Straight from the source
Driver guides
The rules and numbers drivers ask about most, boiled down to one page each. Every guide links the official FMCSA, IRS or IFTA source it’s built from.
- Compliance
Hours of service cheat sheet (property carriers)
The 11-hour, 14-hour, 30-minute, 60/70-hour and sleeper-berth rules for property-carrying drivers, on one page.
- CDL & medical
CDL medical card: how the DOT physical works
Who can do your DOT physical, how long the card lasts, and how results reach your state now that paper certificates are mostly gone.
- Taxes & money
IFTA basics: who files, when, and what to keep
What the International Fuel Tax Agreement covers, which trucks qualify, the four quarterly due dates and the records you need to keep.
- Taxes & money
Truck driver per diem: the IRS rate for Oct 2026–Sep 2027
The IRS special transportation-industry meal and incidental rate ($80 a day in the continental U.S.), the 80% rule, and how partial days work.
- Taxes & money
How CPM pay and settlements work
How cents-per-mile pay is counted, what to check on a settlement sheet, and the federal lease rules that protect leased owner-operators.