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Tag: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
Business
ATRI looking for driver feedback on CSA
TheAmerican Transportation Research Institute is surveying drivers about their reactions to CSA.
April 7, 2012
Business
Mexican carrier found in violation of leasing regs
A Mexican carrier was found in violation of U.S. leasing laws pertaining to Mexican carriers, FMCSA said.
February 8, 2012
Business
Ruling bans handheld phones for truckers Jan. 3
A ruling was issued Wednesday banning commercial truckers from using handheld phones while driving.
December 2, 2011
Channel 19
‘Medically certified’ — join us for radio show Wednesday to probe driver health regs
At 7 p.m. Eastern time tomorrow evening (Wed., June 22) I’ll join Truth About Trucking Live hosts Allen & Donna Smith as well as my colleague Max Kvidera for a special show probing the issues raised by the current, June Truckers News cover story Kvidera and I penned about state and federal regs for driver […]
June 21, 2011
Channel 19
Driver accountability under CSA: a video talk with owner-operator Robert Shumate
I met Robert Shumate researching my two-part feature on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program, in the April and May editions of Overdrive. In the vid, selected from the in-person portion of our interview, conducted at the Rush Truck Centers location in Nashville where Shumate had stopped in on his way […]
May 26, 2011
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
Channel 19
Ferro on detention: ‘Shippers should be held accountable.’
If you missed the open call the Trucking Solutions Group’s member owner-operators held with FMCSA administrator Anne Ferro last week, you missed a lot. The wide-ranging conversation ran the gamut of topics from cross-border trucking to hours and detention concerns. About the last of which, it was heartening to hear, Ferro noted that she in […]
May 10, 2011
Channel 19
Open call Wed. with Anne Ferro hosted by Trucking Solutions Group
Rick Ash, chairman of the driver/owner-operator-led Trucking Solutions Group — with members ranging from such Channel 19 familiar faces Jeff Clark (Truckers News Marathon Trucker columnist), Henry Albert (Overdrive‘s 2007 Trucker of the Year) and Linda Caffee (team expedited hauler with her husband, Bob) — reports the TSG will host a call tomorrow, Wed., May […]
May 3, 2011
Business
Smartphone app allows drivers to comment to FMCSA
TripPak Mobile now offers drivers the chance to submit comments to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration about its proposed Hours of Service rules.
February 23, 2011
Overdrive Extra
OMG! SaDIP my dataQ
The CSA 2010 webcast assaulted listeners with more acronyms per square inch than is legal under EPA or OSHA regs.
December 17, 2009
Business
LogBook
Consumer, safety and labor groups have petitioned a federal court for permission to pursue a third round of litigation to overturn the hours of service rule.
October 1, 2009
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