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Readers debate New Entrant test
While a majority were positive about FMCSA’s plan to introduce regs testing into the process for obtaining operating authority, questions as to the scope of test questions remained as the second federal listening session on the subject approached.
March 13, 2014
Business
Speed limiter rule coming? DOT report says yes, and could be this year
Joining an already full trucking regulatory docket this year could be a rule that requires trucks to use speed limiters, though what the limited speed may be isn’t known.
March 13, 2014
Channel 19
Driver Bettina Cameron ‘Losing It’, New Entrant test backgrounder
Driver Cameron’s new Facebook page is dedicated to sharing her story — she’s lost 75 pounds while driving over-the-road in just a year — to inspire others. Also: More on the New Entrant testing rulemaking under way.
January 18, 2014
Channel 19
Language of the sleep apnea bill close to becoming law
The text in full of H.R. 3095, a bill to require FMCSA to adopt any sleep apnea/disorder provision in driver’s medical certifications procedures through formal rulemaking.
October 8, 2013
Business
FMCSA scraps old training proposal, embarks on new rulemaking
FMCSA withdraws its 2007 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Entry Level Driver Training in favor of developing another proposal.
September 20, 2013
Channel 19
Why unintended acceleration isn’t a heavy-duty issue
Frenchman Frank Lecerf ‘s Renault auto recently led him on a 125-mph tour of the French coastline when its throttle/brake controls malfunctioned — have you ever had an unintended-acceleration problem?
February 16, 2013
Channel 19
‘The center cannot hold’ — FMCSA’s hours quandary
There is a growing feeling among industry watchers that in order to fully settle the decidedly unsettled regulatory situation surrounding the hours of service, Congress is going to have to legislate a solution. That sentiment has come to me from industry executives, consultants, former regulatory types and, in some senses, drivers. Comments from owner-operators and […]
May 11, 2011
Overdrive Extra
Hours of services changes: Sooner and later
If you have any doubt about whether the bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., are getting the message about needed flexibility in the hours of service revision, worry no longer. I attended part of the fifth hours of service public hearing last week in Louisville, Ky., and the calls for a more sensible approach to sleeper berth […]
March 30, 2010
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