Initially scheduled for May 2020, Roadcheck was postponed due to COVID-19 and is set to premiere in September 9th-11th. What is Roadcheck? • Roadcheck is a 3 day event where CVSA-Certified Inspectors educate motor carriers on the importance of vehicle and driver safety. •  1.4 Million inspections have taken place since Roadcheck started in 1988.Read more

The FBI is on the hunt for a Vicious cybercriminal who is pretending to be the Small Business Administration Covid-19 loan relief program. But in fact, they are not the real organization and are sending out phishing emails to trick Small Businesses into giving their money to them. The emails contain a malicious link toRead more

The deadline for filing this year is August 31st 2020. We’ve been told by 2290TAX that anyone that files on the last seven days of August, is likely to get an automatically generated letter from the IRS stating they are late in filing. They will then get another letter about three weeks later with a retraction.Read more

What is the Federal Excise Tax? The Federal Excise tax was a way to help fund military vehicles back in the early 1900’s by taxing Heavy trucks with 3%. It’s still around to this day and has grown to 12%. The tax adds an additional 22,000 dollars to the price of a new truck andRead more

Due to high temperatures and an increase of fuel deliveries to power plants in New York City, the NYS Department of Transportation has issued a temporary waiver to specific hours of service regulations. This waiver will be in effect from July 31st, until August 10th ★ By the way! If you or someone you knowRead more

Did You Know? August is Brake Safety Awareness Month. During August, agencies reach out with awareness efforts to educate Drivers, Motor Carriers, and others in the industry, about brake maintenance operation and performance.   Brake Safety Week is a way to help keep our roads safer by running roadside inspections to reduce brake related crashesRead more

Safe Driver Week is here! The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) 2020 is going on this week, through July 12th – July 18th. Law Enforcement will be looking for drivers who are not taking proper safety protocols while driving. Drivers will be pulled over and may be given a warning or citation. ★ By theRead more

FMCSA has extended HOURS OF SERVICE RELIEF “For Essential Deliveries” UNTIL AUGUST 14TH (Was previously July 14th) FMCSA Modifies and Extends Hours of Service Relief The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued another extension and modification of the hours of service relief for COVID-19 deliveries.   This extension of Emergency Declaration No. 2020-002 is effectiveRead more

★ By the way! If you or someone you know owns/starting a Trucking and/or Passenger company and needs help with their DOT and or DMV Regulations, we are in fact a company that helps Trucking/Passenger companies stay in compliance with these regulations! Not sure how to feel yet? We offer a FREE Trucking & Passenger RegulationRead more

WATCH OUT! PPP Loan SCAMS ON THE RISE! RANDOM PHONE CALLS & EMAILS Here are some helpful tips not to Fall for the Scam: Don’t give out personal info, SBA Representatives DO NOT solicit calls. Don’t click links or attachments in suspicious emails, only click from the SBA website. Official SBA emails have “@sba.gov” atRead more