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Channel 19

Martinez heard the message — +flexibility — now will his agency deliver?

To cap the week, here’s a celebration of the spirit of a system in which we can all at least participate by speaking freely. Views on and hopes for the impending hours revision hammer home the central message of a majority of haulers. In the words of one reader: “Quit stalling. Get some relief for us.”

July 5, 2019

Overdrive Extra

When changing freight lanes, don’t forget to think differently, too

Quick-changing freight conditions affect carriers large and small, and faster than they ever did before as tech greases the change skids. The people who are going to adjust best, as has always been the case, will be independent thinkers with high-level critical thinking skills in the toolbox.

May 23, 2019

Hours of Service

FMCSA officially confirms it’s proceeding with proposal for hours of service overhaul

The head of the FMCSA confirmed that the agency is planning to propose a rule to overhaul hours of service regulations. Learn more here on Overdrive Online.

February 26, 2019

Channel 19

Hopeful and careful-what-you-wish-for dynamics in reader commentary in wake of FMCSA’s hours moves

Everybody's favorite subject of debate -- the hours of service rule -- has engendered plenty among Overdrive's mostly owner-operator readers.

September 4, 2018

Hours of Service

FMCSA wants feedback on hours of service reforms around 14-hour rule, split sleeper, 30-minute break

The FMCSA needs feedback pertaining to extending drivers' 14-hour daily limit, split sleeper, 30-minute break requirement, and short-haul drivers' hours.

August 21, 2018

Hours of Service

Hours of service ‘pre-rule’ filed to White House by FMCSA

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration wants White House approval to publish a "pre-rule" regarding hours of service regulations.

August 16, 2018

Channel 19

Rolling your 14: How to do an 8/2 or 2/8 sleeper-berth split

Here's a hypothetical series of logs from T. Dills Trucking leading into the current day that might help illustrate the process. Check it out on Overdrive.

July 26, 2018

Channel 19

Petition for rulemaking to allow split-sleeper options with at least a three-hour break

The FMCSA seems to be moving toward a change of the split-sleeper variety following a study whose roots date back to 2014. Get more details on Overdrive Online.

July 10, 2018

Hours of Service

FMCSA to ask White House to clear split sleeper berth pilot program

The agency Friday said it plans to file its research plan with the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, who must approve the study before the agency proceeds. The move is the latest step toward potential revision of hours of service regs to add long-wanted flexibility for truck operators.

October 27, 2017

Channel 19

Livestock haulers’ efforts to secure hours changes in light of ELD mandate, stalled

“We’re 100 percent dependent on road transportation of our cattle. Take that away from us and we’re back to cattle drives.” –Tim O’Byrne of the American Cattle Transporters Advisory Group, a coalition hoping to liberalize split-berth/14-hour regs for livestock haulers in light of ELD mandate.

February 17, 2017

Channel 19

More than a typo? Split sleeper wishful thinking

Trans Products / Trans Services Regulatory Manager Rich Wilson, during a break between sessions of the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee meeting in Alexandria, Va., early this month, pointed out a couple curious problems with the medical forms some states are using. One, he pointed out, defined stage 3 hypertension as a blood pressure reading […]

February 23, 2012