The numbers from this year's International Roadcheck are a compliance wake-up call for every fleet running North American roads. During the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's three-day enforcement blitz, May 12–14, 2026, inspectors pulled trucks off the road at a rate that should make any safety ... Read More »
If your trucks seem to pick up more tire write-ups when the weather heats up, the roadside-inspection data backs you up. Analysis of FMCSA violations from May 2024 through February 2026 shows tire violations rising and falling on a clean seasonal cycle — and the ... Read More »
Are We Recovering Everything We're Entitled To? As a Risk or Fleet Manager, can you positively affect the bottom line? In a word, yes. The opportunity is hiding in your auto physical damage claims — specifically in the elements most of us never request. When ... Read More »
It's one thing to know that small fleets get cited for more mechanical problems than large ones. It's another to watch how each group is trending over time. Using FMCSA roadside-inspection data from May 2024 through February 2026, we indexed every fleet size to its ... Read More »
If brakes felt like they were eating up more roadside-inspection time over the past 12 months, you weren’t imagining it. New analysis of FMCSA roadside-inspection data through February 2026 shows brake-related violations running well ahead of last year, and the gap is widening. In February ... Read More »
Every fleet operator we talk to is wrestling with the same question. How do you actually change driver behavior, not just measure it? A recent piece from Verizon Connect, titled “In-cab alerts and post trip feedback for drivers,” lays out a practical answer that we ... Read More »
The 2026 International Roadcheck wrapped up yesterday after a 72-hour enforcement blitz across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. CVSA won't publish official final numbers until later this year, but the inspection records flowing into FMCSA during the event tell a story no carrier can afford ... Read More »
In a 9-0 decision handed down this morning, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that freight brokers can be sued under state law for negligently hiring unsafe motor carriers. The decision in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC eliminates a federal preemption shield the broker industry ... Read More »
Every crash on your DOT record feeds into your Safety Measurement System (SMS) score under the Crash Indicator BASIC. That score shows up when shippers, brokers, and insurers run your numbers and once it's there, most operators assume it's there for good. What a lot ... Read More »
The FMCSA publishes citation data, the Fleet-Connection real-time database keeps track of it, and the resulting picture for fleet managers is informative if not always flattering. We pulled May 2024 through February 2026, roughly 6.2 million violations across 61 categories, and sliced it by fleet ... Read More »
