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Tag: rules

Business
News roundup, May 26: Updated HOS regs to take effect late Sept.; two new rules on PPP loan forgiveness
FMCSA’s hours of service changes will be published June 1 and will take effect Sept. 29. SBA and Treasury issue two rules offering guidance of loan forgiveness for borrowers and lenders in the PPP program. Mack Trucks recently donated 500 pieces of PPE that the company manufactured at its Lehigh Valley Operations plant in Macungie, Pennsylvania.
May 26, 2020
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1099 company drivers? Don’t need an ‘ABC test’ for that
Want to cut the skirting of self-employment tax, enhance employee protections offered by workers comp and unemployment insurance required of most bona fide employers? Enforcing previous, more nuanced independent contractor tests on the books should do that job just as well as any so-called ‘ABC test.’
January 29, 2020
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Business
The decline of human civilization began with ‘safety concerns’
“Hey y’all, guess what? You can pump your own gasoline in Oregon now. Legally, even.” … How ‘safety’ was used to justify retention of the self-service ban over the years …
January 3, 2018
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Business
DOT issues rule to require truck passengers to wear seat belts, hold truckers accountable
The agency’s rule will “hold motor carriers and drivers responsible” for making sure passengers in their trucks wear seat belts, the agency says. The rule will take effect Aug. 8.
June 7, 2016
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Business
Owner-operators, industry groups weigh in on proposed Safety Fitness Determination rule
The resounding sentiment from most that submitted comments on the rule was that the FMCSA is getting ahead of itself by issuing the rulemaking before the Compliance, Safety, Accountability Safety Measurement System has been reviewed and its problems worked out.
June 1, 2016
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Business
DOT rule to implement new carrier rating system published, FMCSA seeking comment
FMCSA has published a proposed rule that would reform the way it rates carriers and determines their overall safety fitness to operate, and the agency is accepting public comment on the proposal for 60 days.
January 21, 2016
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Business
FMCSA issues rule proposal to tie safety rating directly to inspections, violations
Another month, another major rule proposed by FMCSA: The SFD rule would revamp the three-tier safety rating program to incorporate roadside inspection/violation data in addition to investigations and update monthly.
January 15, 2016
The agency has established an online SFD calculator through which motor carriers can test how the rule would affect them with their own data.
Business
Merry Christmas to the rat king
“Dear FMCSA, Happy holidays, from a small business trucking family!” …
December 18, 2015
Fun fact, per Wikipedia: “Rat kings involve a number of rats intertwined at their tails, which become stuck together with, for instance, blood, dirt, ice, horse-hair, or feces—or simply knotted. The animals reputedly grow together while joined at the tails.”
Voices
At least 30 hours behind the wheel: Pre-CDL driver-training rulemaking committee issues ‘consensus’ recommendation
Two dissenting votes on the committee — from NASTC and ATA — open the door for FMCSA to not pursue an training rulemaking, but signs suggest that they will.
June 17, 2015
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Hours of Service
Results: Perfecting the ‘hours of service wish list’
With the hours of service rule continuing to dominate the national trucking-safety conversation, readers weigh in with a top-five of hours of service wish list items, change ideas to improve safety.
June 10, 2015
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Business
One ring to get you suspended
“I get the concern with threats… I do not, however, get why suspending a fourth grade kid for telling his classmate he was going to ‘render him invisible with the One Ring’ is OK.”
February 4, 2015
Books and reading
Business
Safety will be the death of us
“Progress of the species is retarded when there is no failure. You can’t keep someone safe from themselves: no matter how many rules you impose, there are human beings out there who will continue to test the limits. “
March 26, 2014
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