Drowsy Driving as Dangerous as Drunk Driving

CDL College is interviewed by 9 News in Denver, CO after comedian Tracy Morgan was injured in a truck accident. The truck driver that hit Tracy said he had been awake 24 hours before the crash. 9 News came to CDL College for an experts opinion on drowsy driving.  http://cdlcollege.com

9 News: Interviews CDL College about Tracy Morgan

9 News: Interviewed CDL College's Safety Expert, Greg DeBaggis about Tracy Morgan's crash.

 

Safety as a Service is Proud to Announce a New Course-Professional Driver Attirubutes

The Attributes of a Professional course looks at what makes a professional driver with some facts and statistics about the profession. From there we delve into what makes an expert OTR driver. Our presentation will finish up with some rules of the road and a code of ethics for all professional OTR drivers. This one course of many in our library at http://safetyasaservice.com

Cool Opener to Our Drug and Alcohol Class

Discover A New Way to Find Top-Rated Truck Drivers for Fast Delivery

Hi there, I'm Gary!

If you've landed on this page, then you're probably a carrier

looking to post a job listing as fast as humanly possible. Well,

www.SafetyAsAService.com is perfect, as it offers the best solution

for connecting both drivers and carriers.

There's nothing better than using our easy-to-use recruiting platform.

In fact, we're constantly gathering driver applications. Why, you

ask? So that when it's time for you to hire, you will have a pool of

professional drivers, for your most urgent job. These are licensed drivers

ready — and looking for work. Imagine posting your job on our site and

within minutes having a list of qualified drivers to choose from.

How It Works

Just fill out our form below about your company and the job you

need help with.

We'll set you up with an account after that. The next step would be

to place your job posting up on our premiere recruiting sites

(i.e. www.GarysJobBoard.com). We'll give them all your info.

And, also deliver full fmcsa compliant applications to your account for

you to review. All you need to do is create the job posting.

We'll take care of the rest.

You'll soon receive talented, skilled, and safe drivers ready to be

interviewed at your earliest convenience.

Benefits of You Signing Up for a Subscription

- No struggling to find the right person for your job

- Instant access to qualified drivers

- More confidence knowing that you'll be taken care of

- Special and affordable pricing for carriers

- Simple recruiting process that meets all your requirements

And much more!

No Hassles, No Questions, No Problems

After a 30-day FREE trial, we are just $49 a month for our Driver M.S.C.

service. This recruiting platform is included in that product along with

other Management, Safety, and Driver Compliance tools. All of this to

help keep your costs down and your trucks moving.

So what are you waiting for?

SET UP YOUR PROFILE TO GET DRIVERS RIGHT NOW!

How to Manage a Trucking Company’s Safety, Compliance and Recruiting.

We created a platform to manage a trucking company’s safety, compliance and recruiting.

Everyone involved in transportation is in the driver business. We exist to support them. It doesn’t matter if your business hauls goods, makes or insures trucks. You’re in the driver business.

Our platform helps you support them.

You need to hire, manage and train drivers if you want the most benefit from them.

Our platform satisfies that need. We all need drivers to keep our businesses running. We take a funnel approach to hiring, complying and training. A hired driver is funneled from recruiting to compliance to training.

Recruiting platform-

Advertise the need to hire.

Distribute employment applications.

Receive and review applications.

Did you find a driver to hire?

Send them to the Compliance Section with a click.

Driver Qualification File’s are collected and stored here.

Document accidents and incidents.

Make notes on each driver.

Track drug tests.

Do you want to promote a safe culture?

Follow the driver to the training portal.

Assign courses to all drivers.

Assign specific courses after an incident or accident.

Track course participation

Store and/or print course completion certificates.

The system is easy to navigate and use.

We should not fear the guys at Federal Motor Carrier Safety. You will have a safe company by following the rules. Properly hired,documented and trained drivers effect every corner of your business.

Hiring the right driver improves delivery times.

Improved delivery times bring more customers.

Documenting a driver properly helps during an audit or lawsuit.

