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Congressional resolutions would kill EPA's latest truck emissions mandates
Legislation introduced in the U.S. House and Senate would, if passed, overturn the EPA's Phase 3 Greenhouse Gas emissions regulations on heavy-duty trucks.
May 1, 2024
Fuel prices, mostly flat in 2024, dip below $4/gallon, and spot rates follow them down
Diesel's average price has been floating near $4 for most of the year, and recently fell below the threshold; spot rates followed fuel down. Also: Free pre-Roadcheck inspections next week; I-15 bridge reopens; new carrier-recognition program from TCA.
May 1, 2024
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March 15, 2024
Trucking maintains strong support of Trump for president
From Overdrive readers to mega carriers to trade associations, trucking is putting most of its support behind Republican candidates during the 2024 election cycle, including former President Donald Trump.
April 30, 2024
Regulations
Trucker's regular run meets overhead telephone wire: Preventable?
The phone company had been working on the line the day before trucker John Doe arrived for his regular weekly delivery at the site, his trailer tangling with the low wire.
April 26, 2024
Regulations
New Jersey-based driver shut down after crash, multiple DUIs
A driver who rear-ended a car and fled the scene was later found and placed out of service, then violated that order and was found to be impaired. Also: Allison automatic transmissions added as International option; digital payments in Weigh My Truck.
April 26, 2024
Regulations
FMCSA, police investigate double broker's odd inspections history
Maroon Express Inc., a revoked carrier authority/double broker under investigation within FMCSA, has one clean inspection on their record associated with a truck that got inspected three times in four days, operating under different DOT numbers each time.
April 25, 2024
Regulations
Fleet owner pleads guilty to reincarnating carriers, loan fraud
The DOT Office of Inspector General said Roderick Billingslea committed CARES Act fraud, fraudulently receiving over $500K. Also: TIA updates membership handbook for combating fraud; dealership expands from Illinois to Texas.
April 25, 2024
Regulations
More emissions-delete fines | CARB's new small-fleet electric truck finance effort
CARB's pilot program will offer financing opportunities with lenders for fleets of fewer than 20 trucks. Also: Diesel pickup dealership owner fined over emissions "deletes;" Mack, Volvo using renewable diesel for trucks rolling off assembly line.
April 24, 2024
Regulations
Another state cracks down on predatory towing
Mississippi has enacted a new law that aims to cut down on predatory truck towing in the state, and bans boots and other devices. Also: Senators call on NHTSA to enhance regs around automated driving systems; truck tonnage dipped in March.
April 23, 2024
Overdrive Radio
Larger broker, larger bond: Should surety requirement vary by size?
This Overdrive Radio podcast features small fleet owner Surinder Gill, owed $35,000 by the failed Convoy broker despite efforts to recoup the money. Given his claims alone were nearly half of the $75K broker bond, he suggests new regulatory approach.
April 22, 2024
Life
Compounding violations lead to $19K fine, OOS order, arrest
A truck was found to be 63,000 pounds overweight on an Oregon roadway -- the driver was placed OOS due to visible fatigue and later arrested for continuing to operate. Also: New non-recourse factoring option; new Calif. truck stop inks biodiesel deal.
April 19, 2024
Voices
More 'big rips': Owner-ops flag biggest broker margins they've seen
Debate over brokered-freight transaction transparency never lets up when freight markets are sluggish -- a recent question answered by hundreds of owner-ops revealed the biggest takes they'd seen through the years, and plenty more debate around the issue.
April 18, 2024
Regulations
FMCSA moves on registration-system update
Latest step in the agency's "clean up the bad actors" effort with a new entity registration system: approval sought from the White House OMB to implement a new "FMCSA Registration System (FRS)" to replace the Unified Registration System.
April 18, 2024
Regulations
Lawmakers override guv's veto, clearing autonomous-vehicle path | Long-term I-840 lane closure
The bill, previously vetoed by KY Gov. Andy Beshear, allows autonomous vehicles without a driver to operate in the Bluegrass State. Also: Long-term I-840 lane closure due to bridge strike in TN; spot rates update; FL denied CDL testing flexibility; more.
April 17, 2024
Regulations
Fog-blind trucker hits concrete barrier: Preventable?
2 a.m., and truck driver John Doe was in rain, fog on a tight two-lane highway bounded by concrete barriers. An oncoming truck blinded Doe with high beams, then swerved into his lane. Doe missed the truck, but not the barrier to his right. Preventable?
April 17, 2024
Regulations
Inspectors ask FMCSA to alter inspection report requirements
CVSA wants FMCSA to remove the requirement that carriers return inspection reports to the issuing agency within 15 days certifying that all violations have been corrected, calling the requirement “antiquated and redundant.”
April 17, 2024
Regulations
Trucking groups appeal California court's latest AB 5 decision
Trucking's pursuit of an injunction to block the AB 5 classification rule from applying to trucking was shot down in March. Also: New eRegs app puts FMCSRs at fingertips; FMCSA hosting two-day research forum; new runaway truck ramp in Virginia.
April 16, 2024
Regulations
Small fleet asks for expansion of coil securement waiver | Threat ongoing: Fake safety audit scam
FMCSA previously granted the fleet a waiver to allow alternative steel coil securement. Also: Small fleet owner latest hit by safety-audit phishing scame; intermittent I-475 closures planned Monday; Michigan lifts spring weight restrictions.
April 12, 2024
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