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Trent Tillman Featured on Oakley Trucking Podcast

posted by TrueNorth Transportation on Friday, November 5, 2021

Tune into Oakley Trucking's most recent podcast featuring TrueNorth EVP of Transportation, Trent Tillman.

Improving the Driving Habits of Your Fleet

posted on Wednesday, July 28, 2021

How to use in-cab technology to influence safe and compliant driving. Technology innovations are making a positive impact on safety culture in the transportation industry.

Ask the Experts: Crash Preventability Programs

posted by TrueNorth Events on Friday, July 23, 2021

Many carriers are hesitant to develop crash preventability determination programs for fear of potential liability or the lack of bandwidth to manage one. But now that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has established an official program of their own, many carriers are giving it a second thought.

Current State of Independent Contractors in the Transportation Sector

posted by TrueNorth Transportation on Wednesday, June 16, 2021

While the landscape continues to evolve, new legislation and changes to driver preferences continue to compound the ever-increasing driver shortage, creating new challenges for the industry to keep pace with.

Pre-Employment Screening Best Practices

posted by TrueNorth Transportation on Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Pre-employment screening, driver factors that impact safety risk and the rules might come from it. For some carriers, as the pressure to fill empty driver seats, pre-employment screening can become a check the box activities instead of an honest search for the best and safest drivers. Instead of a thorough examination of a driver's safety background, some carriers are only working to quickly fulfil the various regulatory requirements around driver hiring, with little investigation into whether the driver will be the best fit for the organization.