Safety Tips for Drivers That Ship Cars

Transport safety professionals recently made a few suggestions they think will help make the car transport industry of the United States and the transport drivers on the roads and highways taking cargo to destination safer during the miles ahead for the transport industry of the United States of America. What kind of suggestions are these transport safety professionals suggesting could help transport drivers out on the roads and highways of North America drive safer? They suggest that firms and transport drivers should try to reduce in-cab distractions that take the drivers attention away from the road and the job of driving an auto transport vehicle in as safe a manner as humanly possible. They also suggested that federal transport safety regulators should maybe try to use technology standards, transport safety enforcement, transport driver education and all associated data in order to help them in the battle to reduce in-cab distractions for the transport drivers of the United States of America.

The transport safety professionals in this case also think the United States Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration should take all current research into account in the desire to reduce in-cab distractions for transport drivers trying to control car shipping prices, and all transport drivers in America. They also think that finding alternatives to things like visual messaging and working with firms that manufacture in-cab distractions to see if they can come up with a few standards that could reduce the amount drivers are distracted by the products they manufacture is a good idea. All sound advice that hopefully transport drivers around the United States will take to heart.

Taking Care of Auto Transport Maintenance

Making sure your car carriers are in shape to conduct vehicle transport in an efficient, reliable and cost-effective manner can be the difference for some transport firms of the United States of America. This job is essential to staying in line with the United States Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's new CSA 2010 program for all transport professionals out on the highways and roads of the United States transporting vehicles to destination for customers. Taking care of this work is going to keep interventions by transport safety officials down to a minimum, your boss will be happier, and the car transport services you provide will get to destination quicker and more efficiently, as well.

The latest reports from around the transport industry indicates that the maintenance of transport vehicles is going to be of greater importance to the United States Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration as we head down the road. Professionals that ship cars for a living definitely want to make sure the maintenance of the transport vehicle they drive is kept up to current standards, or you could be spending a lot more unwanted time on the side of the road talking to transport safety officials from the United States Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, rather than taking cars to destination. This is the last place you want to be, when out on the roads and highways of the United States taking a customers cars to destination, and it could mean you get to destination a little late.

Need a Bumper for Your Auto Shipping Transport?

Having a strong bumper on your auto transport can protect the body of your transport vehicle from the little bumps that are very expensive to fix and a new bumper makes your truck look professional and ready for work. Alliance Parts is now offering transport professionals of the United States of America a variety of customizable aftermarket bumpers suitable for about a dozen major truck brands that can protect your transport vehicle while out on the roads and highways of North America. Available options for these customizable aftermarket bumpers includes chrome, painted steel and stainless steel bumpers for about 130 different models of heavy duty transport trucks.

Sources in the business of shipping cars overseas indicate that Alliance's website has a bumper configuration tool that allows users to select the shape, size and cutouts that best suit their transport vehicle. Meaning that with just a few clicks you can create the perfect bumper design for your heavy duty transport vehicle and then print it out and head over to see your Alliance dealer to get the bumper you desire. Sources also indicate that these bumpers are made in the USA, and delivery is fast and reliable, which will minimize the amount of time your transport vehicle is in the shop.

If you're a car transporter that wants to check out these customizable aftermarket bumpers contact Alliance Parts directly, or stop by one of the 1,000s of retail locations across North America providing Alliance Parts for the transport industry.

Heavy Duty Vehicle Transport Orders Up

Transport professionals in the business of great auto transport reviews will be interested in the news that during September reports indicate there were a lot more heavy-duty Class 8 trucks ordered in the United States of America. The latest numbers indicate that 15,231 heavy-duty Class 8 trucks were ordered in September, which is a 37 percent increase over the number of heavy-duty Class 8 trucks sold during the same period in 2009, and means September was the second best month of orders for heavy-duty Class 8 trucks in the recent past. This is even more significant when you consider that according to transport professionals September isn't traditionally a good month for heavy-duty Class 8 orders. The real question in the months ahead for the transport firms of America will be whether this trend continues to gather momentum, or levels off a bit.

