EOBR debated over driver harassment
The harassment issue may be the key consideration for the FMCSA, which aims to devise a rule that mandates electronic logging devices.02.08.12
| FMCSA ordered U & D Service to immediately shut down after discovering the company was using drivers who did not possess valid ...
02.07.12
| Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks were using the same brake component that affected production of Navistar and Volvo Group trucks. 02.07.12
| The reopened lane of I-40 West is near the Tennessee-North Carolina border. 02.07.12
| The Peterbilt 587 SmartWay conventional tractor won in the heavy-duty division. hours of service
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Amendment defeats heavier trucks
February 1, 2012
A bipartisan amendment to require a study of the impact of heavier truck weight limits was approved.
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?
Groups want hours of service case dismissed
January 24, 2012
Previous settlement agreement wanted to change 2008 hours of service rule.
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 ...
Intent v. interpretation: Questions raised by new hours rule
January 6, 2012
The intent is not living up to the interpretation of language in the hours of service final rule, Rich Wilson of Trans Products / Trans Services told me this morning.
Just ...
Stiff wind to pay the toll: The 2011 Channel 19 year in review
January 1, 2012
What better way to start the new year than with a look back on the previous? I did it last year, after all, so let's make it a tradition, how ...
FMCSA’s hours rule justification includes, well, guess who…
December 29, 2011
You can imagine my surprise yesterday when, just as I'm perusing portions of the new hours rule's full text in preparation for a story or two I'm putting together for ...
Groups plan Stand Up for Trucking day Feb. 1
December 15, 2011
Shippers and carriers are working collectively so Congressional representatives understand how trucking contributes to the country’s well-being.
FTR Shippers Conditions Index up in October
December 15, 2011
FTR described the current environment for shippers as stable through early next year.
Angry about trucking? Occupy your business
December 4, 2011
You might have noticed the powers that be are not striving to make your work environment more trouble-free next year.
A new, and likely more restrictive, hours of service rule is ...

