A freshly-minted driver who recently had graduated from a CDL school came by to chat with his instructors and let them know how things were going. He’d just gotten hired by a big fleet, and the ...

You can hide a multitude of sins inside a van trailer, but with an open deck trailer, any indiscretions are out in the open for all to see - including DOT roadside inspectors . Staying compliant means ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) said it will not publish scores for the cargo-related behavior analysis and safety improvement category (BASIC) of the new Comprehensive Safety ...

Though tailored for an audience of fleet managers and executives, Overdrive‘s and sister site CCJ‘s Equipment Editor Jack Roberts has an article on CCJ discussing cargo securement for flatbed ...

The failure to properly prevent shifting loads, spilled or dropped cargo due to improper load securement, or cargo retention has comprised as many as 82% of the violations under the Cargo-Related ...

Kinedyne and Heavy Duty Trucking magazine are hosting an upcoming training webinar on cargo securement inspections that helps fleets prepare for the upcoming Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s ...

This story appears in the Aug. 16 print edition of Transport Topics. The changes the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is making to its CSA safety-monitoring system will lead to increased ...

Less than three weeks from the anticipated rollout of Comprehensive Safety Analysis, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration today, Nov. 18, announced two significant changes to the new Safety ...

Flatbed carriers will get some relief on their safety rating under a change in how securement is weighted in the CSA program. Bryan Price, CSA program manager for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety ...

This story appears in the Nov. 22 print edition of Transport Topics. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said last week that it was making several changes to its CSA safety monitoring ...