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CVSA Announces Dates for Brake Safety Week
This year's Brake Safety Week is scheduled for August 22-28, according to the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA). The...
FMCSA Proposes Rule Changes for Vehicle Safety Technologies
On Tuesday, July 6, 2021, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) proposed to change the rules for...
Cumberland Featured in Idealease Covid Chronicles
Turning to Our Communities During COVID-19 When life is “business as usual” and the day-to-day routines of work and family let us get into a groove, a routine, something comfortable and familiar,...
Idealnet: Something Certain in Uncertain Times
These days, it’s rare that something can be so truly unexpected as to catch our whole culture unprepared and uncertain. Between the worlds of big data, the internet of things, and global...
Time to Clean Your Cab!
When is the last time you looked inside the cab, body, or trailer of the trucks that your drivers are operating? The following items inside trucks present unique, dangerous situations to the driver...
CVSA “Operation Safe Driver Week” will happen as scheduled, July 12-18, 2020
CVSA “Operation Safe Driver Week” to Go on As Scheduled The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s 2020 will go on as scheduled July 12-18, 2020. According to CVSA, the focus of the week-long...
COVID-19 Changes FMCSA’s Auditing Procedures
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is performing off-site compliance reviews to limit exposure to the coronavirus (COVID-19) for the regulated community and safety...
COVID-19 is Not a License to Speed
States and provinces are reporting that there is a significant increase in the number of vehicles that are speeding at a high rate of speed and driving recklessly since the start of COVID-19. This...
COVID-19 is Not a License to Speed
States and provinces are reporting that there is a significant increase in the number of vehicles that are speeding at a high rate of speed and driving recklessly since the start of COVID-19. This...
The National Private Truck Council (NPTC) Issues COVID-19 Best Practices
NPTC members have contributed to a Coronavirus Best Practices document that has been developed so other carriers can see how other fleets are dealing with issues challenging carriers from COVID-19....
Conventional Engine (CE) Bus Delivery & Demo
Cumberland was so honored to deliver the first bus of a two bus order yesterday to Fentress County Schools! Fentress County was an all front engine fleet that asked for a Conventional Engine (CE)...