Fleet Safety

Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of April 27, 2020: Volumes stagnant, now 8% below year-ago levels FreightWaves National freight volume movement has nearly come to a halt over the past week. The outbound tender volume index (OTVI) has been flat for more than 10 days within the 8,500-8,700 […]

Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of April 24, 2020: FMCSA to distribute masks to truckers Land Line Media The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will distribute free, protective masks to truck drivers at rest areas across the country. We’ll have a full list of specific locations up on

Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of April 23, 2020: Spireon Driving Data Demonstrates Strong Relationship Between Increases in Mobility and Upsurge in COVID-19 Cases Spireon today revealed an analysis of proprietary consumer driving data that signals a distinct relationship between increased driving that has occurred following stay-at-home orders

Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of April 22, 2020: Trucking to Play Critical Role in Restarting Economy, ATA’s Chris Spear Says Transport Topics The trucking industry will play a critical role in the development and implementation of plans to restart the country’s struggling economy, American Trucking Associations President

Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of April 21, 2020: FMCSA loosens enforcement of driver violation reporting FreightWaves Recent action by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to ease the burden levied by COVID-19 could leave motor carriers vulnerable to adding disqualified drivers to their ranks. In a notice posted

Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of April 20, 2020: Fleet leaders divulge COVID-19 defense strategies Fleet Owner The panel, moderated by Laura McMillan, vice president of training at Instructional Technologies, (which has a free online course for fleets on managing COVID-19 risks) went over how three large fleets, J.B.

Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of April 17, 2020: Truck stop giant to lay off thousands amid COVID-19 crisis CDL Life On Friday, one of the largest truck stop chains in the U.S. announced a massive layoff caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. TravelCenters of America Inc. said that