I was driving through north Oklahoma on the Saturday after Thanksgiving when I hit that snow/ice storm that blew through. My family and I were headed home from Texas to Kansas, so we caught most of that storm in the teeth as we trudged up I-35 at 40 miles-an-hour for...
So you’re a Safety Manager. Your driver finishes a run and turns in a copy of a DOT Driver/Vehicle Examination Report that he received. At the bottom, it looks something like this: It’s hard to read, but the little section down there says that YOU...
If you are making smaller day-trips and not traveling very far, you may be able to skip some of the extra work of keeping work logs. But watch out! The DOT is extremely serious about Hours of Service. If you don’t follow the rules of their Short Haul Exception,...
Quarter 3 of 2023 Built Higher than Ever Before Summer was high time for trucking, and for tickets. This quarter, CDL Legal saved members over $1,541,000 in attorney fees, court costs and fines, and other related costs. We actually low-ball these number estimates when...
It’s time for another annual CVSA Brake Safety Week. The DOT will be out in force all over the country checking brakes and brakes and more brakes. Be prepared! Brake Safety Week 2023 runs from August 20th through August 26th. HOW CAN I PREPARE FOR THIS BLITZ? Do...
