association (OOIDA) filed a lawsuit to block the FMCSA’s Electronic Logging Device (ELD) mandate. The OOIDA contends that the ELD mandate violates the 4th Amendment’s protection against unreasonable search and seizures. They filed their suit with 7th Circuit Court of Appeals (located in Chicago, IL). The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals is the same court that […]

Kudos to our colleagues at Martin Transportation Services. Our industry is an incredibly safe industry. But despite that statistical truth the perception is that we are dangerous. The best way to fight perceptions is with facts. In this article by Sean Kilcarr, we get to see some of the benefits that MTS has realized by installing

The recent VW diesel emissions-cheating scandal is an interesting metaphor for our industry. Depending on your political views and/or your views on the automobile industry, the environment, corporate greed, leadership, etc. you may have been outraged or maybe you thought the media was making a mountain out of a molehill. Your opinion was largely dependent

Daimler Trucks announced an ambitious plan recently to greatly increase vehicle-to-vehicle connectivity and cooperative autonomy. Jeff Crissey of CCJ shares many of their impressive goals in an article posted earlier this week. Daimler’s leadership towards increased truck autonomy is reminiscent of their automobile company’s leadership in safety 25-30 years ago…at that time air bags, as safety

Jason Cannon of CCJ has a fantastic article posted today about the EPA’s next phase of regulations. He does an amazing job of highlighting some new technology, some challenges engineers face after getting a few easy wins, etc. There is a ton of great info in this article. One of the things he highlighted was that

The FMCSA just announced that they are accepting Mexican inspection standards. The Mexican standards have been recently published by their Secretary of Communication and Transportation (Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes) and are reportedly sufficiently close to our own so that FMCSA felt comfortable allowing Mexican annual inspections for trucks that are stationed there. I cannot help

In 1996 General Motors made the GM EV1 available for sale (or at least for lease). It was one of, if not the first, fully electric vehicle on the market. Initially, it had a range of 40 miles. And the auto-buying public wondered, “What’s the point?” With that as our backdrop… Oakridge Global Energy Solutions

Back on Feb. 10 I wrote about a trucking accident where the driver had been awake for 35 hours and had falsified his driver logs. Todd Dills has an article posted at Overdrive.com where he discusses driver fatigue, Minnesota’s attempt to regulate fatigue and the legitimate concern the issue is and the potential for over-reach by governing authorities on

Sean Kilcarr has a great article over at FleetOwner.com discussing the upcoming new rules regarding food shipments and/or “reefer” trailer regulations. These new regulations are set to go into effect on March 31 of this year. They will be enforceable 12 months later. Kilcarr quotes Don Drum, Director of Strategic Customer Solutions for PLM Trailer Leasing, “But

At Zion Transport, we are amazed and baffled by how some of our competitors treat drivers (either their own drivers or how brokers treat drivers who contract with them). Our owner started out in logistics as a freight broker. And she saw how many companies treated drivers; nickel and diming them, belittling, etc. Additionally, she had family