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Transportation technology leader spotlights drivers who prioritize safe operations, trucking industry leadership and community service
The benefits of GPS tracking, telematics and video for commercial fleets can be plentiful: increased visibility into vehicle location, insights into driver ...
When the electronic logging device mandate went into full swing in 2019 many motor carriers found themselves rushing to find an ELD to come into compliance. ...
Cargo theft is a year-round threat that has reached unprecedented levels, posing an escalating danger to motor carriers across North America. As CargoNet ...
This article was written in 2021 Have you or your drivers ever been in an accident that was unavoidable? Your driver did everything right and yet it's still a ...
Our new feature lets you close short unidentified trips in a few easy steps. The use of electronic logging devices (ELDs) has largely simplified the process of ...
Your vehicles produce a huge amount of data every day. And that data can be invaluable to successfully managing your fleet and running an efficient, profitable ...
Even on days when the road is clear and the sun is shining, being a truck driver comes with plenty of challenges. Those challenges are compounded during the ...
When it comes to the telematics technology that you depend on to ensure regulatory compliance, protect your fleet and improve operations, much consideration is ...
EROAD Smart Short Haul offers a simple and smart way for fleets to stay in compliance
Speeding was a factor in more than 11,200 fatal traffic crashes in 2020, according to the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance. The CVSA cites that statistic as ...
While the 4th of July holiday will be a long weekend for many in our country, it may not be the case for truck drivers. As your drivers prepare for pick-ups ...
Disputes are common in the waste and recycling industry. Implementing the right fleet management technology, however, can increase visibility and ...
Even if some or all of your drivers are exempt from ELDs it doesn't mean you should completely dismiss using them. From consistent and accurate recordkeeping ...
Smart trailer solutions provide motor carriers with actionable insights about trailer health and more.
Driving while distracted is bad – that’s certainly not breaking news. But given the potential catastrophic consequences of taking your attention off the road, ...
Looking for an all-in-one video, GPS tracking and telematics solution? EROAD Clarity Solo is the perfect option for light- and medium-duty vehicles, mixed ...
Five million truck drivers share the road with more than 250 million motoring public to move freight throughout the U.S. The Compliance, Safety, Accountability ...
It's safe to say that no one gets excited about audits (except, maybe, auditors). But the reality is that audits are fairly common in the trucking industry: ...
In the construction industry, the success of a project depends on the timely coordination of many moving parts. The EROAD Construction Solution allows you to ...
Using the Split Sleeper Berth Provision on Your ELD Calculating the Sleeper Berth Provision (SBP), most widely recognized as the “split sleeper” rule, has ...
ETHOS is a web-based tool created by the FMCSA. From an operations standpoint, running a trucking business isn’t easy – there are a lot of moving parts (pun ...
With the introduction of electronic logging devices (ELD), which automatically captures all the times that a vehicle is driven, it is more transparent when a ...
DVIRs help ensure that commercial vehicles are safe before they take to the road.
If you get flagged for a Department of Transportation audit this year or in the future, there’s a good chance that it will be conducted off-site. The DOT ...
Once “uncommon and unsophisticated,” fraudulent activity targeting motor carriers and commercial drivers is now a “serious and pervasive threat to the trucking ...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) Safety Management Cycle (SMC) offers motor carriers a framework to identify and address negative ...
A trucking company that doesn’t have safe drivers won’t be in business for long. Worse yet, unsafe driving can have catastrophic consequences for commercial ...
When you’re operating in a fast-paced environment such as the transportation industry, your ability to make quick decisions matters. Technology can be a great ...
It’s inevitable that you’ll be audited in one way, shape or form. From an annual audit by your accounting firm, to a safety audit by state or federal DOT, one ...
Over the past year, the trucking industry has faced many challenges: the ongoing COVID pandemic, increased freight demand, supply chain issues. These ...
Whether they happen at a weigh station or at the roadside, inspections are part of the job when driving a commercial vehicle. While you might dread ...
You hear terms like digital transformation, data science, and machine learning every day, but do you really know what they mean – and what they could mean to ...
Maintaining proper tire pressure is crucial to running a safe, efficient and cost-effective fleet. Often, however, tire pressure doesn’t get the attention it ...
When fleet managers adopt and optimize integrated technology solutions the benefits become clear
We hope that 2022 has been a successful year for you. It has certainly been an eventful time here at EROAD as we continued to develop innovative technology ...
The transportation industry is at a crossroads. With nearly two gigatonnes of carbon emissions from heavy-duty trucks each year and over 139,000 semi-truck ...
Here’s what you need to know about interstate vs. intrastate trucking operations. On the face of it, the difference between “interstate” and “intrastate” as it ...
