CarriersEdge Offering Vehicle Inspection Training Course
The new CarriersEdge Vehicle Inspection courses use the company’s interactive learning approach and provide a single resource covering how inspections should be conducted, how components should be checked, and how to identify defects. “Industry statistics continue to show that many top violations related to brakes, lights and tires could have been easily avoided with proper pre-trip, en route and post-trip driver inspections,” said Jane Jazrawy, CEO of CarriersEdge.
HDT Emerging Leaders Nominations Extended Through Friday
Heavy Duty Trucking magazine is seeking nominations for the HDT Emerging Leaders honor, a group of young trucking industry leaders already making a difference in his or her fields. The award is being sponsored by Omnitracs, the fleet management and tel…
Trailer orders disappoint in September: ACT Research
COLUMBUS, Ind. – New and net trailer orders disappointed in September, conflicting with a seasonally-anticipated double-digit gain. Net orders posted were 12,993 — the lowest volume since August 2010, according to the most recent State of the Industry: U.S. Trailers…
Woman Indicted for Impersonating CDL Medical Examiner
A federal grand jury in Harrisburg, Penn., has indicted Joann Wingate for wire fraud, submitting false documents and aggravated identity theft for impersonating a commercial driver’s license medical examiner. Wingate, a 58-year old resident of Carlisle, Penn., allegedly used the identity of a licensed physician to administer physical examinations to CDL holders after her chiropractor’s license was suspended in October 2014.
CM Brake names new national sales manager
CONCORD, Ont. — CM Brake announced today that it has appointed Mike Robertson as its new national sales manager. CM Brake says that Robertson has an extensive technical sales background, most recently coming from TRC Canada. “We look forward to…
The book-smart owner-operator
So it’s November and all of you organized owner-operators are making adjustments to your business now that you know what your bottom line will most likely be this year. Maybe you increase or decrease your next few monthly tax installments.…
Getting rid of bad vibes
Every time you head out in your rig, you experience some whole body vibration (WBV), even if the road seems smooth. Whole body vibration occurs when your entire body is resting on and being supported by something that shakes, such…
Mentoring key to changing of the guard
Over the next couple of decades our industry will face a deeply transformative changing of the guard. As baby boomers and then Gen Xers – the people who shaped the current face of commercial transportation – retire, the reins of…
Are open door policies overrated?
How many times have you heard a fleet manager or trucking company representative boast about the company’s open door policy? It may come as a surprise that most drivers don’t care about open door policies. That’s a conclusion that can…
Terrifying Truck Driver PSAs – The Zombie Dispatch Halloween Game…
The fleet management company Omnitracs recently created a Zombie Dispatch game to raise awareness about the importance of truck driver training. Timed to coincide with Halloween, the new game takes a clever, gamified approach to an important issue.