If you are a trucker who finds yourself having some downtime this summer and want to celebrate your time off with a summer barbeque by yourself or with friends and family, then there are ways to do so safely. According to the New York City Fire Department, the summer season around July 4th is the peak barbequing season.  The FDNY announced that approximately 9,000 fires happen in a year from…

The last Monday of May is dedicated to a special holiday. It is a day when many businesses close and people get a three-day weekend. Since it unofficially marks the beginning of summer for many, it is a long weekend many take trips during. A lot of people do know that the day is ultimately a day meant to honor and memorialize veterans, especially those that lost their lives in…

A new act, posed by House representatives, Rick Crawford and Henry Cueller, was introduced to the floor last week that will have a much effect on the trucking industry. The DRIVE Safe Integrity Act would remove the requirement from the Safe Driver Apprenticeship Pilot program for drivers 18-20 to also join the US Department of Labor’s registered apprenticeship program. The Department’s requirement had not originally been a part of the…

The Yellow Corporation and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have been at ends lately. How specifically? Well because of a COO or Change of Operations. Back to the Drawing Board, I Suppose. That’s the word according to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, as Yellow Corporation chooses to disregard and disrupt. This is all evident as the shift “would subvert bargaining” while violating article 7 of the union’s constitution which can…

Truckers have a ton of regulatory hoops to jump through at all times. The amount of filings that truckers have to complete is huge, and it's hard to keep everything straight. It doesn't help when filings have similar names, either. MC and MCP are a great example of this phenomenon. Because of their very similar names, a lot of truckers mix up these filings or think they're just one filing.…

Every employer wants to be certain that their employees will work as hard as possible for their company. This may be no truer than in the trucking industry, where an unscrupulous employee can cause hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage with just one careless mistake. Therefore, trucking companies want to hire the safest and most experienced truckers they can. But how can you be sure you're hiring good truckers?…

Being a trucker in California can be confusing. California's trucking regulations are a dense bramble of ever-changing and unclear laws. And new laws like the worker classification law AB5 mean that California truckers always need to be on their toes to maintain compliance with the law. At DOT Operating Authority, we've worked with California trucking companies for over a decade to help them get the permits they need. Here are…

Last week, the FMCSA released a new electronic ID proposal for public comment. The proposal is for a wireless system that would give every interstate commercial motor vehicle (CMV) a unique electronic ID number. In doing so, police and FMCSA inspection agents would have the power to more quickly access records about specific vehicles. The CVSA requested that the FMCSA consider this plan all the way back in 2015. Though…

If you're an interstate trucker, the chances are good that you would benefit from getting IRP and IFTA registration. From the trucker's perspective, they are quite similar. After all, if you need one, you almost always need the other. However, you may not understand the distinction between these two critical filings. Read on to learn about the distinctions between IRP and IFTA and why you should get both. IRP shares…

Truckers have a lot to keep track of. Every state, city, and even specific roads have different rules and regulations that truckers have to be aware of to achieve that most elusive thing: compliance. Weight-distance taxes are a great example of why it's so hard to remain in compliance. To learn more about these taxes, we asked our experts what they are and which jurisdictions have them. What is a…