Caution: Wide Right

I am excited to introduce John Irwin, CEO of CNS… the compliance experts helping trucking companies and professional drivers navigate through all the safety and compliance regulations across US and Canada. We are going to chat about how all of this started, CNS, the growing pains, the people making it happen, and more. If you have ever started your own business or plan to, there is a lot of great...

FMCSA proposes to make seven major changes to Safety Measurement System (SMS). These changes include: Reorganized and updated safety categories (BASICs), including new segmentation Consolidated and group violations, including adding 14 not in the SMS Simplified violation severity weights Proportionate percentiles instead of safety event groups Improved Intervention Thresholds Greater focus on rece...

Connecticut is implementing a highway use tax similar to NY HUT, KYU, OR, NM. This highway use fee is a monthly filing similar to OR and is in addition to the IFTA requirements. The Highway Use Fee is applicable to calendar months beginning on or after January 1, 2023. The first Highway Use Fee Return is due on or before February 28, 2023. Get signed up now! https://www.cautionwideright.com/produc...

There are a lot of things you need to actually start your trucking business. So, lets split this into three compliance sections: business compliance, licensing compliance, and DOT regulation compliance.

Welcome to Part 2 of our 7 Steps Start-up Trucking Roadmap! The choices you make from this point forward greatly impact your startup cashflow, growth timeline, and large future payment dates. A solid business plan will list expenses and revenue expected in your new company. Expenses can be up to $20,000/month as a startup. This stage includes putting aside money for the investments needed in your...

We are kicking off the 7 steps roadmap to success series with our very own Luke Kibby! He’ll loop you in with all the details of what it takes to start, and run a new trucking company! If you’ve got the vision to start a trucking company, now is the time to make that vision reality. If you manage your new business the right way, you can see $100,000 plus in profit per year as a single owner-operat...

With talks about a recession coming CNS knows trucking companies need to be ready. We have 8 simple but easily overlooked steps for you to follow so you can keep some extra cash in your wallet!

You ever wondered what it would be like to be a trucker? What do you need to know before getting your CDL or expect at a CDL school? We chat with Jolyn Graham, CDL Trainer and VP of Operations at CNS Driver Training Center.

FMCSA is considering a rulemaking to require all CMVs operating in interstate commerce to have an electronic ID system capable of wirelessly communicating a unique ID number when queried by a Federal or State motor carrier safety enforcement personnel with a goal “to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the roadside inspection program by more fully enabling enforcement agencies to focus the...

Both underwriters and FMCSA have ways to find and measure risky drivers. For FMCSA, they use a tool called SAFER that gives a brief snapshot of information that is pulled from various government databases. Since it is only a snapshot, it does not give the best picture of a carrier’s operations and inspection history. This is why underwriters are moving away from SAFER and towards another tool, cal...

There have been a lot of strange crashes involving truckers lately… and I think I know what is behind it. Proof? Well, there isn’t proof, but let me tell you a story and you can make up your mind. I have three tales to tell involving crashes across the U.S. in 2022. They might seem like seperate crashes, but I think there is an insidious plot behind them? What do you think? Let’s find out…