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May 23 on-road diesel price averages
change since last week
Nebraska $2.346 (0.000)
National $2.357 (+0.060)
Midwest $2.325 (+0.054)
Rocky Mtn. $2.358 (+0.034)
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Host hotel for Nebraska Truck Driving Championships changes name
The host hotel for the Nebraska Truck Driving Championships, the Holiday Inn Midtown is now the Hotel Grand. The phone number, 308-384-1330, will remain the same. The new website is hotelgrandconferencecenter.com This does not change your reservations for NTDC.
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Give to Lincoln Day, May 26
Support the Nebraska Trucking Foundation via Give to Lincoln Day, Thursday May 26. Type 'trucking,' in the search box at the top of the page and make your gift online - it's that easy! This is the first year the NTF has participated in Give to Lincoln Day, which raises awareness of current philanthropic needs and opportunities in the Lincoln area and is designed to help increase public awareness of local nonprofits, build capacity and inspire donors to support causes they love.
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Safety and regulation enforcement June 7 - 9
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The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) has scheduled its annual truck inspection marathon for June 7-9, 2016. This is the 29th year for Roadcheck, during which inspectors check for motor carrier, vehicle, driver and cargo safety infractions. State, local and federal vehicle inspectors will set up inspection stations on major highways throughout North America, with a special focus on tire safety this year. During 2015 inspections, 4.8% of drivers were placed out of service for violations, with hours of service 46% and false logs 12.6% the largest contributors. Under mechanical issues last year, 17.5% of the vehicles were placed out of service, an improvement from 18.7% in 2015. Bad brakes remained the #1 violation at 27.5% and 15.5% maladjusted. Load issues were spotted in 15% of vehicles and tire problems in 14%. Note: At the recent NTA courtesy safety checks at North Platte and Waverly, more than 130 drivers and 80 NTA members participated, including students from Southeast Community College.
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Did you know? Sending or receiving a text takes a driver’s eyes from the road for an average of 4.6 seconds, the equivalent – at 55 mph – of driving the length of an entire football field, blind.
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Spring Conference Board of Directors meeting and golf outing
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Terry Maple, Regional Director of Operations HELP Inc./PrePass and Doug Donscheski, Director of Safety, Training and Membership, Truck Services, Inc./Nebraska Trucking, presented on Safety Technologies and Safety Services to members during the spring conference Board of Directors meeting. Winner of the golf scramble included: Flight 1- first place: Willet/Muhs/Olson/Olson; second place: Sandvig/Utterback/Partner/Quilling and third place: Brown/Stillmunkes/McGee/Shada. Flight 2 - first place: Galvin/Galvin/Aherns/Aherns; second place: Snyder/Gregg/Beuttner/Beverage and third place: Reitmeier/Hill/Collier/Kucera. |
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Registration for Nebraska's Premier Skills Competition for Professional Commerical Vehicle Technicians has officially opened!
Important Dates:
Register online by Saturday, June 4
Online Testing will be June 8 - 15
Hands-on skills competition will be July 20 at Central Community College, Hastings, NE..
All the details to register are available on the SuperTech website. Sponsorship opportunities are also available.
Register your professional CMV technicians today!
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Set up your FMCSA Portal Account
Truck Services here to help clients
If you have a US DOT Number you MUST set up a FMCSA portal account prior to September 30, 2016. Setup your portal account at: https://portal.fmcsa.dot.gov/login
Truck Services Inc. has been working with this process and is developing a program that will be offered as an option for you. TSI will set up your Portal account, with an option of monitoring CSA scores, alerts, handling correspondence and keeping you informed of any pending account requests and updating your password which expires every 90 days. TSI will provide a quarterly report to include a spreadsheet of trends and areas of concern which will allow your company to correct issues before it shows on DOT’s radar.
Contact TSI at 402-476-7671 and talk to Doug at ext. 113, Jody, ext. 108 or Vicki, ext. 107. Remember your Portal Account must be set up by September 30!
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Save the Dates on Upcoming Events:
- June 2-4: Nebraska Truck Driving Championships, Grand Island
- July 20: Nebraska SuperTech Competition, Central Community College, Hastings
- Aug. 10-13: ATA SMC's National Truck Driving Championships & Step Van Driving Championships, Indianapolis, IN
- Aug. 24-26: SMC & TSC's 2016 National SuperTech Competition, Raleigh, SC
- Sept. 2: Nebraska Logistics Council Scholarship Fundraiser Golf Outing, Bellevue
- Sept. 22-23: Annual Management Conference, Omaha
- Oct. 8: Student Truck Driving Championship, MCC, Omaha
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