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Are Your Drivers Ready for Brake Safety Week?

Have your drivers marked Sept. 2017 on their calendar for Brake Safety Week? On those dates, law enforcement agencies across North America will conduct inspections to identify out-of-adjustment brakes, brake-system, and anti-lock braking system (ABS) violations as part of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) Brake Safety Week. There are two videos I thought you might want to assign out to your drivers this month to ensure they are ready for Brake Safety Week in September:

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8 New Training Videos for Trucking

Vertical Alliance Group, is committed to ensuring you have access to the best training videos in the industry. This month we released eight new safety training videos for you to utilize in your training. The first two videos focus on reminding drivers about CSA violations, including the new passenger seatbelt requirement going into effect August 8th.

Speeding
Length: 03:34
This video is a short CSA reminder on the various speeding violations.
Module: CSA Minutes
Seatbelts Update – 2016
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Learn About Online Training at SESPTC

Your number one priority in student transportation is ensuring your students make it safely to their destination.  Our number one priority is helping you ensure your drivers know how to manage safety issues on and around the bus. As the premier provider of online training for the student transportation industry, one thing has always set Vertical Alliance Group apart from the competition … our commitment to providing a customized training platform for your school district.  This

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Adds 2 New Training Videos for Schools

Vertical Alliance Group is committed to ensuring you have access to the best training videos in the student transportation industry. This month we have released two new videos for you to use in your bus driver training. Check out the full content library.

Fixed Object Collisions – High Speed
Length: 06:34
This video discusses the common causes and solutions for fixed object collisions that occur at high speeds.
Module: School Bus – Fixed Object Collisions

Fixed Object Collisions – Low Speed
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Adds 19 New Training Videos for Trucking

Vertical Alliance Group is committed to ensuring you have access to the best training videos in the industry. This month we released 19 new safety training videos for you to utilize. The first two videos are found in the “Trucking Industry” section and focus on fixed object collisions and include the following titles:

• Fixed Object Collisions – High Speed
Length: 06:36
This video discusses the common causes and solutions for fixed object collisions that occur at high speeds.
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June is National Safety Month

June is National Safety Month, and thousands of organizations across the country have joined forces with the National Safety Council (NSC) to work to raise awareness of what it takes to stay "Safe for Life". Each week in June, the NSC will be highlighting a different safety topic, with June 27th-30th designated as "Share the Roads Safely" week. In observance of this month, we have put together ideas for you to share with your drivers.

5 Ideas to Help Observe National Safety

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Adds 5 New Training Videos for Trucking

Our Real. Life. Lessons. videos are produced in conjunction with Midwestern Insurance Alliance and use sample stories to bring awareness of preventable on-the-job accidents using a conversational style. The videos are perfect truck driver safety training videos to use at your safety meetings. Each month we are releasing a series of 5 new stories available exclusively to those with access to the Infinit-I Workforce System. The goal of each short video is to help you reduce the number of on-t

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New Out-of-Service Criteria Changes in Effect

On April 1st, ten changes to the North American Standard Out‐of‐Service Criteria (OOSC) went into effect.

Action: Amend Part I, Item 3. COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE (CDL), b. Commercial Learner’s Permit (CLP), by adding a new condition for a CLP holder operating a commercial motor vehicle transporting passengers.
 
Action: Amend Part I, Item 4. DRIVER MEDICAL/PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS, b. Medical Certificate, by modifying the language of the out‐of‐se

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15 Safety Professionals Graduated

Vertical Alliance Group, would like to recognize the representatives from six companies across the transportation industry who attended our Infinit-I Engage Evaluation Program May 11th and 12th at the historic Stockyards Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas. Throughout the two day event, attendees learned the latest trends in safety training, along with strategies to mitigate their risk of failing a DOT audit or having to pay large punitive damage sums in the event of an accident. Attendees included:

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Training Idea: CVSA International Roadcheck

CVSA’s 29th annual International Roadcheck will take place June 7-9, 2016.

Over the course of this 72 hour period, nearly 17 trucks or buses will be inspected every minute across North America.

During the annual three-day event, CVSA-certified inspectors conduct compliance, enforcement and educational initiatives targeted at various elements of motor carrier, vehicle and driver safety. Each year, International Roadcheck places special emphasis on a category of violations. The special emp

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