Here's Your Roadcheck 2022 'Cheat Sheet'

Mileage Matters | May 10, 2022

Here's your Roadcheck 2022 'cheat sheet'

CVSA International Roadcheck May 17-19

CDL Life- With only a week to go until International Roadcheck 2022, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance shared a “cheat sheet” to help drivers prepare. This year's area of emphasis will be on wheel ends.

Training & Events

2022 MI Truck Driving Championship/SuperTech

June 10-11

Deadline today!

NATMI Certified Director/Supervisor of Maintenance & Equipment Course

June 14-16

Deadline June 3

Government

‘Beyond Compliance’ program delays challenge FMCSA

Transport Topics- Nearly five years after it was mandated by Congress to go into effect, federal trucking regulators have yet to establish a “beyond compliance” program to offer motor carriers some sort of extra credit or reward for early adoption of safety technologies or fatigue management programs.

The provision specifically called on the agency to credit or improve the Safety Measurement System percentiles for motor carriers who voluntarily install advanced safety equipment; use enhanced driver fitness measures; or adopt fleet safety management tools, technologies and programs.

ATRI finds only 30% CO2 difference in zero-emission trucks

Transport Topics- The overall life cycle of Class 8 zero-emission trucks would result in a net decrease in carbon dioxide emissions of just 30% compared with internal combustion engines, according to a just-released study by the American Transportation Research Institute.

The report’s key finding is that zero-emission trucks still generate significant overall life cycle CO2 emissions, and will continue to produce CO2 emissions in the coming decades.

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Operations

Majority of fleets use speed limiters, capped upwards of 70 mph

Commercial Carriers Journal- The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration last week said it would press forward with a rulemaking to require speed limiters on commercial trucks.

Polling conducted by CCJ this week revealed that about 73% of responding fleets were already speed limited – nearly 23% up to 65 mph, 26.4% between 66 mph and 70 mph, and 23.4% above 70 mph, while 27.5% of respondents said they do not use speed limiters in their operations.

Crowdsourcing offers fleets a solution to driver shortages

Commercial Carriers Journal- The rise of ecommerce has led to an astronomical increase in demand for last mile deliveries but companies are struggling to hire employees to match demand.

It's time for alternative solutions to satisfy the ever-growing need for same-day and instant deliveries. One such solution is crowdsourced fleets.

Truck defense lawyer employs “sue them first” strategy in crash case

Transport Topics- The crash occurred between a tractor-trailer and a passenger vehicle traveling at what witnesses described as a “relatively fast speed.” The truck driver wasn’t injured, but the driver of the passenger car was killed. After a thorough investigation, police determined fault for the accident was shared between the two.

That determination provided trucking defense attorney Doug Marcello with an opportunity to deploy a little-used legal strategy to protect the motor carrier from the potential for a multimillion-dollar “nuclear” verdict -- he filed a civil lawsuit against the estate seeking to recover $50,000 in damages to his client's truck.

ATRI asks fleets to lend data to operational costs report

FleetOwner- The American Transportation Research Institute has issued a call for motor carriers to participate in their annual update to its Operational Costs of Trucking report.

For-hire motor carriers are encouraged to provide operational cost data to ATRI by May 13.

Participating motor carriers will receive an advance copy of the full report and the new customized fleet report.

Recruitment & Retention

Indeed offers scholarships to recruit, train 500 new truck drivers

Transport Topics- A coalition of trucking advocacy groups, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and employment website Indeed teamed up beginning May 2 to offer 500 full scholarships to members of the military and their spouses interested in obtaining a commercial driver license.

Drivers steer social media followers into world of trucking

Trucknews.com- Driving a big rig can be exhilarating, tedious, cool, monotonous, exciting, and sometimes downright scary. Truckers on social media share the thrills and challenges they face on the job, taking their followers along with them for the ride.