With driving conditions always changing, there’s no routine day in the life of a trucker on the road. Storms, fire and emergency road closures on the highway ...
Here's what you need to know about the adverse driving conditions exception.
The term ‘telematics’ is a combination of ‘telecommunications’ and ‘informatics.’ It is how telecommunications devices send, receive and store data related to ...
We hear a lot of talk about artificial intelligence these days. But there is one crucial application that has been left out of the conversation: AI can help ...
Trucking companies play an important role in the transportation of food from farms and processors to distribution centers, grocery stores and restaurants. ...
Keeping drivers safe on the road is a top priority for any fleet, but it’s no easy feat. With tighter regulations, rising costs, and the everyday challenges ...
Most fleet systems work in silos — one for safety, another for compliance, another for tracking. EROAD changes that by bringing everything into one connected ...
Fleet Operators Will Slash Costs and Gain Unprecedented Visibility into Vehicle Health, Maintenance Scheduling, and Compliance Status from a Single Interface ...
A quick guide to navigating industry shifts From rising freight volumes and rate changes, to evolving regulations and labor challenges, the immediate future ...
Watch the video AI has already begun transforming the trucking and fleet management industry. Many are using it to cut costs, improve safety, and achieve ...
AI is ushering in a new era of fleet safety. As EROAD’s Senior Product Manager Soumya Puri shares on the Loaded & Rolling podcast, “AI cameras often result ...
There’s an unchanging rule in the transportation industry: Safety is crucial to long-term success. What is changing, however, are the technologies available to ...
Fleet technology delivers proven benefits to transportation businesses. A targeted approach to technology adoption can help businesses address their biggest ...
New Features and Functionality Span Clarity Dashcams, Fuel Card Integrations, Route Planning and Advanced Wireless Sensors
Established in 2006 as a division of Golden State Foods (GSF), Quality Custom Distribution (QCD) completes more than 35,000 refrigerated transport deliveries a ...
EROAD’s Jim Angel and Mike Soricelli talked to Today’s Trucking about the Canadian ELD Mandate, full enforcement of which has been pushed to January 2023.
Organized fraud rings are targeting commercial trucks with staged accident schemes. The impact of staged accidents is felt industry-wide in the form of ...
Have you added dash cams to your fleet (or plan to)? A formal dash cam policy is crucial to the successful implementation of in-cab cameras, especially when it ...
If you use telematic devices in your fleet, you need a telematics policy. From electronic logging devices and GPS systems to dash cams and smart trailer ...
Transportation technology leader to recognize 5 drivers who exemplify safe operations, and trucking industry leadership and community service PORTLAND, OR – ...
EROAD is honored that Heavy Duty Trucking Magazine named Clarity Dashcam as one of the top 20 new products of 2021. See our VP of Video Telematics, Jim Angel, ...
Formerly of Trimble, Jim Angel’s deep video expertise furthers EROAD’s commitment to enabling a better and safer driver experience PORTLAND, OR – August 31, ...
Want to help your drivers understand the benefits of dash cams? Share this one-page guide with them. Fleet dash cams deliver many benefits for motor carriers. ...
The CVSA Operation Safe Driver Week kicks off on July 11. The number of miles driven on roads and highways across the United States dropped 13% in 2020 amid ...
Take control of fleet safety and reduce risk with dashcams. In this recorded webinar session EROAD’s VP of Video Telematics, Jim Angel and Safety & ...
Watch the video With the cost-efficiency of off-site audits, the ability of technology to facilitate them, and the pandemic-driven change in the way work is ...
Lawsuits and verdicts against motor carriers have been increasing. Fleets that adopt dash cams are in a better position to defend against claims. In this white ...
Integration will enable users of Trucker Tools load tracking to incorporate permission-based location data from truckers that have installed EROAD’s electronic ...
EROAD’s Soona Lee, Director of Regulatory Compliance, shared the preliminary impacts of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s revised ...
EROAD’s Soona Lee, Director of Regulatory Compliance North America, has first-hand experience getting our ELD PIT Group FPInnovations verified for the US ...
New Inspection Bulletin update provides more clarity around ELD data transferred to enforcement to ensure consistency and efficiency. Dallas and Portland, OR – ...
Portland, Oregon – EROAD, a global provider of fleet management, electronic tax reporting and Electronic Logging Device (ELD) compliance solutions for the ...
With revised federal hours of service scheduled to take effect Sept. 29, ELD providers have also been planning how best to assist fleets with the changes.
EROAD’s Soona Lee, Director of Regulatory Compliance, gives a detailed breakdown of the HOS changes to Truck Boss Show. Watch the interview below.
