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.
LogBook
February 1, 2012
Three compete for Owner-Operator of the Year, cross-border program lawsuits advance, turnpike rates rise, Baltimore bridge tolls rising and many more industry news items are featured.
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 ...
FMCSA medical certificate rule begins
January 30, 2012
Truckers must keep paper copies of their medical examiner’s certificate with them for another two years until Jan. 30, 2014.
Is FMCSA putting back in the air what EPA takes out?
January 30, 2012
New FMCSA rules require truckers to take a 30 minute break. What effect will this have on air quality?
Court sets new FMCSA deadline on recorder motion
January 27, 2012
Court granted extension to Feb. 21 for the FMCSA’s response to the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association’s motion.
Groups want hours of service case dismissed
January 24, 2012
Previous settlement agreement wanted to change 2008 hours of service rule.
FMCSA meeting to address sleep apnea
January 23, 2012
Feb. 6 meeting will finalize recommendations of the joint subcommittee on obstructive sleep apnea.
Rich Wilson’s ‘state of the industry’; and MCSAC apnea update
January 13, 2012
You're likely to remember Rich Wilson (pictured), former owner-operator and current regulatory manager with the Trans Products/Trans Services company, for his part in the Truck Driver Social Media Convention last ...
Focus on health coming
January 12, 2012
Recommendations that could help frame a final rule regulating obstructive sleep apnea are in the works.
