The Fleet Blog
Use these articles to review the routines behind your fleet: vehicle checks, maintenance planning, recordkeeping and clear responsibilities. Choose one process to improve, assign an owner and check whether the change works in everyday operations.
A complete driver file won't stop a CDL downgrade. Here's how FMCSA's 60-day medical certification clock actually works, and what changed for fleets in 2025.
FMCSA's new rule lets DVIRs go fully digital, effective March 23, 2026 — but the three-signature compliance loop underneath hasn't changed at all.
Not every accident requires a DOT drug/alcohol test. When 49 CFR 382.303 does apply, the clock is 8 hours for alcohol, 32 for drugs, starting immediately.
FMCSA requires a separate, one-time supervisor training before reasonable suspicion testing can happen. Here's the two-hour rule small fleets routinely miss.
The FMCSA accident register is required even with zero crashes on file. Here is what 49 CFR 390.15 demands, and the up-to-$15,846 penalty for skipping it.
FMCSA's 50% drug / 10% alcohol random testing rate isn't a once-a-year quota — here's the pool math small fleets get wrong and what a compliance…
FMCSA gives every new small fleet 12 months to pass a Safety Audit or risk losing operating authority entirely. Here’s what the audit checks and how…
FMCSA’s Safety Measurement System makes every carrier’s CSA scores public. Here is what the seven BASIC categories reveal about your fleet and how to keep problem…
Nearly one in five trucks gets pulled out of service at the roadside. A disciplined 10-minute pre-trip catches the brake, tire, and light defects first.
Most owners brace for winter, but summer quietly breaks more trucks. Here are the pre-summer checks that stop a hot-weather roadside breakdown.
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