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Top 4 Unsafe Driver Behaviors in Trucking
Learn more about the CVSA annual initiative across the U.S. and Canada to help make the roadways safer for everyone to travel.
Prep your bus fleet for rolling back to school.
While buses sit idle over a break, ensure your operation is ready to roll.
Plan ahead to act fast during school bus emergencies.
Learn about using solutions to prepare your fleet to respond swiftly.
The California intrastate ELD countdown is on.
California is aligning with the FMCSA’s ELD mandate and will require its intrastate commercial drivers to use ELDs instead of paper logs.
Down and dirty facts about the CARB Clean Truck Check program.
This program is designed to reduce the amount of toxic air pollution produced by commercial vehicles that travel through California.
Sidestep these pitfalls of self-installing fleet telematics.
Before you commit to self-install, let's cover some common pitfalls.
Keep tire pressure problems from becoming OOS violations.
Flat and underinflated tires are the leading reasons for vehicle out-of-service (OOS) violations.
Overcome 3 common barriers to EV school bus adoption.
Despite the rise in popularity, the road to electric school buses outnumbering ICE-powered buses remains long.
Add telematics to your EPA-funded EV school buses.
Adding telematics to manage your entire school bus fleet is one way to realize your electric vehicles’ full potential.
Top 10 Worst Bottlenecks For Trucks
The American Transportation Research Institute has released its 2023 report ranking the worst places for truck-involved traffic...
Top 5 Unsafe Driver Behaviors in Passenger Services
In July 2022, commercial law enforcement officers issued thousands of citations and warnings to commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) for common unsafe driving behaviors.
Top 5 Unsafe Driver Behaviors in Trucking
Designated as Operation Safe Driver Week by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA), this is an annual initiative across the U.S. and Canada to help make the roadways safer for everyone to travel.
Driver Retention: How Workflow Unification Helps.
Unify your drivers’ workflow with a mobile solution such as Zonar MobileCommand™, and put every tool they need to interact with your TMS on one app.
3 Top Trucking Ops Costs and How to Lower Yours
Operating costs for trucking hit their highest levels.
What puts your student riders most at risk?
Some of the most serious incidents happen outside the bus, not inside. Zonar and BusPatrol are committed to helping you safeguard student riders.
9 Tips for Fuel Savings
Not every gallon of fuel is used the same. Use a fuel tracking and analytics system such as Zonar ZFuel™ to track realworld metrics within your control.
Stop internal fuel theft with fuel tracking and analytics.
Use the fuel tracking and analytics solution, in conjunction with the GPS tracking solution, to analyze real-world fuel usage, vehicle movements and driver behavior.
Top 5 differences between U.S. and Canadian ELD
The Canadian ELD looks much like the U.S. ELD, but there are key differences between the two.
Sharp eyes save lives. End human trafficking.
Join the fight to end human trafficking. Learn more from those on the frontlines.
How a bus tracking app reduces parent calls to dispatch
Empower parents with a bus tracking app.
Adapt by adopting fleet management apps.
Fleets that integrated more mobile apps have seen how much faster and more efficiently their operation runs.
School bus tracking apps ease pain points for everyone.
Riding the school bus is different than when many of us were students.
CVSA Brake Safety Week 2021
Why you should take a moment to check your brakes. It can save lives.
Change truck driver turnover into retention.
Explore other methods of retaining drivers and operators, especially your top performers.
Best practices for implementing telematics
See a high-level list of what’s needed for rolling out a modern solution.
Protect against staged crashes and nuclear verdicts
Staged accidents and false insurance claims against commercial trucks is big business.
Why the Zonar and BusPatrol Partnership is Pivotal for Student Safety
Zonar announced an exclusive partnership with BusPatrol, the leader in stop-arm enforcement technology.
Time is money. Save both.
Digitize time & task management to streamline payroll and manage costs
Zonar and the Canadian ELD mandate
If your fleet travels across the U.S.-Canada border, the deadline to comply with the Canadian ELD mandate is coming up.
Your CSA score reflects your commitment to safety.
Making the roads safer means holding motor carriers and drivers accountable for their role in preventing accidents.
2020 National School Bus Safety Week
Learn what's behind top incidents, especially stop-arm violations.
Top 5 CVSA citations and how to prevent them
An estimated 94% of crashes involve driver-related behavior.
Learn the ABCs of contact tracing in schools
Contact tracing is a public health and safety practice of following a pathogen’s path as it spreads from person to person.
Personal Conveyance Best Practices
Drivers may use personal conveyance once they’re relieved from all work and responsibilities.
Fundamentals of fleet management
Fleet management is the administrative process of overseeing fleet operations.
Mind your inspections: School buses
Your guide to the flow of what—and how—to inspect the school bus.
Mind your inspections: Freight trucks
Your guide to the flow of what—and how—to inspect freight trucks.
Keep your fleet nimble to keep up
These past weeks have been an exercise in logistic agility for commercial fleets. Carriers and drivers have been forced to rapidly adapt to changing demands for goods.
Top 6 ELD Exemptions
So who, exactly, is exempt from the ELD mandate? Below are the top six exemptions.
