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Picture a driver finishing a particularly difficult shift in heavy traffic, a tight delivery window, and weather that made everything harder. No harsh braking events. No distracted-driving flags. No complaints...
Steve Saltzgiver is a four-decade veteran of fleet operations whose career has touched nearly every corner of the industry — from mechanic and transit operator to executive leadership roles at...
Picture a driver finishing a particularly difficult shift in heavy traffic, a tight delivery window, and weather that made everything harder. No harsh braking events. No distracted-driving flags. No complaints...
Mark Lukenbill is the Head of Commercial Operations for MileMaker, the commercial mileage and routing technology that powers Rand McNally. He grew up riding along with truck driver uncles across...
Kenny Planeta is a third-generation trucking insurance broker with 21 years of experience working exclusively in commercial trucking risk. He grew up inside the industry. His grandfather started the business...
The Moment Nothing Happens. There is a version of this story that happens thousands of times a day. A driver reaches for their phone at a red light. The light...
Why the small ones add up faster than most fleets think A driver backs into a pole. No one is hurt. The van still runs. The customer still gets...
Steve Saltzgiver is a four-decade veteran of fleet operations whose career has touched nearly every corner of the industry — from mechanic and transit operator to executive leadership roles at the State of Utah, the State of Georgia, Coca-Cola, Republic Services, Mercury Associates, and RTA Fleet Management. Along the way he became a firefighter to […]
Picture a driver finishing a particularly difficult shift in heavy traffic, a tight delivery window, and weather that made everything harder. No harsh braking events. No distracted-driving flags. No complaints from dispatch. Nobody says a word. The following week, the same driver clips a curb during a reverse maneuver. By end of day, there is […]
Fuel costs are one of the few expenses a fleet feels immediately. It hits every day. Every route. Every vehicle. Every driver. As of May 5, 2026, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported regular gasoline at $4.251 per gallon on the East Coast and $5.583 per gallon on the West Coast. On-highway diesel was $5.504 […]
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