CarriersEdge Offering Vehicle Inspection Training Course

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CarriersEdge has released a full suite of online vehicle inspection training courses for transportation companies and their drivers.

The new CarriersEdge Vehicle Inspection courses use the company's interactive learning approach and provide a single resource covering how inspections should be conducted, how components should be checked, and how to identify defects.

“Industry statistics continue to show that many top violations related to brakes, lights and tires could have been easily avoided with proper pre-trip, en route and post-trip driver inspections,” said Jane Jazrawy, CEO of CarriersEdge. “Our new vehicle inspection courses, based on information from industry experts as well as the CVSA and FMCSA, help make sure drivers gain a full understanding of the importance of inspections and how to properly complete them.”

The suite of CarriersEdge Vehicle Inspection courses features four modules that can be completed separately or at one time:

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A federal grand jury in Harrisburg, Penn., has indicted Joann Wingate for wire fraud, submitting false documents and aggravated identity theft for impersonating a commercial driver's license medical examiner.

Wingate, a 58-year old resident of Carlisle, Penn., allegedly used the identity of a licensed physician to administer physical examinations to CDL holders after her chiropractor's license was suspended in October 2014. Wingate also claimed to be a medical doctor in order to serve as a medical review officer for drug tests for CDL holders.

Wingate advertised her medical services at rest stops and gas stations in the Carlisle area and has a business agreement with a Carlisle-based trucking company to handle driver drug and alcohol program requirements, alleged the indictment. She collected urine samples and turned them into medical laboratories and completed medical examinations and transmitted documentation to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

Wingate is accused of defrauding CDL holders and the Carlisle-based trucking company as well as creating and submitting false documents to the DOT's vehicle safety program.

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CarriersEdge offers vehicle inspection training courses

CarriersEdge announced a full suite of Vehicle Inspection courses for both U.S. transportation companies and their drivers.

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