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Marijuana legalization, trucking, and the future of drug testing
Marijuana legalization, or at least decriminalization, is picking up steam. Further moves might reshape the future of drug testing in trucking altogether.
May 9, 2024
Questions surround liability insurance hike in New Jersey
The state is doubling the liability insurance minimum required effective July 1, but its applicability to out-of-state carriers is uncertain. Also: Can we get a Spring freight season?; FMCSA denies request for under-21 pilot program flexibility; more.
May 8, 2024
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March 15, 2024
Roadcheck rolls next week: Insight from last week's rapid-fire CVSA Q&A
Will inspectors drug test drivers roadside? What are the new OOS criteria? Which states are the toughest for Roadcheck? These questions, and more, answered here.
May 8, 2024
Regulations
Bill would put new monitoring on USPS trucking contractors | I-17 closures, detour info
Bill sponsors said USPS needs more oversight over contractors following reports of fatalities, injuries. The bill's reporting requirement raises redundancy questions with the CSA SMS. Also: FMCSA extends Baltimore emergency; I-17 closures upcoming.
May 7, 2024
Life
'Our Roads, Our Safety' Week under way with FMCSA | I-95 back open fully
The weeklong campaign aimed at boosting share-the-road safety among professional drivers and motorists comes one week prior to the kickoff of CVSA's Roadcheck inspection blitz. Also, ICYMI: I-95 reopens after damaged-bridge demo, cleanup.
May 6, 2024
Regulations
Feds changing marijuana regs: What truckers need to know
Federal marijuana rules will likely change near-term for most people, but don't listen to the rumors: It isn't, and won't, be legal for CDL holders.
May 6, 2024
Regulations
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
Business
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
Life
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
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Renewable diesel, not electric, key to cutting trucking emissions: Report
A new report from ATRI found a new type of diesel was better environmentally, operationally, and financially than a wholesale conversion to electric trucks. Plus, renewable diesel is "happening today," and producers are scaling up.
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