Clean audits and less litigation bring more customers.

Safe drivers lower operating costs.

Lower operating costs mean an opportunity for expansion.

Expansion opportunities bring more customers.

Our boots are on the ground. We come from the trucking industry. We come from the training industry. Every tool that we make originated with an internal need. We create tools that scratch our own itch. As truckers and educators.

We offer those tools to the you. To make your job easier. To help you support the people that matter the most….Your Drivers.

You can use our tools for $500 a year. Sign up for a trial at http://safetyasaservice.com.

Two easy ways to improve your company's safety rating

As you may know, the safety of a trucking company is tracked on the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Safety Measurement System (SMS).  Performance is divided into Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories (BASIC) scores, which inform the DOT if intervention is necessary.  It is important that companies actively manage their BASIC scores to avoid attracting unwanted attention from the DOT.  Watching and improving BASIC scores can also result in lower insurance costs, but how can a company improve these scores?

                The vehicle maintenance and driver fitness BASICs are two of the easiest areas to improve.  Most of the violations that a company will receive in the driver fitness category are for drivers having expired DOT cards.  Make sure that someone is keeping a running list of medical card expiration dates.  Sure drivers should be responsible for keeping their DOT cards up to date but, it becomes the company’s problem when driver’s medical cards expire.  Now let’s talk about vehicle maintenance. 

                There is the old saying that “a camel is just a horse made by committee,” but committees can be helpful.  Creating a maintenance committee that is comprised of drivers, dispatchers, and the head of maintenance could help improving the company’s vehicle maintenance BASIC.  Allowing employees to identify and solve maintenance issues will give them more ownership of maintenance.  One note of caution about committees is that they can become a forum for complaints and morale killing, so it is important that management be present to steer the clear of becoming counter-productive.

Safety as a Service in Action

Watch http://safetyasservice.com in action. This video will show you the basics. You can hire drivers, manage drivers and provide training all from one place.




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Lawsuit Against a Trucking Company. Part 2

This is the continuation of part 1.  It starts to heat up in post 2. We have a new shocking revelation.  Read on:

22             Q. Sir, I’m going to hand you what's been marked as

23      Defendants' — excuse me, Plaintiffs Exhibit 1, and can you

24      tell me if that is the personnel file or the driver

25      qualification file?

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1             A. It looks like a combination of both. It has his

2       W-4 and wages and wage assignment. It looks like it's

3       combined.

4              Q. Is that file kept in the ordinary course of

5       business at Skyways Delivery?

6              A. Yes.

7              Q. Who is the person charged with maintaining that

8       file at that business?

9              A. Currently, it's Stephanie Molly.

10             Q. And who was responsible for keeping that file in

11      the year 2000?

12             A. Jean Hicks.

13             Q. And is that a true and correct copy of both the

14      personnel file and the driver qualification file for Mr.

15      Bennington that was kept at Sky Ways Transportation?

16             A. Yes.

17             Q. And is that a copy of the entire file?

18             A. Yes.

19             Q. Now, who was it that hired Mr. Bennington?

20              A. Mike Robinson.

21              Q. And that's your father?

22              A. Uncle.

23              Q. Your uncle. And what was his job there then?

24              A. Owner/vice president.

25              Q. Who are the other owners?

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1            A. Mike  Robinson, Larry Robinson, Joe Robinson; and at the time,

2      that was it.

3             Q. Do your records indicate whether you did any

4      background checks on Mr. Bennington at the time you hired him?

5            A. Yes.

6             Q. Okay. What background check did you do on him?

7             A. Motor vehicle, his driving record, and we pulled

8      his motor vehicle report. We have a statement of his

9      violations within the previous year.

10            Q. Is there any information in that driver's

11     qualification file from previous employers?

12            A. There is a list of previous employers.

13            Q. And did you make any inquiry with them as to Mr.

14     Bennington's character or qualifications as a driver?

15            A. I do not see a written record of that.

16            Q. Do you know if that's one of the requirements of

17     the federal motor carrier safety regulations?

