Enforcement
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Asia-Pacific
Down Under Trucking: strip club driver dies in truck crash; high trucker jailed; cattle truck fail
It has been a dramatic week in Australian trucking: strip club bus-truck crash; nine months of jail; massive infrastructure works; trucker death; call for mandatory…
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Asia-Pacific
DOWN UNDER TRUCKING: turning, driving or parked – trucking can be risky
Australia's a big trucking nation, but you wouldn't know it from the way some road users drive. Also in this week's Down Under Trucking: carelessness…
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Cash Flow Corner
What to expect during a Roadcheck 2018 inspection
Cashflow Corner presented by TriumphPay ...Unless you are one of the many drivers who have proclaimed the next three days as vacation days, there is…
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Driver issues
A freight meltdown was avoided, but not these ELD problems
While April 1 turned out not to be the total disaster so many predicted, the hard enforcement date has brought pain to some individual truck…
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Cash Flow Corner
At the nexus of trucking and taxes
Cashflow Corner presented by TriumphPay ...Nexus is when a trucking company owes taxes in multiple states, but many companies are not aware of when this…
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Economics
ELDs have arrived, along with confusion and anxiety over impact
Nearly 17 years in the making since the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration first attempted to require electronic logging devices (ELDs) on commercial vehicles, the…
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Economics
Best practices for an effective ELD rollout
For many fleets, the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate presents a new variable in the regulatory landscape that must be carefully navigated. Following best practices…
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Economics
ELDs are about money, not safety
The ELD mandate has finally arrived, but lets stop pretending this is a safety issue. Its not. The ELD mandate is about money. If we wanted…
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Canada
Today’s Pickup: OOIDA asks states to review ELD enforcement
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) has issued a letter to state attorneys general in all states asking them to review potential problems surrounding upcoming…
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Economics
The Stifel ELD call: anticipated industry impact
Most carriers are currently coming to terms with the inevitability of the ELD mandate, and scrambling to get ready. Those carriers who are truly ELD-ready are…
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