Posts by Robert Chittendon
On The Road Again
The driving environment presents multiple challenges – how do we prepare ourselves to handle those challenges is the clarion question in today’s driving environment.
Read MoreAggressive Driving
Aggressive driving is insidious in onset and devastating in affect.
Read MoreDriver Applicant Evaluation
Evaluating the applicant is an essential element of hiring an employee/contractor that will meet the employers needs and expectations. A good “screen-door” keeps out “bugs.”
Read MoreHow to improve pre-trip Inspections
Pre-trip inspections are “preventitive medicine” for the ills of SMS. We talk about them constantly, but what do we do to nuture their improvement.
Read MoreDOT Interventions
Driver qualification (DQ) and record-keeping errors are common violations on DOT Interventions. These types of errors are easy to avoid: !) Never use a driver until you have a pre-employment controlled substance test in-hand. 2) Never use a driver without a Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse (DACH) completed pre-employment query stating “Driver not prohibited.” 3) Never…
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Transportation Safety Inc Intro
Why me
I was enjoying coffee with a friend this morning, and my friend replied to a question with “above my pay grade.” Without much thought in the moment, we continued our conversation. Upon reflection, I found myself asking the question, albeit to myself, “Do we truly comprehend the enormous vastness of our ‘pay grade, regardless of…
Read MoreWhy a Road Test?
https://transportationsafetyinc.com 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗮 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁? My football playing days are well in the past – the far, distant, fading past. However, I remember as if it were yesterday. When we were not functioning as a team, eleven of us not functioning as one – focused on one goal – winning. It was back to the…
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