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Have you heard? New hours of service rules will offer truck drivers a lot more flexibility in how they manage their workday. That’s right, on May 14, the FMCSA published a long-awaited final rule updating the hours of service rules for truck drivers. Trucking companies, truck drivers, and industry advocates all applaud the move. The … Read more
If you dig down into the data, you will see that fleet safety issues account for a large portion of workplace fatalities today. This fact reveals the importance of putting safety measures in place across all industries, but fleets present unique safety challenges due to their mobile nature. When big rigs are out on the … Read more
Have you heard? California recently shook up the auto and transportation sectors when they mandated that all vans and trucks must be electric within the next four years. These guidelines are a first-of-their-kind in any state. Regulators have essentially mandated that diesel commercial trucks and vans must be moved to batteries or hydrogen fuel cells … Read more
Are you trying to figure out a better way to use video to monitor and coach your truck drivers? Furthermore, did you know it is possible to bring your fleet intelligence to the next level with in-cab video? That’s right, these systems empower you to coach truck drivers to improve their behavior—before a collision occurs. … Read more
Welcome back to Part II in our two-part series on how to harness trucking-related data to enhance your fleet. In our previous post we looked at the many ways data could be used and the technologies underpinning those options. Today, we will look at how data influences maintenance and what blockchain means for the trucking … Read more
Many of us understand that the trucking industry and trucking companies are changing at a rapid pace, and that is significantly impacted by the increased adaptation of technology. Trucking used to be considered an “old-fashioned” industry, but those days are long gone. The advances brought by technology are not a pipe dream. With all this … Read more
The date has come and gone and yet there are still plenty of trucking companies out there that have not yet made the switch from AOBRD to ELD. Well, let this be the Quick TSI blog’s last primer on what you need to do to make the switch and why it matters. After this, it … Read more
Truck drivers are on the road working long hours and putting their devices and driving accessories through a lot of use. And since the ELD rule first took hold way back in 2017, trucking companies have found themselves having to adjust how they monitor their truck drivers and what technology they use. As of December, … Read more
In many cases, trucking companies operating medium-duty commercial motor vehicles are focused on low cost and reliability over fuel economy. After all, these aren’t the long-haul operators guzzling through fuel to get goods from one part of the country to another. These operators might have more to gain from short-term considerations. There has been a … Read more
Did you know that the seventh most dangerous job in America according to a fatal occupational injury census is truck driving? We should not be entirely surprised by this considering trucking and transportation accidents are the number one cause of on-the-job fatalities. In normal years, 500+ truck drivers will sadly perish while on the job. … Read more