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NSP Carrier Enforcement participates in Operations Safe Driver Week © Nebraska State Patrol nebraska state patrol truck Operation Safe Driver Week has kicked off across the country and Nebraska State Patrol said the focus this year is speeding. “Operation Safe Driver Week is a great opportunity for our troopers to connect with commercial carriers across Nebraska in an effort to keep Nebraska roads safe,” said Captain Marty Denton, Commander of NSP Carrier Enforcement. Sign up for our Ne...

What will CVSA inspectors be checking during Operation Safe Driver Week? AskWaves: Inspectors to focus on speeding, unsafe driving Inspectors to focus on speeding, unsafe driving during Operation Safe Driver Week. Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves Truck drivers and fleets have two months to prepare for the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) annual Operation Safe Driver Week, which is set for July 11-17. CVSA said inspectors throughout North America will focus on speeding and unsa...

Updated Apr 30, 2021 Updated April 28, 2021, with poll results and more reporting ahead of the May 4-6 Roadcheck event. Judge it against the last time we asked a similar question, during Roadcheck last year, and you might think a hugely greater number of owner-operators were planning to sit out next weeks three-day inspection blitz this time around. That last poll question, after the event in September of 2020, showed barely 15% actually on vacation for the week, having planned it and took it i...

Apr 08, 2021 Researchers at the University of Arkansas and Michigan State set out to answer the question in the title of this post. Generally, they found, the answer is yes, particularly with respect to improved equipment compliance, more "durable" than improvements in driver behavior, as it were. That is, owner-operator and fleet investment in equipment in anticipation of Roadcheck and other events proves longer-lasting in the numbers than any changes in driving behaviors that are measurable. ...

Calif. court opinion goes in favor of A.B. 5 applying to trucking While a larger trucking case against California’s A.B. 5 laws application to motor carriers and owner-operators is still unfolding in a federal district court, a second state court in California has ruled that federal law does not preempt a law that would effectively outlaw the leased owner-operator model in the state. Trucking has been operating under an exemption from A.B. 5 since the beginning of 2020, when the law went into...

Council should revisit garbage can visibility Now that we have a new Ceres City Council perhaps it will reverse the policy recently set that allows residents to keep their garbage cans in public view seven days a week. As you may remember, the city had a law on the books that said you had to hide away your cans unless it was during the hours you could set them out for collection. In November 2019, three members of the old council changed that, saying they had no problems with ca...