FMCSA granted the exemption for a two-year period allowing SDLAs to waive the under the hood requirement for CDL applicants ...

The program covers areas such as safety training, CDL requirements for lineworkers, flagger training, and a comprehensive overview of life on the lines. The program, which also features video lessons ...

C.R. England, which has had its pre-CDL exemption allowing CLP holders who have passed the CDL skills test to drive with a CDL holder in the truck but not necessarily in the passenger seat since ...

A bad inspection at the roadside can put an operator out of service in the blink of an eye. Among the many necessary preventives are an owner-op's close pre- and post-trip and other equipment ...

The top violations during CSA roadside inspections are generally lights, tires and brakes, each of which can be spotted during a quality pre-trip inspection before they drag down CSA scores.

With fresh snow on the ground, he’ll ask a trainee to do a pre-trip inspection. “I kind of stand back and I watch how many times they went around the vehicle,” he says.

MYTH 3: A driver must record at least 15 minutes on his log for a pre-trip inspection. This is a whopper of a tale told by truck stop lawyers. 49 C.F.R. Sec. 395.8 requires all time recorded on a ...

Gino Fontana, a vice president of operations for Transervice’s Berkeley Division, has found success with a pre-trip inspection incentive program like a scavenger hunt for drivers in his fleet.

Given the importance of pre- and post-trip inspections, many fleets have implemented technology to guarantee drivers are conducting them properly and to transmit the findings early.

We tend to talk about pre- and post-trip inspections in one breath, almost as if they are the same thing.I understand, of course, that the driver probably is using the same inspection form and ...