In tight freight markets, it can be challenging for motor carriers to maintain high safety standards while ensuring their companies are staffed appropriately. Trucking companies must carefully balance the need to fill vacant positions with hiring qualified, responsible drivers. Those hiring decisions can affect a carrier’s insurance rates.
Currently the only requirement the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has for truck drivers is that they must have a CDL Class A license. The most...
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