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Testing Positive for Marijuana: One Driver's Story

What happens to a commercial driver who tests positive for marijuana? A DOT-mandated return-to-duty process is the only hope they have of keeping their career. Here's one driver's first-person story.

How Trucking Fleets Can Be Proactive With Tire Safety

Drivers are required to physically inspect their tires at the beginning and the end of a driving shift, and fleets have some obligation to look after these expensive assets — but somehow tires continue to come apart out on the highway.

CBD Oils May Result in DOT-Testing Violation

Use of THC is forbidden for a regulated driver, no matter the source. As a result, medical and recreational marijuana and some CBD oils, even if legal under state law, are federally banned.

How GDPR Impacts Multinational Fleets

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European Union regulation that requires organizations to inform users of its services regarding the personal data that it gathers of them and what the information will be used for. For multinational fleets, this means properly managing user data is more important than ever.

Proactively Preventing Food Contamination

As the final piece of the FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is set to take effect, small fleets are assessing ways to switch from a manual recording of temperature inside refrigerated units to an automated process.

Three Steps to a Successful Upfit: Plan, Plan, Plan

We all agree that planning is crucial to the success of any project, but it is especially important when spec’ing a new upfit. Conceptually, most fleet managers will agree with this statement, but it isn’t always followed in actual practice.

Telematics in Vocational Truck Fleets: Food and Beverage

Complying with both vehicle and food safety regulations, keeping vehicles on the road with minimized downtime, and ensuring route efficiency are all ways food and beverage fleets are leveraging telematics solutions to help with their operations.

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