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Updated Entry-Level Driver Training Regulations
The FMCSA will roll out new Entry Level Driver Training (ELDT) regulations that take effect on February 7, 2022. What does this mean for your company?
Nuclear Verdicts: Are You Running Naked With Scissors?
What would happen to your company if you were handed a $1 billion verdict in a court case? It sounds far-fetched, but today it’s a reality. A Florida ...
Earn NATMI Certification Renewal Points for Training We Offer
Earn points towards NATMI certification renewal with AvatarFleet’s professional safe driving training programs.
Fleet Owner Fined for Falsifying Compliance Docs
We all know what happens when we’re not ready for the DOT audit. Fines, court dates, or even worse - prison time - can happen when we’re not in compli...
Understanding the PRO Act and How it Affects Truckers
This blog was written by John Kuder with consultation from Jordan Call and Marc Blubaugh from Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP. The Unit...
What is a DOT Physical?
Being a truck driver isn’t easy.
How You Can Prevent a Nuclear Verdict Webinar Recap: March 25
As nuclear verdicts become more prevalent in North America, transportation companies are experiencing skyrocketing insurance premiums for excess cover...
How You Can Prevent a Nuclear Verdict Webinar Recap: March 24
As nuclear verdicts become more prevalent in North America, transportation companies are experiencing skyrocketing insurance premiums for excess cover...
How You Can Prevent a Nuclear Verdict [Webinar]: Interviews With Our Expert Panelists
AvatarFleet will host two webinars, entitled How You Can Prevent a Nuclear Verdict, on March 24 and March 25 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. EST.
AvatarFleet to Host Two Virtual Events on How to Prevent Nuclear Verdicts
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 8, 2021 – AvatarFleet, the software provider that helps transportation companies fill empty seats, pass every audit, and save dr...
DOT Clearinghouse Deadline Approaching: Are You Ready?
It’s been nearly a year since the foundation of the DOT Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse as the new primary database for driver histories of drug and al...
What to Look For In Your Fleet Management Software
Time is precious and in short supply for both you and your drivers, so you need to save it where you can. On top of that, you don’t need the added fin...
Step 1 to Preventing the Nuclear Verdict: Proper DQ File Management
Accidents are every fleet’s nightmare. Accidents cost lives, money, and trust, none of which are easily replaced. A worst case scenario is one known a...
Ultimate Guide to Preparing for a DOT Audit
A fact of life in professional driving is the audit. The Department of Transportation (DOT) takes its role as federal regulations arbiter very serious...
How to Use Compliance Software to Prepare for a DOT Audit
No one has ever accused the government of being cutting-edge technology adopters. Without a literal act of congress, the FMCSA will have to audit your...
Advice for Managing DOT Compliance with Irwin Shires
Updates To The Hours Of Service Regulations
In May, Congress elected to make changes to the existing hours of service rules in order to give truckers more flexibility in their work that will go ...
Webinar Recap: How To Manage Recruiting, Compliance, and Training in the COVID-19 World
On June 9th, AvatarFleet President Scott Rea was featured on a webinar hosted by the Ohio Trucking Association on the topic How To Manage Recruiting, ...
FMCSA Remote Audits Increase
FMCSA is going digital. That’s right, your government is joining the 21st century. As a means of continuing their usual responsibilities of maintainin...
FMCSA Grants Limited Exemptions for Expired CDLs, Medical Card
COVID Assistance: 60 Days of Free A-Suite for New Enrollees
By now, you've received an email from every company with whom you've ever been associated where they explain how they are handling the COVID-19 crisis...
Can I Keep My DQ Files at Different Terminal Locations?
If you have more than one terminal, can you keep your Driver Qualification Files at multiple physical locations? It may seem like a simple question, b...
A-Suite Can Help Solve Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse Headaches
A Summary of The Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse The Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse is waiting for you on January 6, 2020 so we’ve created a summary...
5 Things to Know about The Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse
AvatarFleet President Scott Featured in FreightWaves Video
Telematics - Where To Look For ROI
Map 21 And What it Means For You
In 2016, the federal government passed sweeping regulations that could drastically change the face of the transportation industry. These regulations a...