118 A. Three years prior is required.

19            Q. And can you tell me from that file what efforts

20      were made to inquire for the three years prior regarding Mr.

21      Bennington at the time you hired him?

22            A. I don't see any written documentation.

23            Q. When did you first learn that Mr. Bennington was a

24      convicted methamphetamine dealer?

25            A. Yesterday.

Part 3 is coming soon.

LCV Trainer or Instructor Requirements

The first thing to consider is the type of LCV instructor.


 


 There are two types of LCV instructors; classroom and skills.

 1. A classroom instructor may administer only instruction that does not involve the operation of an LCV or one of its components. Our training courses at http://safetyasaservice.com will assist you with the classroom portion.

 2. A skills instructor may administer behind-the-wheel training but they must meet the specific requirements. To qualify as an LCV skills instructor, a person shall:

 (1) Provide evidence of successful completion of an LCV Driver-Training Program requirements. The Driver-Training Program must be for the operation of CMVs representative of the subject matter that he/she will teach. CDL College can help you with this portion.
(2) Possess a valid Class A CDL with all endorsements necessary to operate an LCV Doubles and/or LCV Triples.
(3) Have at least 2 years' driving experience, in the same type of vehicle, that you will be teaching.
(4) If the driver has less than 2 years operating a representative vehicle: Has taught the operation of an LCV within the previous 2 years.

Edit: More Clarification is Here.

The driving requirements are easy enough to fulfill. The trouble comes with the teaching requirements in number 4.

FMCSA does not define what that teaching experience means. The teaching requirement is over a two year period. You can make the determination, as to, what constitutes teaching. The train-trainer course at CDL College  will afford you some training, by default, to other people.

And the last requirements have to do with your motor vehicle record. An individual must certify that, during the 2-year period immediately preceding the date of application for a Certificate of Grandfathering, he/she had:

(1) A valid Class A CDL with a “double/triple trailers” endorsement;
(2) No more than one driver's license;
(3) No suspension, revocation, or cancellation of his/her CDL;
(4) No convictions for a major offense while operating a CMV as defined in §383.51(b) of this subchapter; (5) No convictions for a railroad-highway grade crossing offense while operating a CMV as defined in §383.51(d) of this subchapter;
(6) No convictions for violating an out-of-service order as defined in §383.51(e) of this subchapter;
(7) No more than one conviction for a serious traffic violation, as defined in §383.5 of this subchapter, while operating a CMV; and
(8) No convictions for a violation of State or local law relating to motor vehicle traffic control arising in connection with any traffic crash while operating a CMV.
(9) An individual must certify and provide evidence that he/she:
   (a) Is regularly employed in a job requiring the operation of a CMV that requires a CDL with a double/triple trailers endorsement; and
  (b) Has operated, during the 2 years immediately preceding the date of application for a Certificate of Grandfathering, vehicles representative of the type of LCV that he/she seeks to continue operating.

D.O.T and FMCSA Compliance Course

Small carriers, owner-operators, and even the big guys, need to follow FMCSA and D.O.T. compliance rules. Small carrier’s struggle to piece together the information required to stay compliant.

This Free on line course will guide you through the Steps to Safety and FMCSA compliance.

The below video will give you a nice overview of the course.


This course has 5 sections and is an interactive guide to kick-start your safety efforts.

• Driver Qualification File
• Hours of Service
• Drug and Alcohol Compliance
• Maintenance, Accidents, and Financial Responsibilities
• Glossary of Terms

You need every piece of this puzzle to stay compliant. Work on one section at a time. Leave this guide on your computer until you have mastered the system.

• Click on Driver Qualification……… Read about the general rules…
• Now, click on number 2…………… The rules regarding the Employment Application will appear……
• Click on the number 391.21. It will link you to the FMCSA rule which has additional information.
• Follow through the numbers, complete the tasks, and you will have one complete Driver Qualification File.
• Repeat the same procedure for the other categories.

In addition to online training courses, www.safetyasaservice.com has all the tools needed to make D.O.T and FMCSA Compliance easier.