Truck driving is one of the most injury-prone jobs in the United States because it involves both several hours of prolonged sitting every day and abrupt transitions into sudden movement. These injuries not only put your long-term health at risk and can even prevent you from driving for a time, they can risk increasing your health insurance. Here’s how to stay safely moving on the […]
Commercial Truck Insurance North Carolina
What Does Physical Damage Insurance Include?
Even though insurance is usually broken down into different types such as ‘home insurance,’ ‘car insurance,’ or even ‘health insurance,’ each plan really incorporates multiple different areas of coverage, especially when it comes to business. While this can help you have an insurance plan that is specifically tailored to your trucking business and takes into account your insurance needs, it also means it can be […]
Keep Your Commercial Trucking Insurance Low by Avoiding the Most Common CSA Violations
In just a few months, federal inspection agencies are going to start monitoring truckers’ adherence to daily drive time limits through electronic sensors. While the enforcement and preparation for this mandate has and will continue to be a challenge, the end goal of making roads safer for both truckers and drivers in passenger vehicles is important. Not only do trucking regulations save lives, adhering to […]
Getting Your Truck Ready for the Fall
It’s almost fall, and Nebraska is starting to get brisk temperatures already. If you’re going to be truck driving during the autumn and winter, most of your focus might be on getting the exterior and mechanical parts of your truck checked out: making sure you have snow chains for your tires, checking rubber seals and gaskets, and making sure the top of your trailer is […]
Five More Months Until Proposed Deadline of Mandated Login for All Drivers
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration released a federal mandate requiring all truck drivers to electronically document driving hours, but so far the administration has not released a plan on that requirement will be monitored. There are fewer than five months until the deadline for all truckers to switch from paper to electronics, and the mandate is supposed to go into effect and be enforced […]
Three Tips for Lowering Your Semi-Truck Insurance Rates
If you’re a new owner operator, you might be looking at an annual bill of between ten and sixteen thousand dollars. Gaining experience and keeping your driving record clean could help it fall between nine and twelve thousand dollars, but that still leaves you with a large bill. While a good driving record with few claims is the best way to keep your insurance low […]
Blind Spot Detection Tips for the Commercial or Owner Operator Truck Driver
If you’ve been a commercial or owner operator truck driver for any length of time, you’re likely aware of your rig’s blind spots and should know how to change lanes and make turns without endangering the traffic around you. While this is important, an awareness of the blind spots of others on the road is equally important. One rule that works most of the time […]
How Commercial or Owner Operator Truck Drivers Can Prevent Underride Accidents
Underride accidents involving a car going under the trailer of a semi truck are often fatal. The car’s windshield and pillar structures are too flimsy to resist the shearing forces that occur when they collide with the bottom edge of a semi’s trailer. Because of this, the survival prospects for the driver and passengers of the car are grim. Although underride guards are mandated for […]
Three Reasons Commercial or Owner Operator Truckers Have Night Vision Problems
The commercial or owner operator truck driver’s occupation can take its toll on night vision. Long hours on the road over the years expose the trucker to harsh lighting, a poor diet, and lack of exercise. On top of these are the inevitable effects of getting older. Over time, all of these factors diminish your ability to see at night. If you are starting to […]
Flatbed Tarping Safety for the Commercial or Owner Operator Truck Driver
Dry van trucking isn’t easy. However, the flatbed trucker has an additional responsibility that’s often difficult and dangerous. This, is placing and securing a protective tarp over his load. The work is dangerous because it involves climbing and working at heights, sometimes on uneven or unstable loads. A hundred pound tarp is an unwieldy thing to handle, especially in a wind that can catch it and […]