Yes, it is true that many do not respond but don't say that there is no law that says they have to, that is false. That is the only reason I...
Actually, there is a regulation that says former motor carrier employers must respond to previous employer requests. When hiring a DOT regulated...
No misunderstanding. It has been CVSA practice, as documented in inspection bulletin 2020-02, revsied in 2021, to check for prohibited status...
To clarify an earlier post of mine, where I said "it is not something every officer checks", what I meant is not every officer will use QC to...
Not exactly correct, but close. A motor carrier officer is only required to check to see if the driver is in prohibited status, not to see if a...
As for the Clearinghouse, it is not something every officer checks but they do have authority to do so. As for the new pre-employment test, a new...
Thanks for the tag. Yes, the drug testing progra.m compliance is the motor carrier's responsibility and the driver has little to worry about...
Yes. My first job right out of high school was with a school bus contractor for my local school district. They got me my class B with P and S at...
Free to a couple grand, depending on how you get it. Having a CDL already doesn't make much of a difference. You will still need to complete the...
Sadly, you're not lying! I did P&D for the first 10 years of my tractor trailer career, although it was wrecked or inoperable cars instead of...
The regs don't require a specific reason to invoke the 16 hour exception when you otherwise qualify for the short haul rule set. This is true for...
Yes, the maximum weekly time still applies. 60 hours total on-duty (including driving time) for motor carriers not operating commercial vehicles...
Let's look at some public numbers. On Crete's MCS-150 filing they declared 607,954,521 miles and 5,399 tractors. This works out to approximately...
I keep coming back to short miles make more profit because the motor carrier has no incentive to find loads that have 600+ mile days on them....
Are you being deliberately obtuse and contrarian, or do you really not understand why total compensation and effort required to move a load needs...
It could, although then short hauls will always underpay the driver unless the mileage pay is a sliding scale that accounts for the time needed to...
Let me start by saying that I am not picking on SSB, or anyone paid by the mile, but articles and innovations like below are why mileage based pay...
Local (short haul) exception is for drivers that leave from and return to the same work reporting location each shift, are given at least 10...
If the towing company is following Brevard County non-consent towing rates, as they should be, then it will cost a couple hundred dollars for the...
Each state has a different process, and all have a time limit to recertify before losing the CDL qualification. If you have been over 1 year, you...
