Trucking adds 5,300 jobs in January
Payroll employment in for-hire trucking is up by 51,500, or 4 percent, from January 2011.02.03.12
| Paccar, Navistar and Volvo have deferred shipments of Class 8 vehicles equipped with the faulty part. 02.03.12
| Two years ago, the American Trucking Associations and others filed suit against the state board’s low carbon fuel standard. 02.03.12
| Five texting and cell phone use violations will now contribute the highest (10 points) weighted severity to carriers’ numerical rankings. 02.01.12
| California Air Resources Board had issued a public letter to Navistar saying the company's emissions credits for the engine will expire Feb. ...
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FMCSA adds phone use violations to CSA
February 3, 2012
Five texting and cell phone use violations will now contribute the highest (10 points) weighted severity to carriers’ numerical rankings.
What you may not know about the EOBR bill
January 31, 2012
Since I reported on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's attempts to gain new regulatory authority over interstate drivers relative to the Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) program's now-internal Driver Safety ...
Pulse
January 1, 2012
These stats were gathered by Overdrive’s sister magazine Commercial Carrier Journal from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
Be ready for second year of CSA
December 22, 2011
CSA's first year might have seemed benign to you, but it’s still warming up. Be prepared for a closer acquaintance in 2012.
CSA and Tire Basics
December 1, 2011
Stay out of trouble with the DOT through careful inspections and diligent routine maintenance.
MCSAC to meet on EOBRs, sleep apnea and other topics
November 24, 2011
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee’s next meeting, Dec. 5-8, will include a joint meeting with the agency’s Medical Review Board on the issue of ...
Driver action on sleep apnea, CSA, EOBRs, cross-border trucking
November 23, 2011
Regular readers will recall my post from last month following the first annual Truck Driver Social Media Convention, which spurred on driver advocate Frederick Schaffner to be a presence in ...
Heads-up on new partnership that could change the leasing game
November 17, 2011
This month in Overdrive, I examined a couple different alternatives to traditional leasing models carriers and their advisers are exploring for ways to avoid what some see as long-term growing ...
When burned-out lights glare
November 11, 2011
The top equipment-related violation is lighting, according to a “CSA: One Year Later” panel discussion at the Commercial Carrier Journal Fall Symposium in Phoenix.
CSA system needs improvement, panel says
November 9, 2011
The driver safety fitness rating has been on the backburner but is coming back through the upcoming highway bill.
