Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) has taken up the operation under Safe Driver Campaign. The report has been recently released by CVSA which points out on three major safety concerns. The warnings as per the citations were issued to the vehicle drivers and trucking companies for both commercial and non-commercial drivers. The three safety violations …
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An owner operator or truck driver wanting an independent trucking business is a costly affair. The big rigs often cost too much for the truck driver job to realize their big dreams. A new rig and a trailer would require a big sum of investment ranging from one fifty thousand to two hundred thousand dollars. …
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Electronic On Board Recorder is an instrument which can be installed in the semi-truck. This device is used to record the exact running time of the truck. This will in turn keep the track of the driving hours of the driver. There is a never ending debate on its application to the US trucking industry. …
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Nothing comes free these days. This also implies to truck driving schools. There are options available where you will have to pay out less comparatively or sometimes no upfront fees to enroll to the truck driving school classes. There are many ways in which you can attend discounted or almost free truck driving schools. Let …
With the 2010 elections behind us we can now look forward to the 112th Congress and what it might have in store for the trucking industry. There are several important trucking issues that the new Congress should address, but there is no guarantee that they will make progress on them. Highway funding, parking safety, Mexican …
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With the improvement in the global economy the sales of medium-duty truck is showing an upward trend. According to the medium truck, Navistar this is the time for rising sale competition. The company intends to grab at least 50 percent sales of medium duty truck. The introduction of 2010 spec diesels has got momentum due …
As per the new safety program introduced under CSA 2010 by FMCSA, the vehicle maintenance is a must and the most important risk factor associated with the fleets. In this line Rair, a carrier risk safety management company has issued a report to compare the safety measures introduced by CSA and the older SafeStat reports. …
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Driving a refrigerated truck is a work of its own kind. This work, though seeming similar, has a lot of technical differentiation from other work. It takes a very experienced trucker to drive a reefer truck. This fact makes this work very unique. In this article I will discuss about the ways to get the …
Organization Click for Link Phone Fax America’s Independent Truckers’ Association, Inc. 601-924-9606 601-924-9613 National Association of Small Trucking Companies 800-264-8580 615-451-0041 American Trucking Association, Inc. 703-838-1700 703-684-5751 National Association of Independent Truckers, Inc. 800-821-8014 816-891-0000 Owner-Operated Independent Drivers Association 816-229-5791 Southern Loggers’ Co-Operative 318-641-8081 318-641-8082 Truckinfo.net 724-349-3224 Truckflix.com 417-472-6970 417-472-3477 State Forestry Associations State Loggers …
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