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Business

I-90 enforcement blitz set for three states this weekend

State troopers kick off Memorial Day weekend with their annual Joint I-90 Traffic Safety Operation by focusing on various traffic violations.

May 23, 2018

Business

CVSA’s new working committee on crash data and investigations aims to establishment fairness, uniform practice

A motorist’s crash that didn’t touch a truck but ended up on a carrier’s record as a fatality because the motorist ended up deceased under the trailer highlights the pursuit of fairness in crash investigation with consistent reporting protocols that is among goals of CVSA’s new working crash committee.

April 27, 2018

Electronic Logging Devices

Use DataQs to contest 395.8(a) violations written for not having an ELD prior to April 1

If you incurred a 395.8(a) prior to April 1 simply for not having an ELD record and you were keeping paper logs, challenge it through the FMCSA DataQs process to remove it from carrier records.

February 21, 2018

Electronic Logging Devices

Not so calm before the ELD storm

Results of the ELD “soft enforcement” period have proved less than gentle for some owner-operators. There’s also evidence of other unresolved issues as the gate opens April 1 for issuing out-of-service orders.

February 20, 2018

Electronic Logging Devices

ELD mandate enforcement, by state

Updating shorter lists that ran in January, this map shows states that have confirmed their ELD-mandate enforcement intentions ahead of April 1, whether they will not be writing citations or leaving it up to the individual inspector.

February 2, 2018

Electronic Logging Devices

Some states aren’t enforcing the ELD mandate yet simply because they can’t

Some states won’t be writing citations or tickets for non compliance with the ELD mandate because, legally, they can’t.

February 1, 2018

Business

More clean inspections: Enforcement change or improved compliance?

Both enforcement-practice changes and, veteran officers suggest, improved operations on the part of truckers are responsible for clean inspections’ recent rise.

December 29, 2017

Business

Many readers feel little change in clean inspections

While more clean inspections overall may well be the reality for inspections recorded in the federal Motor Carrier Management and Information System database, Overdrive’s audience of mostly owner-operators is more skeptical.

December 28, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

ELD-Day: On the ground with enforcement in Kentucky as truckers, officers adjust to new logs reality

Reporting live from the scales on the ELD mandate’s enforcement deadline, Overdrive Senior Editor Todd Dills notes Kentucky personnel are checking e-logs, albeit loosely for some. Overdrive readers on Facebook mostly reported the day was business as usual…

December 18, 2017

Channel 19

How to avoid need for bail money: Richard Miller’s comment of the week (about, well, what else?)

Who says truckers don’t have a sense of humor on the subject of the ELD mandate? … And: Crowd-sourcing state enforcement plans — we’ve heard from some states who won’t be writing ELD noncompliance tickets until April 1, just marking violations. If you’ve heard, what’s your state’s plan?

December 15, 2017

Overdrive Extra

What to expect as ELD mandate takes effect

The rough road to the electronic logging device mandate is close to an end, though it may get more bumpy from here.

December 14, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

ELD ‘panic buying’ as time runs out

Who’s ready? As last-minute preps for the ELD mandate continue for many, some companies try to accommodate panic buys while still other operators plan to wait beyond the Monday, Dec. 18, enforcement date, anticipating soft treatment at roadside.

December 13, 2017