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60 Seconds with STC: January 2025 Issue
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Modern Safety, Vintage Rulebook

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has quietly opened an important window for the trucking and freight technology community by asking stakeholders to weigh in on its multi-year research effort examining how the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS)…

High-Tech Safety Starts with Low-Tech Compliance

The trucking industry has no shortage of new tools promising safer fleets. Think AI-powered cameras, predictive analytics, real-time telematics, and automated compliance platforms. These technologies play an important role. But none of them can compensate for a weak compliance…

What is a High-Risk Motor Carrier?

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) uses the Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) Safety Measurement System (SMS) to prioritize motor carriers for different interventions. To do this, every month the SMS calculates carrier Behavioral Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories…

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Did You Know? January 2026

According to the National Transportation Institute, 2025 saw year-over-year gain for driver pay hit its highest point in 18 months, with a clear trend among for hire-fleets that they are placing emphasis on their most-seasoned, longest-tenured drivers. FMCSA released…