Arnold Safety Blog

This is a popular question in safety classes. Drivers want to know how far they can show themselves driving on their logs, without it being questioned. The short answer is, you are supposed to log it as you drove it. In other words, if you left Carlisle, PA at 8:45am, and arrived [...]

Many drivers ask, “When I’m filling out my logbook, can I use shorthand when putting in the locations in the ‘Remarks’ section?” Instead of writing, Cincinnati, can I write Cincy? Or NYC? Or STL? The rules do not provide for that. They say city, town, village, and the State abbreviation. [...]

Dear Eric: A car stopped short in front of my driver on the interstate. He locked up the brakes, but jacknifed into the median. He did not hit the car. The police were called and filed a report. I went up to the accident scene, and drove the truck and [...]

Dear Eric: Do I have to fill out logbooks?
Answer: The regulations state that you must complete a record of duty status (aka a logbook) every day, unless if you:
1) stay within a 100 air mile radius from your office, and 2) return to the office within 12 hours.
If you do that, your driver may record [...]

Post any and all of your D.O.T. compliance-related questions here. I will do my best to answer them.
Within reason, that is.
For example, if your question is, “what do I have to do to comply with all these rules?”, the answer is, buy my DVD.
Or, if your question is “What’s the girl in the truck [...]

Basically, I need something to keep myself interested in the website. Posting ALL safety/regulatory related posts would probably drive me crazy. So I need a diversion. I will try to keep it around a 70/30 split. Also, the other posts will be in the General, Sports, or Politics categories.
So if you [...]

If you are somewhat new to operating heavy vehicles on the road, you may not be familiar with the alphabet soup of regulatory agencies who will be looking in on you.
The most common name for the regulatory body which enforces the safety regulations on trucks is ‘DOT’. Which is short for Department of Transportation. [...]

After a great deal of effort, I have a new website.
It appears that I can post articles, information, rants, etc. at my pleasure, and the world at large can comment on them.
I am still finding my way around the new website (designed by someone else). However, I will try to keep it current and [...]