Briefly: Hurricane Ian prompts hours of service waiver in Florida

With Hurricane Ian headed in the direction of Florida, hours of service rules have been eased for some truckers.

As a part of a state of emergency declaration made final weekend by Gov. Ron DeSantis, hours of service rules are suspended for motor carriers getting into Florida to supply emergency companies or provides. The waiver additionally applies to truckers who transport emergency gear, provides, or personnel, or to move FEMA cell properties or office-style cell properties into or from Florida. 

The Florida Division of Transportation additionally has waived weight and measurement necessities for any autos transporting gas, emergency gear, companies, provides, and agricultural commodities and citrus.

Truckers ought to anticipate crowded highways as residents, many below obligatory evacuation notices, flee their properties, particularly alongside Florida’s west coast.  

The Nationwide Climate Service forecasts Hurricane Ian will cross west of the Florida Keys immediately as a class 3 storm. It’s anticipated to make landfall Wednesday and into Wednesday evening. In response to the climate service, “Ian is forecast to strategy the west coast of Florida as a particularly harmful main hurricane.” 

Partnership offers truckers with alerts about autos on the freeway

Drivewyze, a supplier of linked truck companies and operator of the most important public-private weigh station bypass community in North America, and HAAS Alert, a supplier of automotive linked security with Security Cloud, have introduced a brand new collaboration on Related Truck security options. 

The brand new partnership will combine HAAS Alert’s Security Cloud into the Drivewyze Related Truck platform to ship digital alerts about autos and gear on the roadway to industrial drivers via the Drivewyze in-cab utility. 

“Upkeep, emergency response, and work zone occasions can usually place autos and gear in conditions that may be hazardous to each staff and drivers,” mentioned Brian Heath, CEO of Drivewyze. “This collaboration will give industrial truck drivers added response time to decelerate and transfer over when approaching roadway operations — serving to to keep away from potential crashes.”

Security Cloud integrates hazard knowledge straight from roadway autos, gear, and trusted companions and can share this data with Drivewyze in actual time. Drivewyze will notify approaching truck drivers upfront via visible/audible in-cab alerts. 

Driver coaching supplier provides ‘Tanker Damage Prevention’ course

CarriersEdge, a supplier of on-line driver coaching for the trucking trade, has launched a course to assist drivers keep away from accidents whereas performing duties associated to working a tanker. 

Falls from climbing a tanker, utilizing the catwalk, or tripping over a hose are widespread causes of accidents for tanker drivers, and can lead to sprains, fractures, or head accidents. The “Tanker Damage Prevention” course focuses on dangers related to getting out and in of the cab, climbing on and off the tanker, securing the cargo, and dealing with hoses whereas loading and unloading cargo. 

The interactive module outlines the totally different features of the driving force’s tanker-related duties, together with particular examples and detailed steps.

After finishing the “Tanker Damage Prevention” course, drivers will be capable to:

• Listing the primary causes of accidents when working round a tanker
• Listing the private protecting gear (PPE) wanted when working a tanker
• Clarify easy methods to use three factors of contact across the car
• Describe easy methods to keep away from accidents when working with hoses
• Describe widespread fall safety strategies

“Tanker Damage Prevention” is on the market to clients now at no additional cost, as a part of the CarriersEdge subscription service. 

ICYMI

FMCSA seeks feedback on chance of requiring digital IDs on vehicles

MDOT says a part of I-94 in Detroit will shut for five days beginning Sept. 29

Do you intend to vary jobs or begin in search of a job earlier than the top of the yr?

Military veteran Schneider’s newest latest Trip of Delight driver