If you've been in fleet management or trucking long enough, you've developed a healthy skepticism about federal deadlines. The automatic emergency braking (AEB) mandate for heavy trucks has been "coming soon" for so long that some of us have started treating it like that friend ... Read More »

Nobody hands you a fleet budget manual on your first day. You get a spreadsheet, a stack of invoices, and a login to some software you have never seen before. Then someone asks how much your fleet costs per mile, and you realize you are ... Read More »

Every gallon of diesel your drivers buy is a transaction you either control or you don't. Without a fuel management system in place, cash and general-purpose credit cards leave you with almost zero visibility into what was bought, where, by whom, and whether it was ... Read More »

Fuel is the expense that never stays still. Prices rise and fall, driving conditions change, and every driver handles the throttle differently. As a new fleet manager, you cannot control the price at the pump. However, you can absolutely control how efficiently your fleet uses ... Read More »

Trucks get all the attention. ELDs, dashcams, telematics — every device on your tractor tells you exactly what that driver is doing and where that truck is going. Yet when the driver unhooks the trailer and heads home, your visibility often disappears completely. That gap ... Read More »

Every fleet has that one toolbox drawer. The one with a flashlight that doesn't work, a fistful of fuses for a truck you sold in 2019, and an instruction manual nobody has opened since the Clinton administration. Turns out the federal government had one too ... Read More »

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 »

Roadside inspections are a fact of life in commercial trucking. They happen at weigh stations, rest areas, and during ordinary traffic stops. They can occur at any time and almost never come with advance notice. For a new fleet manager, the best preparation you can ... Read More »

Dash cameras are one of the most effective safety tools available to commercial fleets today. They are also one of the fastest ways to damage driver trust if you roll them out badly. The technology is not the hard part. The policy behind it is. ... Read More »

Your telematics system is generating data right now. Vehicle locations, engine hours, driver behavior events, fuel consumption, idle time — it never stops. For a new fleet manager, that volume of information can feel less like insight and more like noise. The good news is ... Read More »