Challenging crash, inspection reports with DataQs
Reliance Partners’ Mark Barlar provides a crash course on the DataQs process.

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Reliance Partners’ Mark Barlar provides a crash course on the DataQs process.
Reliance Partners will dive into B-1 driver-specific violations and DataQ challenges.
COO Laura Ann Howell plans rapid growth and expects “HQ West” to be Reliance Partners’ second-largest branch.
Reliance Partners’ Graham Gonzales urges 3PLs to build more trust with shipper clients and warns against putting insurance on the chopping block.
“Violations that occur as a result of an accident are not supposed to count toward your CSA score,” says Reliance Partners executive Robert Kaferle.
“You can’t challenge a piece of missing information that’s required; it’s either there or it’s not.”
A Borderless Coverage risk management strategy equips shippers for Mexico’s many challenges.
Reliance Partners’ Robert Kaferle details the gear every trucker should have to survive an emergency situation this winter.
Reliance Partners’ Brian Runnels discusses the trickiness of lanes.
Reliance Partners’ Brian Runnels reacts to the results of this year’s International Roadcheck. He ponders whether drivers should take all the heat, but also says greater action can always be taken to mitigate violations.
Reliance Partners’ Brian Runnels wades through the weeds of the driver pay debate.
Reliance Partners’ Robert Kaferle explains why it’s important to bring your driver and dispatcher together more often.
A new headquarters and a growing team have kept Reliance Partners on the rise.
Reliance Partners’ Brian Runnels describes what it takes to be crowned a champion driver.
It’s not too late to take care of violations that could leave you sidelined. Be sure to conduct thorough pre- and post-trip inspections of your brakes, lights and tires.
FMCSA’s Safe Driver Apprenticeship Pilot Program will analyze the safety benefits or hazards that young drivers pose to interstate commerce.
Reliance Partners’ Robert Kaferle dives into FMCA’s DataQs system, what it is and why you should be eager to use it.
Consider your safety program as a rocket engine. How it’s designed and implemented is crucial.
Reliance Partners’ Thom Albrecht points to current negative trends as reasons to hunker down now and through the new year.
A better question is, what can carriers do to lower their rates?