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FMCSA shuts down Tennessee carrier for multiple violations

Overdrive Staff | July 02, 2012

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Friday, June 29, ordered Tennessee-based truck company Three Angels Farms and its owners, Edwin Ayache and Dorian Ayache, to cease all transportation services immediately based on serious safety ...

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Speakout

Overdrive Staff | April 01, 2012

Safety should be priority in scheduling deliveries Freight should move based on safety, not shippers’ priorities for just-in-time and not on unnatural hours of service rules. I’m not sure if carriers are forcing as many loads ...

Dollars & Sense

Taking the per diem deduction

Kevin Rutherford | October 01, 2011

What exactly is per diem? It’s Latin for “per day.” It usually refers to the daily rate of any payment. It also may refer to a specific amount of money that an organization allows an ...

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LogBook

Overdrive Staff | October 01, 2011

Audit delays cross-border plan U.S. transportation officials said they are working to meet a federal audit’s requirements before starting in the next few weeks the cross-border pilot trucking program with Mexico, including monitoring and placing tracking ...

Channel 19

Driver hours changes: Bummer of a proposal?

Todd Dills | December 28, 2010

Expectation among many haulers leading into FMCSA's Dec. 23 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to change drivers' hours of service regulations was that at least some larger degree of sleeper berth flexibility would be reintroduced in ...

CSA'S DATA TRAIL

Inconsistent enforcement: CSA’s heat index

State inspection intensity ratings range from Maryland, where 32 inspections per lane-mile of National Highway System were conducted during CSA's first two year, to Idaho, where only two inspections per lane-mile were done.