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Category Archives: Mamo safety blog

Safety blog: Driving in the Rain

NEVER DRIVE IN THE RAIN WITH YOUR CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED! Your vehicle will literally FLY through the air above wet pavement if your cruise control has been engaged. On wet or icy pavement your tires may lose contact with the pavement, and you will speed up and become airborne. If pavement is wet, your cruise…

Safety Blog: Drive Safely in the Rain

The best safety tip we can give you for driving in the rain – day or night – is WEAR YOUR SUN GLASSES! The view through your windshield will instantly be clearer. You will still see drops of rain on your windshield, but you will not be distracted by sheets of rain falling or kick-up…

10-8-13 Certificate of Violations Reminder

We now have a link for you to submit your yearly Certificate of Violations directly through our website. Link is provided on the Contractor Services page to the left. Please remember to do this ASAP so that you and Mamo Transportation can stay in compliance!!!! Drive Safely and Stay Well Rested!!!

Safety Blog: Clean the Glass

The two benefits of cleaning your vehicle’s glass are that (1) you can see better – especially at night and in times of high glare: sun-up and sun-down, and (2) other vehicle drivers can see you better – so that  collisions can be avoided. Your headlights deserve special attention, for they not only make it easier for…

Safety Blog: Safety & Discount Motels

     A 1,000 mile trip, or two adjoining 500 mile trips entitles you to a SAFETY MOTEL: a motel for which MTI will subsidize your cost.      Other motels are your expense, but MTI – negotiated discounts can take the sting out of paying for a night in a motel with three different discount programs:…

Safety Blog: Driving with School Buses

There are laws governing driving on the highways with school buses which must be observed: * Drivers traveling in the same direction as buses are ALWAYS required to stop when buses do. * Vehicles may NOT pass a school bus until the flashing red lights have been turned off. * Drivers approaching a school bus…

Drive Away Exemptions

There are some violations that a drive away driver should NEVER receive: as our service is one-time transportation of what are often unlicensed, untitled vehicles, we have been granted three exceptions to the law: 393.95 (1) (6) exempts drive away drivers from the requirement to carry a fire extinguisher and reflective triangles. 396.15 exempts drive…

Thirty Minute Break Regulation

Because the likelihood of a collision increases after a driver has been at work 6 hours, we have a new 30 minute break regulation. A driver MUST take a 30 minute break before he has been on duty 8 hours He MUST log the break as off-duty – on the top line of the grid…

Safety 9-24-13

  Please check your legalization packets and make sure you have a current insurance certificate.  The current insurance certificate expires on 6/1/14.  If you have an old one, please stop in an office and pick up a new one or ask any office to fax or mail, or email you one. Please drive safely and remember…

Important Mailing 9/18/13!!

Hello business partners! We have mailed the Annual Certificate of Violations to your house today. We need you to sign those and send them back to us as soon as possible. Don’t forget that we offer $300.00 for each new contractor referral. Once they complete 10 loads, you will get $300.00 added to your settlement!…