ELD rule

Can FMCSA improve ELD regulations?

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This is part of a FreightWaves series on the electronic logging device mandate. Federal regulators...

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4 steps to improving compliance and operations in 2023

Compliance and operations work hand in hand, and this year, fleets have put improving in both categories on their New Year’s resolutions lists.

It’s no wonder why.

In 2022, state and federal transportation departments conducted a total of 12,234 safety investigations, both on-site and off-site, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Approximately 95% of those investigations resulted in violations.

While the number of investigations and high percentage of violations is...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/4-steps-to-improving-compliance-and-operations-in-2023

Truck driver coercion complaints on record pace

The latest data compiled by the federal government reveals that complaints of coercion filed by truck drivers could easily break a record in 2022.

As of Friday, there have been close to 500 such complaints against employers, shippers and others that truck drivers have filed with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s National Consumer Complaint Database, according to data provided by the agency.

If the trend for the first 14 weeks of the year holds, 2022 will see the most coercion...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-driver-coercion-complaints-on-record-pace