Caution: Wide Right discusses the best tips, education, and interviews on compliance related to trucking and transportation for individuals and companies to help them remain safe, compliant, and profitable. CNS are experts in DOT Safety, Compliance, CDL Training, Business Insurance, Occupational Medicine, and more.
Is the Tesla Semi living up to the hype? What about Nikola and Freightliner EVs? I REACT to the EV Semi discussion and look at if and how an electric truck transition makes sense!
Today, I have Andrea Bird, Safety and Compliance Manager at Denver Cold Storage and Denver Logistics discussing how to grow a safety and compliance team and receive driver buy-in. Andrea has over 20 years in the transportation industry and joined the Denver Logistics team back in 2020.
Today we are chatting with one of the best dry bulk commodities transporters in the US that is also one of the safest on the roads – and they got the awards to prove it! GFI Transport is a family-owned trucking company and a leader for over 30 years in
Today we are going to explore the uses of telematics data for fleet safety, insurance underwriting, FMCSA studies, and more. My guest today is Jim Angel, Vice President of Telematics Partners at Speedgauge, a driving analytics and performance company.
Today we want to answer the question – WHEN can your growing fleet JOIN a CAPTIVE and potential SAVE money through Insurance and HOW? You have probably heard about it throughout the years, but now is the time to dive deep into what a Captive is, and why it should
If you recall back in our first podcast episode, we chatted with John Irwin, founder and CEO of CNS. What you may not know is that his father-in-law helped found CNS and both grew the business to what it is today. As Vice President of CNS Companies, Dean Weinhold has
Tens of thousands of dockworkers have gone on strike indefinitely at ports across much of the US, threatening significant trade and economic disruption ahead of the presidential election and the busy holiday shopping season. Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) walked out on Tuesday at 14 major ports along
We at CNS are constantly listening to our customers and improving our services to small to large fleets as we focus on offering the best customer experience possible. From behind the scenes, employee onboarding, and interacting with you daily, we haven’t stopped moving, changing and growing. So today, I am
My guests today are Mike Fullam and Matt Patterson, Co-Founders of QuikSkope… a tool for transportation partners to engage efficiently while mitigating the risks of re-brokering, identity fraud, and cargo theft.
CNS is excited to be the Media Sponsor and will be LIVESTREAMING the PA Truck Driving Championships this year! Thanks to the PMTA, Compliance Navigation Specialists (CNS) is the media sponsor for this year’s competition. We are tasked with creating a fun and exciting livestreaming experience for drivers, companies, and
Are you looking for unique and cost-effective ways to be environment-friendly AND save money? Well, Smash My Trash — aims to be exactly that. Smash Trucks are here helping business in trucking, construction, distribution, manufacturing, and more… from delaying dumpsters being haul away. How? By smashing it down so it
It’s that time of year! State truck driving championships have just kicked off from Louisiana and across 40 states holding competitions this Spring and Summer. In June, Pennsylvania and the PMTA is gearing up for their turn to send the best drivers to Indianapolis for the National Truck Driving Championships
Hey everyone and Welcome to our podcast, Caution: Wide Right, Today we are going to talk about getting into trucking, how to prepare for CDL training, learn a bit about flatbed and specialized loads, and more. With me is one of our own CDL instructors here at CNS Driver Training
Today we are going to talk about trucking companies OVERPAYING TAXES in OREGON, my home state, and the industry is finally standing up and suing the state! That’s tight, the Oregon Trucking Association and some of their members, are in a lawsuit against the state of Oregon because the trucking
Now listen… we hear it all the time, “I need help fixing a bad ‘score’, what do I need to do?” Basically, “can you wave that magic wand and make things disappear!” The problem is the carrier doesn’t understand that there are different scores, they are based on different factors,
Shortly after Veteran’s Day, we are going to talk about one vet’s perspective, Ted Danowski, who is on the journey of getting his CDL and starting his owner-operator business.
We will discuss his time in the military, why he is getting his CDL, how the training is going, and
Well, we will look at the autonomous trucking industry with help from Michael Wiesinger, the Vice President of Commercialization at Kodiak Robotics which was founded because they believe autonomous technology will save lives, not just some day, but soon.
How can vehicle tech help today and what are the next steps with this technology? We find out as we chat with John Elsner CEO of Pedigree Technologies and Joshua DeCock, VP of Product Management. Pedigree is a premier provider of tech solutions in the telematics and “Internet of Things”
With me today is the one and only founder of the Women In Trucking organization, Ellen Voie. Ellen is an internationally recognized speaker and authority on gender diversity and inclusion for women in transportation. She started WIT in 2007 after decades in the transportation industry and saw it grow from
Today we are going to talk about how we can disagree about really important things (theology, politics, even moral issues) and still be in relationship, in conversation, and in loving community together. To help me are the authors of their new book ‘Loving Disagreement’: Kathy Khang and Matt Mikalatos… as
Today we are going to talk about an old 1992 Freightliner semi-truck turned simulator sitting at an old Oregon museum that need a lot of tender love and care so it can run a truck driving simulation again. To talk about this project, I have Stephen Hodges… not only a
In Pennsylvania, there will be no CDL Tests from Aug 24-27 because of upcoming changes. So, what exactly is changing on the behind-the-wheel skills test? Find out with our guest Jolyn Graham, Vice President of Operations at CNS Driver Training Center in Lititz, PA.
For over 70 years Peters Brothers has been hauling freight from livestock in the 1950s to refrigerated loads hauling food coast to coast. They are a family owned company that started with Brothers George and William Peters in Lenhartsville, Pennsylvania to George’s son Gerald Peters, and now Gerald’s nephew Brian.
With us today we have a trucking company that has been around for 40 years who have been heavily involved with the Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association, and delivers all sorts of loads from the Mississippi River to the East Coast, from Canada to Florida. With me is the President of
With me is Rebecca Oyler, none other than the President and CEO at Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association, which has been promoting the interests of the trucking industry since 1928.
Today, we have James Martin with Keystone Transport and Diamond Fleet Services here with us. James is the owner of Keystone Transport, which started in 2014 delivering high end, blanket wrapped furniture to stores and designers.
For those that follow the ATRI research reports, you will have noticed that last year they conducted a Driver Camera Survey… and the results came in a few weeks ago.
While previous ATRI research found that truck drivers have very positive opinions about road-facing cameras, there were numerous concerns
With us today we have some exciting guests… Matt Witmer and Andrew Walker from Shipley Energy, a natural gas, propane, and heating oil transport company serving commercial and residential customers across Central Pennsylvania.
In this episode we talk about Shipley Energy’s approach to DOT and HAZMAT regulations, why drivers
You wanted more Caution: Wide Right — Another Trucking Podcast and we delivered. In this episode, we have RT Specialty coming on and explaining what they look for when writing a trucking insurance plan. Learn hot to fill up your wallet as we fill up your ears.
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
