Port Strike Is A Problem for Trucking Industry
East Coast and Gulf Coast ports handle about 43% of all US imports and billions of dollars’ worth of imported goods, from cars and light trucks to electronics to food,…
Benefits of Green Lights: The Texas 5-Year Freight Signal Optimization Program
With better-timed green lights, fleets can expect to see reductions in fuel consumption, travel time, maintenance costs, and accident risks. This is a green light toward a more profitable and…
What Are CSA Scores and How Do I Check CSA Driver Scores?
For a CSA score check, login to the FMCSA’s Safety Management System (SMS) website with your DOT number and DOT pin. This allows you to see “ALERTS,” which are critical…
Million Dollar Carrier Caught Hiding Bad Safety Score
Running a trucking company can be complicated, especially when it comes to complying with federal and state regulations. The desire to drive more loads, reduce costs, and increase profitability in…
Furry Friends Cause Trucking Border Delays At Canadian Border
To prevent reintroduction of rabies carried by dogs into the United States, new CDC regulations require proof of healthy pets at border crossing. Truckers who take their furry best friends…
New Life for Oregon-Washington I-5 Bridge Replacement as Feds Award $1.5B
Portland, OR ranked 19th for the worst congestion, which costs the average Portland driver $679 and the city $665 million in 2023, according to the study. A commute that can…
Federal Experts No Longer Allowed to Interpret Ambiguous Laws
This means future regulations will “become clearer” or “stuck in the courts” for years. On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine in the case Loper…
Western States Trucking Association Challenges Strict EPA Truck Emission Rule
EPA’s new truck emission standards will require 25% of new sleeper-cab tractors to be zero-tailpipe-emission trucks by 2032. On March 29, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its…
Unannounced Brake Blitz: Nearly 600 Truckers Removed from Roads to Fix Critical Violations
Did you know that there have been more than 3.4 million brakes inspected since the program’s inception in 1998? As we prepare for CVSA’s Brake Safety Week Aug. 25-31, we…
How to Prepare for Annual Brake Safety Week This Summer
CVSA scheduled Brake Safety Week from Aug. 25-31 with the focus of this year’s inspections around the condition of brake linings and pads. After last year’s strange data where 50% less vehicles…
Updates on AB5 and Prop 22 Legal Battles in California
The passage of Prop. 22 saved Uber, Lyft, and other gig workers from AB5, spending more than $200 million to write their own labor law… which trucking failed to do.…
Fixing Driver Shortage Though Aging Foster Kids: ATRI 2024 Research Priorities
ATRI’s Research Advisory Committee (RAC) selected a diverse set of research priorities designed to address some of the industry’s most critical issues including workforce development, lawsuit abuse reform, and transportation…
How Fleets Can Easily Remove Crash Preventability Off CSA Scores
CNS can help with our Roadside & Incident Report Management service where a team of DOT Compliance Specialists will assess the Department of Transportation safety records by gathering police reports for…
What British Columbia speed limiter mandate means for you
Do you travel in or through British Columbia, Canada? There is now a speed limiter requirement affecting most heavy trucks, as of Friday April 5, 2024. B.C. will join Ontario…
What Ending MC Numbers Means for the Trucking Industry
FMCSA wants to completely overhaul its verification processes and improve the customer experience; and this includes ending MC numbers. The trucking industry has known about this since August 2013, when…
Eleven Out-of-Service Criteria Changes Coming to Truckers April 1, 2024
If your lights aren't on at night, but they work, that's no longer an OOS violation, though it's still a violation of state laws to drive in the dark without…
Update: California Judge on AB5 Rules Against Trucking Industry
California’s AB5 legal battles, that cover an estimated 70,000 owner-operators, lose another chance to block the rule. The AB5 law makes it more difficult for companies to classify people who…
A Trucker’s Burden: What Stress?
Article written by Tim Miller, CNS How stressful is your job? Do you think about it while off the clock? Does it make you anxious thinking about what you have…
CVSA 2024 International Roadcheck May 14-16 Focused on drug and alcohol possession, tractor protection systems
While checking for the presence of alcohol or controlled substances during an inspection, inspectors will: Observe the driver for signs of alcohol or controlled substance; use and/or impairment; Examine the…
Trucking Industry Overpaying Taxes in Oregon Finally Sues the State
The Oregon Trucking Association and some of their members, are in a lawsuit against the state of Oregon because the trucking industry is overpaying taxes by over 30%, the state…
Frost Law Violations Can Affect CSA Scores
We see a lot of speed violations in states heavily pursuing frost laws where drivers should slow down 15mph under the posted speed limit. Did you know there are 16…
What to Know About Staggered Apportioned Registration in PA
In Pennsylvania, registering your commercial vehicles with the International Registration Plan (IRP) is an option that allows for interstate operation (across state lines) under a single registration plate and registration…
UCR Fees Expected to Increase 25% in 2025 After Years of Reduced Fees
Last year I wrote about how 2024 UCR Fees were reducing 9% (after reducing 31% for 2023) before anticipated increase for 2025. Well, now we know that the UCR Plan…
How FMCSA Punishes CDL Driver with Disqualifications, Stricter Enforcement Coming
FMCSA recently published research that found broken CDL disqualification processes at the State level and wants to fix them. Safety is the most important aspect of federal and state trucking…
Inflation Increases DOT Fines 3.24% for 2024, Here’s How to Prevent Them
While things are not getting cheaper, the rate of increase is slowing after last year’s near record annual fine adjustment increased 8%, and this year only increasing 3.24%. The FMCSA has…
No Changes in 2024, But will FMCSA Random Drug Testing Rate Fall in 2025?
According to the DOT’s 2024 DOT Random Testing Rates Notice, annual random testing rates for all DOT Agencies will remain the same as 2023. Each year, the DOT evaluates the…
California Clean Truck Check and Fee by Jan 31, 2024, Who is Required?
The Heavy-Duty Inspection and Maintenance (HD I/M) regulation is a new program starting in 2023 to ensure polluting, poorly maintained heavy-duty vehicles operating in California are quickly identified and repaired.…
Sexual Harassment in Trucking: How FMCSA and State SDLAs Address It
Did you know CDL holders can face serious consequences if they use a CMV when committing felony sexual assault? Sexual assault is a serious matter that have occurred at truck…
200K California Vehicles Must Meet New Intrastate ELD Requirements by 2024
54% of 366,800 drivers are affected by the rule are not using ELDs now. This means nearly 200,000 vehicles will need a new ELD to meet California’s requirement. Since December…
Changing ELD Providers? Complete ELD Data Record-Keeping Guide
No matter if your ELD was revoked or you are changing ELDs voluntarily, there are certain records you must keep for a specific amount of time. What are they? So…