Time to Switch to Electronic Verification
In order to hire new drivers, all transportation companies have to run Previous Employment Verifications (PEV) under DOT regulations. The PEV has hist...
Why You Should Move On From Paper DQF Files
This blog post was updated on May 26, 2021.
How A Compliance Tracking System Works
The digital age has forced trucking into the 21st century. It’s no longer just an advantage, but an absolute necessity to use technology in profession...
Now's The Time To Invest in A Compliance Tracking System
This blog post has been updated on January 27, 2021.
Vehicle Inspections Are Part of Safe Driving
Why DOT Compliance Software Pays For Itself
The 2021 DQ File Checklist You Need to Pass a DOT Audit
The Annual CVSA International Roadcheck: June 5-7, 2018
Why Do People Do Dumb Things When They Drive?
For as long as cars have existed, people have driven without complete attention. Back in the 1930s, radios were first put in luxury vehicles and peopl...
Being "Better" In Trucking Means Change
Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers And Truck Safety
AvatarFleet exists to make the world a safer place. It’s in our DNA. It’s the fire in our belly when we come to work each morning. But what does it me...
You’re Still Not Wearing a Seat Belt? C’mon Man!
How to Conduct a Successful Safety Meeting
Safety meetings can be a powerful asset in your toolbox for a strong safety campaign. In trucking however, it’s difficult to get everyone in the same ...
Is Permanent Trailer Registration Worth It?
In the past couple of years, Ohio has made the move to allowing commercial carriers to register trailers permanently in the state for a one-time fee. ...
Verified First & AvatarFleet Join Forces To Better Trucking
Verified First and AvatarFleet have partnered to streamline the hiring process through integration of background screening tools with AvatarFleet’s Ap...
Safety Requires Insurance
You will never be 100% safe at your company. It’s a harsh thing to say, but it is a fact of life. Even if you have the best safety team in the world,...
Compliance Is Not Safety, Learn the Difference | AvatarFleet
You can’t run your business in trucking if you aren’t in compliance with federal regulations. This fact can often cost your company a bunch of time an...
What Should Be on Your DOT Compliance Checklist
One of the easiest ways to make sure you are playing by the DOT’s rules in trucking is to develop your own DOT compliance checklist. DOT regulations s...
Why You Should Get DOT Compliance Software
You run a trucking company the best that you can. You’ve hired and trained qualified safety personnel to deal with DOT regulations and nonsense. You t...
Truck Driver Compliance In Real English
You know what truck driver compliance is. You and your safety team have a painfully instilled working knowledge of the DOT and their guidelines and re...
Get The Most Out of DOT Compliance Software
This blog post was updated on January 15, 2021.
How the Trucking Industry’s Turnover Rate Impacts Safety
This blog post was updated on March 3, 2021.
Five Benefits of DOT Compliance Software
This blog post was updated on February 23, 2021.
Truck Driving Is Dangerous, Learn How To Decrease The Risk
The National Safety Council recently issued a report that traffic fatalities were up 9 percent in the first half of last year. The numbers show nearl...
How To Improve Truck Driver Compliance | AvatarFleet
Truck driver compliance and turnover are related. Compliance can be irritating, confusing and ever-changing, but it’s an essential piece of the turnov...
The Real Job Title of Safety Director: Director of Impossible
Mark had enjoyed a meteoric career, quickly rising through the ranks of terminal operations. He’d set records for productivity, load average and on-t...
The Best Time To Prevent a Driving Accident
Have you ever wondered when is the best time to discuss an accident? I wanted to do just that a number of years ago. I wanted to dig into the details...
The Safety Professional’s Paradox: Rules Versus Risk
We have written extensively on safety and risk management, and the impotence of federal regulations on highway safety. You read that right: impotence...
How to Build a Safety Culture Through Safety Leadership
This blog post was updated on February 10, 2021.
New Med Cards: What You Need to Know
The DOT makes changes to required paperwork as often as the sun shines. The changes may seem arbitrary to drivers or managers busy with a plateful of ...
Best Ways to Vet Drivers: What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You
Bad drivers are bad news. Most trucking firms know that the consequences of hiring bad drivers is even worse than the pain of having a truck sit idle ...