Safe as Truck

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.