As an OTR flatbed truck driver, you face many challenges in maintaining your physical health. Here are some tips for finding a balance in exercise, eating healthy, restorative sleep and managing the mind.
Being a flatbed truck driver is a very different career choice from any other industry. As a Driver, you get to travel to more places than most other people will ever see. Sounds like a dream job…
In recent years, P&S Transportation, one of the nations largest flatbed trucking and logistics companies, has participated in the TACT Program in Alabama each year. The Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT) program is a high—visibility traffic enforcement program that uses communication, enforcement, and evaluation activities to reduce CMV-related crashes, fatalities, and injuries.
Keeping our CSA scores compliant is integral to the continued success of our flatbed company. Compliance is everyone’s job. Please offer your thoughts below on how you stay compliant.
Otis Lane had a perfect score in the Simulator!!! He received a 100% on the Winter Driving Simulation.
Operation Safe Driver aims to increase commercial vehicle and non-commercial vehicle traffic enforcement, seat belt enforcement, driver roadside inspections, driver regulatory compliance, and awareness to the motoring public about safe operations around commercial motor vehicles.
These are just a few safe winter driving tips. Please contribute your tips for safe winter driving below. The more ideas that are shared, the safer our roads will be!
Brake Safety week, held September 7-13 this year, is an annual outreach and enforcement campaign designed to improve commercial brake safety throughout North America. During the week-long brake safety campaign, CMV inspectors primarily conduct level IV Inspections on trucks and buses to identify out-of-adjustment brakes and brake-system violations.
It is always costly when a driver receives roadside violations for Hours of Service. There are many different ways we can prevent these violations. While it starts with the drivers, the truth is that compliance is a collective effort across multiple departments at P&S Transportation.
It is October 2014 and the term “Electronic Logs” has long been a part of our lives in the flatbed transportation industry. In our own experience at P&S Transportation, there have been many challenges along the way, as well as many pleasant surprises. While opinions are still mixed on the subject, overall, there have been many notably positive changes to our company throughout this transition.
