It is important that the vehicles on the highways across America and those people driving, are doing so safely. The CVSA, Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance are there to stop vehicles on a daily basis and ensure they are safe to drive and the drivers are complying with all legal requirements.

An important consideration as to the standard of the rules and regulations that control the drivers of fleet vehicles across the country is that they need regular reviews to ensure that it meets the current needs of the drivers and keep up the safety on the highways. It is important that while many drivers are highly skilled, the wages seem to fall. This means drivers are working longer hours to ensure they have sufficient money to pay the bills that they face.

Different organizations are coming together to ask for stability for the Highway Trust Fund, to ensure that the infrastructure has the ability to grow and develop over the coming years. This is a direct message to congress in the hope they will listen. Sixty-two groups including the AMSA are voicing their support for the fund to ensure business growth.

The changes happening with regard to the driver’s ELD’s, electronic logging devices, and the way technology is used in haulage vehicles is going to be laughable in a few years. There are those who are worried about the costs of implementation of new systems and what it will mean to their business. There are those who are big enough and have enough influence in the market that the transition is part of progress. Then there are those that are fighting the change, who are saying why change something if it is not broken?

With the changing of the technology available and the move in the direction of electronic logging devices or the ELD’s, electronic logging devices, which is currently a new requirement this year brought into use by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the aim for this new regulation is to bring all industries together. While some businesses chose the paper system, others chose technology. This brings both areas together under the requirement for electronic devices to keep their records of duty status.

It is key to the success of a company that you consider the importance of training. It is not possible for everyone to walk into a job fully trained, and the situation arises for the need to top up on training of any sort. AMSA has created something new that might be the perfect answer for busy companies.