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Do you or your fleet of drivers take regular safety training? You may ask that, if you have never been in a crash or had a citation, why should you take safety courses? These are not unusual questions. There are very good reasons for every professional driver to take regular safety courses. Such training keeps us sharp and helps us fight complacency.
Last week members received an important email from ICSA’s Executive Director Karen Rasmussen announcing forthcoming changes to the Membership Terms & Conditions.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration says not to expect further steps on the speed limiter rulemaking until this fall at the earliest. The release of a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking was anticipated for this summer.
Among the good news in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposed revisions to its Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) program was that the Crash Preventability Determination Program (CPDP) would be retained.
Safety-conscious motor carriers and professional truck drivers embrace that goal. But in the case of the new Hours of Service (HOS) that became effective in 2020, FMCSA has discovered that measuring the safety impact of this regulation can be difficult.
The American Automobile Association (AAA) – long known for its accuracy in predicting holiday traffic volumes – has projected a 7% increase in travel volumes for the upcoming holiday weekend compared to last year.
ICSA recently spoke with Christa Vinson, the owner of MNJ Logistics LLC and 1st Quarter 2023 Single Truck Safety Award Winner.
Many carriers don’t or can’t provide their drivers the type of training necessary to improve driving behaviors on mountainous roads, so ICSA’s safety consultants got together to create a new Mountain Driving chapter in our FirstGear online driver training program.
Everyone in business – whether small sole proprietors or mega corporations – has goals. Some goals can be too high and therefore unachievable while others may be too low and too easily achievable. That statement can apply to many areas of business (and life in general) but what if we apply it to highway safety?