Roadcheck out-of-service rates near historic lows
During the 25th Annual Roadcheck roadside inspections, 22.4 percent of vehicles and 3.9 percent of drivers were placed out of service (OOS). The 74,072 truck and bus inspections were done June 5-7 by members of the ...
Hours, EOBRs: Adapt or fight?
My top-challenges feature in this month's Overdrive edition saw a discussion of the unsettled hours rules and the growing presence (and possible eventual mandate) for electronic logs that was heavy on difference in approach. Some operators, ...
Landry questions White House integrity on EOBRs
In a hearing before the Small Business Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this week whose title was a markedly direct question -- "Is FMCSA's CSA program driving small businesses off the road?" ...
10 problems with EOBRs
E.F. McHenry, commenting on this post about trucking division on the subject of electronic onboard recorders for hours of service compliance, offered these 10 problems he saw with FMCSA's intention to pursue an EOBR mandate ...
Speak out today in EOBR session
If you've not taken the opportunity to tell the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration your thoughts on just how electronic onboard recorders for hours-of-service monitoring are or will be used in the industry, today is ...
Driver turnover decreases slightly in fourth quarter
After a year of quarterly increases, the turnover rate for truck drivers at large truckload fleets dipped one percentage point to an annualized rate of 88 percent, the American Trucking ...
ATA, TCA challenge hours rule
In a filing March 15 with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the American Trucking Associations identified four areas where it argues the Obama administration’s recent hours-of-service rule falls short ...
Groups sue over hours rule
Highway safety groups along with two unidentified truck drivers filed suit Friday, Feb. 24, seeking judicial review of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s most recent hours of service rule. Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, ...
CSA'S DATA TRAIL
Inconsistent enforcement: Insist on inspection, not citation
The way the DataQs challenge system is working suggests conventional wisdom about citations and CSA scores is flawed, with the issue of unfinished clean inspections looming larger for carriers looking to improve CSA scores.
Bypass systems reduce inspection likelihood
How to DataQ: 9 tips
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Yesterday's hours hearing in the House saw reps wondering over FMCSA's one-size-fits-all hours approach: http://t.co/p06h1lhuHM
