The Unexpected Complexity of Accidents Welcome to fleet management, where minor parking lot bumps somehow turn into massive corporate headache sagas. For example, a simple vehicle collision often creates scattered data across multiple internal departments instantly. Consequently, your operations team, insurance adjusters, and legal counselors ... Read More »
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The Incoming Emission Standards Welcome to the wild world of heavy-duty truck emissions. As a new fleet manager, you must prepare for the future constantly. Specifically, the Environmental Protection Agency has strict emission standards arriving in 2027. Therefore, you need to understand how these rules ... Read More »
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Welcome to your first year in fleet management. You probably thought your biggest job would be routing trucks efficiently. However, you soon realized that burning money while parked is an actual art form for some drivers. Excessive idling eats away at your fuel budget every ... Read More »
The fleet-technology market just got more concentrated. In July 2026, Geotab announced it had acquired the commercial operations of Verizon Connect's international telematics business, taking over customer relationships and operations across a swath of markets in Europe and Australia. For fleet decision-makers, the deal is ... Read More »
On August 10, 2026, FMCSA published a proposed rule in the Federal Register that would formally codify a driver's failure to meet the English-language proficiency (ELP) requirement as an out-of-service violation. For carriers, this is the moment a policy shift that has been building for ... Read More »
Every summer, thousands of commercial vehicles get pulled in for a hard look at one of the most safety-critical systems on the truck. This year the window is set: the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) has scheduled Brake Safety Week for August 23–29, 2026, and ... Read More »
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Welcome to your first year in fleet work, where software fixes are rarely fun. Bringing big trucks into the shop for simple updates wastes driver time. Fortunately, modern over-the-air tools make long shop delays a thing of the past. New tools from Volvo Trucks show ... Read More »
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The Hidden Cost of Idle Engines Congratulations on surviving your first few months as a fleet manager. First, let us tackle a sneaky budget killer hiding in plain sight. Drivers often leave diesel engines idling to power cabs during rest breaks. In fact, an idling ... Read More »
On May 15, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II that federal preemption does not shield freight brokers from state negligent hiring claims. Justice Barrett's opinion held that the FAAAA's safety exception covers exactly this kind of suit. Brokers who select unsafe carriers ... Read More »
Few vehicles on the road are harder to drive safely than a loaded concrete mixer. Ten yards of wet concrete sitting high in a rotating drum gives a mixer truck a center of gravity that shifts constantly, an aggressive off-road duty cycle, and a delivery ... Read More »
