The Clock Is Always Ticking Welcome back to the manager seat. Few topics cause more collective groans in dispatch than driver Hours of Service regulations. However, mastering these rules protects your drivers and your operating bottom line. Federal regulators enforce strict limits on driving time ... Read More »

The EPA has proposed a major change that could bring long-awaited relief to truck fleets, farmers, diesel equipment operators, and anyone else who has ever watched a perfectly capable machine turn into a 5-mph lawn ornament because a DEF system got cranky. The agency announced ... Read More »

For most of the last two years, the Class 8 order board read like a doctor's waiting room: quiet, a little tense, everybody avoiding eye contact. Then May happened, and somebody apparently spiked the punch. North American Class 8 net orders rocketed to roughly 26,500 ... Read More »

If you've been treating the non-domiciled CDL rule like a weather forecast — "eh, it'll probably change before I have to do anything" — this is your wake-up call. The rule didn't blow over. It went to court, took a swing, and walked out still ... Read More »

The Numbers That Should Alarm Every Fleet Manager Something shifted during the 2026 CVSA International Roadcheck — and not in a good direction. The three-day enforcement blitz wrapped up on May 14. The final data told a story that should concern every fleet safety professional ... 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 »

New York has taken the U.S. Department of Transportation to court over a fight that may sound like government paperwork theater, but could have real consequences for trucking fleets, driver availability, and state CDL compliance programs. On April 24, New York Attorney General Letitia James ... Read More »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a move set to reshape maintenance and uptime for the trucking industry, the EPA has officially announced the removal of Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) sensor requirements for all diesel equipment. The ruling, announced today by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, aims to ... Read More »