We came across a few Owner-Operators who plan to purchase pre-1999 trucks to avoid ELDs. We support your way of life on the road, and not necessarily agree with an ELD mandate. Many shippers will require commercial vehicles to have electronic logging devices to load them. It will be harder to load trucks without ELDs way before the deadline. If you chose to do it still, please at least wait to see how it is after the mandate, and if it is the way you want to proceed, you got all our support. We just don’t want you to waste money on something you will not be able to use to its fullest potential, and be stuck with something that is impossible to sell.

Attn: all drivers. 1st. Quarter, 2017 IFTA is due April 30th, 2017. All trucks running with Voyagers IFTA license will be processed as usual. All others, please do not forget the deadline to file. Any questions about IFTA, please call (855) 839-5067 ext 2.

We invite all our owner operators to start using KeepTruckin app for hours of service logging. Just download an application on your cell phone and start using it, to ensure the easy transition to electronic logs. Please note that KeepTruckin app is not an ELD until actual ELD box connected to your trucks computer. Paper logs will be accepted from qualified drivers all the way until Dec. 17, 2017.

Electronic logging devices ELD’s from KT are currently available and can be installed at our Chicago and Tampa locations. Please call Safety Dept. to schedule the installation. We highly recommend not to wait for the deadline but will be accepting paper logs from approved drivers until the deadline.

All owner-operators renewing plates with Voyager, please make sure to receive a new registration before April 1st. 2017. Drivers who used company plates and decided to get your own, please return old plates with your paperwork and a copy of a new registration for your truck scheduled to send out April 3rd. 2017.

Attention all drivers, please make sure you have current insurance in your truck folder.
Old policy expired 3/4/2016. Contact safety department immediately if you don’t have a new certificate.

Attention all Owner Operators renewing plates through Voyager Nation Inc. please submit your 2290 to safety department by no later than Feb. 19th 2016.
Any IRP questions call (855) 839-5067 ext. 2 and talk to Agatha.
If you plan on getting your own plates, please be advised to call Illinois IRP (217) 785-1800 as soon as possible to schedule your appointment.
Do not wait until the last minute, do not get stuck with expired plates, last year some people who waited till the last days were not able to renew till end of April. Plan ahead.

2015, 4th Quarter IFTA is due by Jan 31, 2016.
For Owner Operators using Voyager Nation’s IFTA everything will be processed as usual.
For Owner Operators using their own IFTA in need of help to file, please call (855) 839-5067 Ext. 2

Winter is here with all the snow, fun and major holidays.
We sincerely hope you will enjoy all the nice things it has to offer.
However it brings some of the worst driving conditions and hazards to all the vehicles on the road.
Here at Voyager we value safety and well being of all our drivers, their families and all the public we share the roads with.
There is no load more important than you, and everyone around you.
Here are some Voyager’s safety standards for winter driving:
1. No load is more important than safety, no matter what.
2. Do not let anyone pressure you.
Call our safety dept at (855) 839-5067 ext. 2 if anyone does.
3. Plan ahead.
4. Check the weather forecast.
5. Bridges and overpasses freeze before roadway.
6. Do not use cruise control if slippery.
7. Do not risk. Even if everyone else is still going.
8. If not 100% safe, just park and wait.
9. Communicate any delays with your dispatcher.
10. Any delivery can be rescheduled, peoples lives cannot.

October 18-24 the CVSA will hold its annual Operation Safe Driver Week.
Law enforcement agencies across USA, Canada and Mexico will engage in heightened traffic safety enforcement aimed at unsafe driving by both commercial vehicle drivers and car drivers.
The most common citations and warnings issued to truck drivers during last years operation BLITZ were failure to use a seatbelt, speeding, failure to obey traffic control devices, improper lane change and following too closely.
Remember- a warning is just as bad as a ticket.
(http://www.voyagernation.com/articles/did-you-see-your-driving-record-lately/)
And of course keep your logbook current at all times!