USDOT Agency Nixes Upgraded Rear Impact Guards
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) last month rejected that the agency mandate stricter upgrades to rear impact guards on semi-trailers.
TRUCKERS AGAINST TRAFFICKING TRAINING COMPETITION EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 3
For the past decade, truckers have had a major impact in combating human trafficking through simple online training offered by Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT) and the situational awareness it promotes. ICSA Executive Director Karen Rasmussen has served on the TAT Board of Directors since 2017 and ICSA has supported TAT every year since we were chartered. We do this in two ways: by encouraging our members and their drivers and other personnel to take online TAT training and through a modest annual charitable contribution from ICSA to TAT.
If you’re still wondering why you should take a few minutes to get TAT trained, we refer you back to this quote from TAT Executive Director Esther Goetsch in her December Landing Gear blog, “With one phone call, a trucker who saw some under-aged girls working a truck stop not only facilitated the recovery of those girls, but also that of seven other minors. Thirty-one offenders were arrested, and a 13-state prostitution ring was broken.”
If you are not already TAT-trained, we urge you to take the training to learn how you can help prevent trafficking. ICSA members who complete the online training through February 3 will receive a brand new ICSA hat with our updated logo and be entered into a drawing for a $500 gift card.
What We Have Learned About Trucking After Hurricanes
Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and now Hurricane Helene in 2024, with Milton bearing down on the Gulf Coast! Major storms, with major disaster areas and the need for emergency supplies, most of which come by truck.
FMCSA Proposing New Online Registration System
FMCSA is hard at work on a new online registration system, to “improve the transparency and efficiency of FMCSA’s registration procedures”.