Safe as Truck: Recent Episodes
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Highlights from the conversation:
- C.H. Robinson Supreme Court case (1:42)
- Breaking the case down (10:17)
- It goes all the way back to the shipper (18:11)
- The prevalence and availability of data (30:07)
- How you can stay above safety determinations (38:01)
Highlights from the conversation:
- About Brandon and Trucksafe (1:30)
- Why hours of service matter (5:51)
- Unassigned driving hours (13:18)
- How to avoid unassigned hours (17:48)
- Personal conveyance use report issues (21:22)
- Three hours of service violations (32:58)
- Who is on top of their hours of service (36:58)
Highlights from the conversation:
- What is the CSA score? (1:46)
- The best way to have good CSA scores (3:55)
- The most common mistakes people make (6:34)
- How CSA works (11:58)
- Defining “data queues” (14:22)
- Misunderstandings about data (15:15)
- When you can/can’t data queue a crash (16:43)
- Data queues for unsafe driving (19:41)
- Maintenance and hours of service data queues (22:31)
- Driver fitness data queues (25:37)
- Drug and alcohol data queues (27:42)
- Hazmat data queues (29:38)
- Citations (31:49)
Highlights from the conversation:
- Insurance rates are rising faster than accidents (2:43)
- Smaller and medium-sized fleets have higher rates (4:52)
- Three ways trucking companies are responding to increasing rates (8:25)
- Restructured insurance policies do not lower rates (9:44)
- More self-owned risk equals lower out of pocket costs (12:09)
- What carriers are doing to improve safety (14:29)
- Giving drivers safety bonuses (17:07)
- Expenses that are being cut for the sake of paying insurance (19:22)
- Upcoming trends (23:20)
Safe as Truck is a podcast powered by LogRock, a platform dedicated to handling all aspects of compliance for trucking companies. Learn more at www.logrock.com.
Highlights from the conversation:
- How a door is picked for knocking (2:16)
- What is done in preparation for a visit (5:48)
- How the time of a visit is structured (8:17)
- How a trucking company owner can stay on top (10:06)
- Common mile categorization mistakes (14:13)
- Advice for fleet owners and safety directors (18:30)
- Most common safety and compliance mistakes (22:53)
- Brokers and shippers’ interest in a carrier’s safety profile (25:46)
- How you should be selecting an insurance carrier (29:19)
- How much you should be spending on safety and compliance (31:19)
Safe as Truck is a podcast powered by LogRock, a platform dedicated to handling all aspects of compliance for trucking companies. Learn more at www.logrock.com.
Highlights from the conversation:
- Alex and Matt’s experience representing trucking firms (1:41)
- Defining a “nuclear verdict” and its commonality (3:23)
- The likelihood of getting sued (6:58)
- The impact of legal cases (10:02)
- What’s next after deposition (11:27)
- An attorney’s structural disadvantage (13:16)
- How the founder is painted as the bad guy (14:35)
- How to prevent a nuclear verdict (16:14)
- A tale of two cases (21:53)
- Saving time, energy, and money (28:23)
Safe as Truck is a podcast powered by LogRock, a platform dedicated to handling all aspects of compliance for trucking companies. Learn more at www.logrock.com.