• Brokers On Trial
    Oct 17 2022

    Highlights from the conversation:

    • C.H. Robinson Supreme Court case (1:42)
    • Breaking the case down (10:17)
    • It goes all the way back to the shipper (18:11)
    • The prevalence and availability of data (30:07)
    • How you can stay above safety determinations (38:01)
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    46 mins
  • Don't Step on Landmines
    May 25 2022

    Highlights from the conversation:

    • About Brandon and Trucksafe (1:30)
    • Why hours of service matter (5:51)
    • Unassigned driving hours (13:18)
    • How to avoid unassigned hours (17:48)
    • Personal conveyance use report issues (21:22)
    • Three hours of service violations (32:58)
    • Who is on top of their hours of service (36:58)
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    43 mins
  • Hacking CSA Scores
    May 25 2022

    Highlights from the conversation:

    • What is the CSA score? (1:46)
    • The best way to have good CSA scores (3:55)
    • The most common mistakes people make (6:34)
    • How CSA works (11:58)
    • Defining “data queues” (14:22)
    • Misunderstandings about data (15:15)
    • When you can/can’t data queue a crash (16:43)
    • Data queues for unsafe driving (19:41)
    • Maintenance and hours of service data queues (22:31)
    • Driver fitness data queues (25:37)
    • Drug and alcohol data queues (27:42)
    • Hazmat data queues (29:38)
    • Citations (31:49)
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    36 mins
  • Paying More, Getting Less
    May 25 2022

    Highlights from the conversation:

    • Insurance rates are rising faster than accidents (2:43)
    • Smaller and medium-sized fleets have higher rates (4:52)
    • Three ways trucking companies are responding to increasing rates (8:25)
    • Restructured insurance policies do not lower rates (9:44)
    • More self-owned risk equals lower out of pocket costs (12:09)
    • What carriers are doing to improve safety (14:29)
    • Giving drivers safety bonuses (17:07)
    • Expenses that are being cut for the sake of paying insurance (19:22)
    • Upcoming trends (23:20)

    Safe as Truck is a podcast powered by LogRock, a platform dedicated to handling all aspects of compliance for trucking companies. Learn more at www.logrock.com. 

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    32 mins
  • The Feds are Here
    May 25 2022

    Highlights from the conversation:

    • How a door is picked for knocking (2:16)
    • What is done in preparation for a visit (5:48)
    • How the time of a visit is structured (8:17)
    • How a trucking company owner can stay on top (10:06)
    • Common mile categorization mistakes (14:13)
    • Advice for fleet owners and safety directors (18:30)
    • Most common safety and compliance mistakes (22:53)
    • Brokers and shippers’ interest in a carrier’s safety profile (25:46)
    • How you should be selecting an insurance carrier (29:19)
    • How much you should be spending on safety and compliance (31:19)

    Safe as Truck is a podcast powered by LogRock, a platform dedicated to handling all aspects of compliance for trucking companies. Learn more at www.logrock.com. 

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    35 mins
  • Truckers on Trial
    May 25 2022

    Highlights from the conversation:

    • Alex and Matt’s experience representing trucking firms (1:41)
    • Defining a “nuclear verdict” and its commonality (3:23)
    • The likelihood of getting sued (6:58)
    • The impact of legal cases (10:02)
    • What’s next after deposition (11:27)
    • An attorney’s structural disadvantage (13:16)
    • How the founder is painted as the bad guy (14:35)
    • How to prevent a nuclear verdict (16:14)
    • A tale of two cases (21:53)
    • Saving time, energy, and money (28:23)

    Safe as Truck is a podcast powered by LogRock, a platform dedicated to handling all aspects of compliance for trucking companies. Learn more at www.logrock.com. 

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    34 mins
  • Welcome to Safe as Truck
    May 25 2022
    Welcome to Safe as Truck.
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    1 min