Removing the guesswork for motor carriers and drivers running short haul exemptions
Detailed, consistent data boosts driver safety Airport Drayage is a multi-generational family company that has served the Pacific Northwest for the past 60 ...
EROAD Director of Regulatory Compliance, Soona Lee’s analysis of industry reactions to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposed changes to ...
Non-compliance with the Vehicle Maintenance BASIC is among the most common when it comes to CSA citations. This is in part due to many vehicle maintenance ...
Monitoring and reducing driver fatigue is a major safety goal for the trucking industry, and a key driver behind the ELD mandate. The Hours-of-Service (HOS) ...
Unsafe driving is one of the most well-known problems in the trucking industry. The FMCSA Unsafe Driving BASIC deals with 49 CFR Parts 392 and 397. The ...
About the HOS Compliance BASIC The Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance BASIC is one of seven areas that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) ...
5 Common ELD Issues & How to Avoid Them Now that ELDs are in widespread use, feedback from drivers and fleet operators have surfaced a variety of problem - ...
This article was written in 2019. Norm Ellis, president of EROAD, answers the question in this Transport Topics RoadSigns podcast.
Challenges To foster a culture that leads to improvement in the fleet’s safety— Gene Whitaker Inc required a means of ranking drivers based on driving behavior ...
Roadside inspections by safety officials can be a source of anxiety for even the most experienced drivers. With the move to ELDs the days of sifting through ...
Challenges With about half of its trucks typically operating on job sites for three days to two weeks at a time, and the balance of its fleet on the road at ...
“Safety is FMCSA’s top priority and having uniform rules is a key component to increasing safety for our truck drivers.” Ray Martinez, FMCSA Administrator
FMCSA recently created a new resource that drivers who are using ELDs can put straight to work. ELD: A Guide for Drivers and Motor Carriers, walks drivers ...
Challenges Tracking off-road mileage and streamlining tax reporting Freres Lumber needs to accurately track off-road mileage that is exempt from fuel taxes. ...
Challenges To find an ELD solution that would meet the needs of its local and regional operation. With ten of its 40 trucks used regularly outside a 100-mile ...
As a member of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA), EROAD attends CVSA events, webinars, workshops and committee meetings to ensure that we are ...
Fleet Owner recently published an article showcasing how to implement useful HOS changes, and featured EROAD prominently.
The Commercial Carrier Journal recently announced EROAD’s collaboration with the FMCSA regarding changes coming to HOS regulations.
This article was written in 2018. EROAD, a global technology provider of fleet management, electronic tax reporting and ELD compliance solutions for the ...
Last month Joe DeLorenzo, FMCSA’s Director of Enforcement and Compliance, joined EROAD in a webinar to educate customers on the new guidance for personal ...
FreightWaves recently published an article discussing how to best prepare for IFTA recording when using an ELD. They featured EROAD prominently in the article, ...
We’ve made it easier for drivers to stay compliant with Hours of Service regulations when they’re on the road. Drivers who operate under Short Haul or require ...
Business Need B & R Reliable Transport (B & R) had been using a variety of technology providers before being introduced to EROAD. The company was tired ...
New paperless EROAD Driver Vehicle Inspection Report ensures compliance with inspection regulations and helps focus on improving safety
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The US Supreme Court has decided to reject a hearing on the lawsuit against the US Department of Transportation’s ELD (electronic logging device) mandate.
Taking the Easy Road Multiple trucks out on the road, loose slips of paper handwritten with truck repairs needed, paper logs, mileage sheets, tax forms, data ...
EROAD, provider of compliance, operational and road use and fuel tax management solutions, announces commercial availability of Electronic Logging Solution for ...
New fleet management solution feature supports safe driving by helping fleets protect drivers and the motoring public
Las Vegas Nev. - October 4, 2016 EROAD announced today that it has partnered with PIT Group to provide independent testing and verification of its ELD ...
March 15, 2016 Tualatin, OR California Department of Transportation has selected EROAD Inc. as its heavy vehicle technology provider for the California Road ...
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today released the much anticipated final rule requiring the use of ...
EROAD has today launched its Electronic Logbook, providing motor carriers with an innovative electronic HOS (hours of service) solution to help improve ...
Transport technology and services provider EROAD has launched the first automated electronic fuel tax reporting service in North America, making it much ...
EROAD's electronic weight-mileage tax solution has received a favourable audit by Oregon Secretary of State's Audit Division. The purpose of the comprehensive ...
New Zealand's leading transport technology company, EROAD, has commenced a commercial pilot of its electronic road user charging technology in Oregon, USA. ...
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