This news definitely indicates an increase in the demand for heavy-duty Class 8 trucks and auto shipping services in the United States of America in the last few months and in the future, according to many transport professionals doing business in North America. This likely means that firms are preparing to ship more vehicles in the days and months ahead in the United States of America and feeling a little more confident about investing money in new transports. Great news that will have auto transport workers and owner operators conducting transport services smiling as they travel down the roads of North America. Hopefully, as we travel further down the road in the months ahead orders for heavy-duty trucks in North America continues to increase, and the business of transport gains additional momentum.

Car Haulers in New Jersey

You won't find any snow on your auto transport if you're operating in the Garden State of the United States in the next few days, at least the latest weather forecasts are calling for no snow in the near future. If it does snow, you probably want to make sure you clear snow and ice off of your transport vehicle, or you could be assessed a fine of up to $75 for not making sure you take care of this job. Starting October 20, this rule affects the job of transporting cars to destination in New Jersey, and you definitely want to make sure that if it snows you don't allow snow and ice to build up on your truck cab or trailer.

If snow or ice falls from your vehicle transport and causes property damage or hurts someone, you could be given a hefty fine. This doesn't affect snow and ice accumulating on a transport vehicle out on the roads of North America that's heading to a place to have the snow and ice removed. This new idea in New Jersey doesn't seem to meet the logic-test that transport professionals have been putting it through as occupational health and safety legislation in place usually prohibits transport drivers from climbing to the top of trailers, without the proper safety equipment.

The latest thought in connection with this idea includes using the collected revenue from fines issued under the new ruling to create a snow and ice removal safety fund, which according to many professionals in the business of shipping cars overseas would provide incentives for fleets and truckstops to install snow removal equipment in their facilities in the future. There's also a concern that other municipalities looking for ways to generate revenue will see this idea as a great way to put more money in their coffers in the miles ahead.

Vehicle Shipping Fleet Management Tool

Telogis Scalable Fleet Management Platform, Telogis Fleet 8, has a few new tricks to show vehicle transport firms of the United States of America. Telogis Fleet 8 is GPS fleet management software that incorporates the dynamic traffic and weather data to reroute or make real-time changes to the transport route of your vehicles, based on the environmental conditions of transport. Telogis Fleet 8's new tricks include an International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFA)/International Registration Plan (IRP) data feed, keeping track of the histories of a fleet of transport vehicles, an imaging system that improves the safety of transport and a fuel card component that monitors and manages fuel cards. All of these new features have been built around a platform already offering car transport professionals a useful set of tools to help manage the vehicles of a transportation company, according to Telogis.

Telogis indicates that Telogis Fleet 8 integrates Telogis Route and Telogis Mobile into this new tool to create a complete platform for transport professionals that monitors the location, health, performance and security of your transport vehicles as they travel down the roads of America. Telogis also indicates that many transport professionals believe this new tool could help firms keep a handle on car shipping prices in the months and years ahead, which could help the bottom line of the firms implementing Telogis Fleet 8 in their business operations. Firms and drivers that want to check on Telogis Fleet 8 should contact Telogis directly, or their local dealer of Telogis products.

Car Shipping to Puerto Rico Gets Easier

Your auto transport reviews will get better and your boss will be happier if you consistently make it to destination on time and budget. ALK Technologies has announced the introduction of CoPilot Live Truck, an application specifically designed for the transport professional of the United States of America that according to ALK Technologies is designed to be more portable and affordable than dedicated navigation aids. An application that works on your iPhone, CoPilot Live Truck allows users to safely and reliably obtain transport directions while out on the roads and highways of America, using vehicle and driver profiles. ALK Technologies indicates that CoPilot Live Truck automatically calculates the best route to take, while taking into account the type of transport vehicle you're driving, and the weight and width of the load being carried on your car transport.

Specific capabilities of ALK Technologies CoPilot Live Truck application for the iPhone include avoiding the low clearances of bridges, the roads that you're not allowed to use for transport, and the ability to help you locate appropriate weight stations, CAT scales, rest areas, truck stops, and truck service facilities on your auto transport route. CoPilot Live Truck has ALK digital maps of North America that have been improved using industry standard PC-Miler transport-specific routing features. All of the digital maps are stored right on your iPhone, which means an Internet interruption isn't going to prevent you from obtaining the digital map you need when transporting customers vehicles to destination.