http://www.arnoldsafetyblog.com Helping Companies Comply With D.O.T. Safety Regulations Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:13:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While I'm thinking of it, there are a few differences in the CSA 2010, and how DOT is going to do their business. For the uninitiated, DOT means the same as FMCSA, which is the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. They're the group that regulates anyone who has ... http://www.arnoldsafetyblog.com/some-more-thoughts-about-csa-2010/ So what else is new? The DOT is getting closer to implementing their CSA 2010 system. I guess I should revamp the website, and start pushing CSA 2010 products like JJ Keller is... but I guess I don't see it as a game changing development. The rules ... http://www.arnoldsafetyblog.com/what-else-is-new/ Yeah, I know, I haven't updated the website in a long time. Well, I've been busy, and I've had writer's block. So rather than carefully think out a few posts, write and rewrite them until they're right, I'm just going to type them out, and get this done. So, ... http://www.arnoldsafetyblog.com/writers-block/ This photo and article comes from the Tulsa World. Donald Creed, the 76 year old man who crashed into a line of stopped traffic on June 26, 2009 near Tulsa, OK, killing 10, is expected to take a plea bargain in his negligent homicide case. The driver has ... http://www.arnoldsafetyblog.com/driver-in-2009-oklahoma-wreck-likely-to-plea-bargain/ In the ongoing war over the number of hours truck drivers can legally drive, the "safety advocacy" groups have filed their idea of what the rules should be. This article comes from the June 28 written issue of Transport Topics (which is written by the American Trucking Association). ... http://www.arnoldsafetyblog.com/advocacy-groups-want-an-8-hour-rule/ I think FMCSA is somewhat behind the curve on this one, but it is now officially issued guidance allowing a carrier to accept scanned logs, rather than the original paper copies. Here is a link to a Truckinginfo.com story. I know many carriers already do this, but I ... http://www.arnoldsafetyblog.com/fmcsa-allows-scanned-logs/ If you live for college football like I do, something momentous happened this week. Just like that, the Big 12 conference bit the dust, as Colorado jumped to the Pac-10, and Nebraska went to the Big 10. This will no doubt start a domino effect which will result ... http://www.arnoldsafetyblog.com/big-12-bites-the-dust/ On Monday May 17 at 3:00pm, a bus owned by Del Val Staffing flipped over several times in the Port Richmond section of Philadelphia. The driver exited I-95 at the Allegheny/Castor Ave. exit when the driver lost his brakes, and then lost control. There were several injuries, including ... http://www.arnoldsafetyblog.com/bus-crash-in-philadelphia-injures-16/ A man from a Midwestern carrier posted about his experience with the GPS audit. It pretty much backs up what I said in November of last year.... they are happening, if it happens to you, you probably won't pass, and it won't be pretty. DOT is pushing for the on-board ... http://www.arnoldsafetyblog.com/more-thoughts-on-gps-audits/ There's an interesting article in the online Landline magazine, regarding the proposed rulemaking instituting FMCSA's texting ban. Apparently, the OOIDA is concerned because as they read the rulemaking, Qualcomm type devices which ping the driver while driving with written messages are acceptable, but smart phones and laptops, which do ... http://www.arnoldsafetyblog.com/ooida-concerned-about-texting-rule/