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Channel 19
Hours of service pop quiz: Can you haul 77 hours in 7 days?
Reaching for a low-hanging-fruit example to shock the conscience, HOS legal challengers, following FMCSA's denial of their petition, made this basic mistake.
September 24, 2020
Overdrive Extra
Time to get tougher on the motoring publicâs distraction
Is it time to treat distraction behind the wheel among the motoring public as tough as DUI? Clifford Peterson suggests trucking organizations would do well to team up with insurers to at the very least increase penalties for motoristsâ distraction, to combat whatâs clearly a safety problem.
August 15, 2019
Business
Fines for trucking regs violations increased
The DOT, in order to find the 2019 adjustment amount, had to multiply the penalty amount by the percentage change between the October 2018 Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the October 2017 CPI-U, which this year was 1.02522.
July 30, 2019
Voices
Roadcheck preps: âBusiness as usualâ for many owner-ops, though questions about roadside approach remain
Preps for Roadcheck by Overdrive readers include a variety of equipment inspections and third-party checks, plus just âbusiness as usualâ for the largest share â the nearly as large number of recent poll respondents who noted they scheduled vacation highlights how many view the cat-and-mouse approach to roadside inspections, as little more than a nuisance.
May 31, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Weighing ECM retune options, or full-on emissions defeats, with enforcement risk
In this edition of Overdrive Radio, I went in-depth my colleague James Jaillet about his reporting on the EPAâs increasing willingness to wield the enforcement sword around heavy-duty emissions modifications, and what owner-operators should weigh when thinking about ECM retunes. Also: owner-op Dean DeSantis on improving OEM emisisons tech.
December 14, 2018
Business
DOT raises fines for violating trucking regs
A final rule that published in the Federal Register today, Nov. 27, makes the new fine amounts effective immediately. The 2015 Act required FMCSA and other DOT agencies to issue an initial âcatch-upâ adjustment, followed by annual adjustments for inflation.
November 27, 2018
Business
Truckers getting fined for ignoring I-77 detour in West Virginia
Truckers traveling I-77 northbound in West Virginia, be sure to take the commercial truck detour or risk being ticketed by state troopers in the area.
May 23, 2018
Business
Bill to establish $25,000 penalty for operating a CARB-noncompliant glider under consideration in California
The legislation, numbered AB 2364 in the California General Assembly and put forward with support of the state trucking association, moved out of the Committee on Transportation with no dissenting votes on Monday, April 23, with a âdo passâ recommendation.
April 26, 2018
Channel 19
How to avoid need for bail money: Richard Millerâs comment of the week (about, well, what else?)
Who says truckers donât have a sense of humor on the subject of the ELD mandate? ⌠And: Crowd-sourcing state enforcement plans â weâve heard from some states who wonât be writing ELD noncompliance tickets until April 1, just marking violations. If youâve heard, whatâs your stateâs plan?
December 15, 2017
Channel 19
The âELD money grabâ we wonât print
And: Texas House rep uses the #ELDorME hastag in House-floor plea for a 90-day ELD extension.
December 14, 2017
Channel 19
âIt just keeps happening in the Notchâ: Truckers, beware Vermont route 108
The notorious Smugglerâs Notch route continues to snare tractor-trailers blindly following GPS despite recent 20x fine increases â says a reader familiar withthe area: âAny large vehicleâ attempting the route, âespecially any tractor trailer, is doomed.â
October 30, 2017
Business
FMCSA increases fines for regs violations
The U.S. DOT has increased fines across the board for violations of federal trucking regulations, it announced Wednesday.
April 11, 2017
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