In recent years, “nuclear verdicts” — jury awards exceeding $10 million — have increasingly targeted the trucking industry, shaking financial…
As part of President Trump’s April 28 Executive Order on “Commonsense Rules and the Road for America’s Truck Drivers,” the…
On June 25, 2025, changes came to the way motor carriers are required to verify that CDL drivers are medically…
A recent study of commercial drivers by Geotab found that 68 percent of drivers reported that work-related stress negatively impacts…
In the trucking industry, the relationship between the Safety, Human Resources, and Operations departments is often strained, despite all three…
This May, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) rolled out a set of deregulatory proposals, but don’t expect sweeping…
There’s been much news lately about the English Language Proficiency (ELP) requirements in federal regulations. In the span of a…
The Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) was first authorized in the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982. The MCSAP…
Over the last several months, we’ve been writing about common compliance challenges we at STC have observed in our experience…
The industry has been living under the Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) mandate in the United States since December 16, 2019.…
Aurora Innovation has announced it is rolling out driverless trucks in commercial service starting this month. The initial service will…
By Shannon Newton Shannon Newton is president of the Arkansas Trucking Association and immediate past chair of the Trucking Association…