FMCSA updates its HoS Final Rule
The FMCSA has published its new Hours-of-Service Final Rule to increase safety by updating existing regulations for commercial motor vehicle drivers.
Take the time to clean up your fleet’s data.
See our high-level checklist for key areas on the backend to clean up.
Life still rides on transit
Over the years, public transit has earned its reputation for being one of the safest modes of transportation.
Mind your inspections: Construction assets
Your guide to the flow of what—and how—to inspect your equipment.
5 Zonar resources you may not know about
Have what you need to make the most of your Zonar solution? Read about some resources and tools that could help your fleet run more smoothly and safely.
Retain drivers using fleet gamification
Make them want to stay without relying on financial incentives.
5 keys to PTASP-compliant vehicle inspections
The Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) rule by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) went into effect on July 19, 2019.
Introducing the new PTASP rule
Learn about the new rule, new safety system for certain transit fleets.
Where DVIR and eDVIR stop, EVIR ensures compliance
Imagine knowing your fleet inspections are being performed properly—every time. How would it feel, knowing all i’s are dotted, all t’s are crossed?
5 Ways Geofences Provide More Control Over Your Fleet
Over recent years, GPS tracking has become a staple for tracking fleet vehicles, but using geofences takes that location data and provides additional insights.
Get to know fleet gamification
A three-part series, in which we explain what fleet gamification is, who’s using it and how you can implement it to make your drivers safer and more efficient.
How the yellow bus became what it is today
See student transportation’s journey from a horse-drawn carriage.
Top 6 unsafe driving behaviors Infographic
Find out what the top citations and warnings were issued.
Help your drivers fight highway hypnosis
Most drivers know the risks of distracted driving and falling asleep behind the wheel. Highway hypnosis is just as dangerous.
FHWA Funding Opportunity for Transportation Technology Grants
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is offering $60 million in grant funding for organizations to use for implementing or initiating transportation technology-based projects.
Keeping drivers and passengers safe
See the numbers and rules around staying safe around school buses.
Save Lives. Teach Your Drivers to Slow Down
When commercial drivers speed, they do more than jeopardize lives. They also leave the companies, organizations and agencies that hired them open to liability.
The Latest on the Canadian ELD Mandate
The Canadian ELD rule closely mirrors the U.S. ELD rule. However, just because your fleet is ELD certified in the U.S. doesn’t mean it will be in Canada.
Countdown to comply with the Paul Lee Law
Ensure you’re ready to comply with the Paul Lee School Bus Safety Law.
Stay safe on the road for the 4th
Check these tips from a former truck driver to stay safe around big rigs.
What to look for in an ELD provider
Choosing the right provider with the right solution sets you up for success.
6 Things to Look for in a Telematics Provider
Smart fleet management is an investment, in more ways than upfront costs.
Use Caution at Every Turn
Driving a big rig is a responsibility. See the numbers behind the role.
Prevent CMV Inspection Citations
Check out these tips for preventing citations with proper inspections.
School Bus Safety in the U.S.
See which states have higher and lower accident rates relative to the average.
Why Waiting to Implement Electronic Logging Devices Hurts Your Business
Many small carriers thought it was prudent to wait until the lawsuit was decided. As of October 31, 2016, the Federal mandate was upheld unanimously by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
State Trooper Confidential: What to Know About Roadside Inspections
When drivers look in their rear view mirror and spot a state patrol vehicle, they probably imagine potential scenarios that could take place.
Top 10 Most Dangerous Roads in the U.S. for Truck Drivers
Find out which roads are the most accident heavy.
Q&A on the ELD Mandate with Fred Fakkema, Vice President of Compliance at Zonar
Zonar has positioned itself to be the leading ELD provider by participating in the conversation and development of the mandate
Avoid millions lost due to downtime for failed roadside inspections
Prevent the financial hit behind violations.
The Paul Lee School Bus Safety Law: What you need to know to ensure compliance
The California child check bill—known as the "Paul Lee School Bus Safety Law"—requires all buses to be equipped with a "child safety alert system,"
Improving Driver Behavior to Maximize Fuel Economy
According to the American Trucking Association, over 70% of all the freight tonnage moved in the U.S. goes on trucks.
How to get school bus technology to pay for itself with Medicaid Reimbursements
For many schools having a system that lets it know the time, date and location of each entry and exit from the bus of students for real-time child search and child check
From Connected Trucks/Fleets to Smart Fleet Management
When you say "connected fleet", it invokes ideas of driverless trucks spanning the nation's highways communicating with each other and the highway infrastructure.
Driving the School Bus Forward
According to the American School Bus Council, school buses transport 26 million of the 50 million students who attend school each day
Beat the Heat: How Zonar Can Help Fleets Remain Safe and Efficient This Summer
Summer is about more than just time off from school and work, beaches, beers and hotdogs. It's also about long weekends, vacations and road trips.
5 Things to Ask Your Kid’s School Bus Driver
What to ask to learn about how they safeguard their riders.
Zonar and NAPT Don Carnahan Memorial Grant
The National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) and Zonar Systems, Inc. are pleased to announce jointly sponsoring the Don Carnahan Memorial Grant opportunity