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News roundup, Oct. 30: FBI seeks missing-person help; FMCSA IT faces scrutiny; another ELD small-fleet exemption application and suspension petition; Uber Freight expands to Canada
FBI seeks information on missing 14-year-old from Virginia. SBTC group seeking ELD exemption, suspensions. Freight-matching brokerage Uber Freight announced Wednesday it is expanding into Canada, with both domestic and cross-border load options available, the company says. Also, DOTâs Inspector General has opened an audit into the security of FMCSAâs IT infrastructure.
October 30, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
FMCSA denies request to exempt small carriers from ELD mandate
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has denied a request from the Small Business in Transportation Coalition that sought to exempt trucking companies with 50 or fewer employees from the electronic logging device mandate.
July 16, 2019
Business
Memorial event, convoy to honor Burt Reynolds
The Small Business in Transportation Coalition has planned a memorial event & convoy to honor Burt Reynolds on Sept. 29-30, 2018. Get the details on Overdrive.
September 19, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
Comment period on ELD exemption request for small carriers ends Monday
The comment period was set to end on July 5, but "a technical difficulty" didn't allow comments for several days which prompted the extended the deadline.
July 11, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
Comments due Thursday on application to exempt small carriers from ELD mandate
The Small Business in Transportation Coalition filed a petition with the FMCSA, asking to exempt trucking companies with
July 2, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
Group requests ELD waiver for small carriers
The Small Business in Transportation Coalition has asked the FMCSA to waive the required use of ELDs for small carriers, which includes owner-operators.
June 4, 2018
Business
Amid driver shootings, SBTC group promotes Sept. 5 as âDay without a truckerâ
The groupâs head, James Lamb, notes 400 or more truckers have committed to participating in a D.C. parade, and others plan to shut down in solidarity. Lamb himself remains under an FTC suit against two businesses for deceptive marketing practices, to which heâs countersued.
August 28, 2017
Voices
Soft-target terrorism: Readers favor enforcement of existing gun laws
In wake of the San Bernardino terrorist attack, 56 percent of readers urged no change in gun laws. Meanwhile, efforts around âMikeâs Lawâ for a national commercial carry permit continue.
January 13, 2016
Channel 19
The rest: Tying the knot on 2014
The third and final part of the Channel 19 2014 year in review, threading the needle through the most-read posts to the blog, here with an emphasis on rates and pay, parking and more.
December 30, 2014
Channel 19
Good samaritan trucker shot at roadside to spark âMikeâs Lawâ talk
On the Truth About Trucking program Thursday at 5 p.m. Central Standard Time, Randy Tomblin will be interviewed. The trucker in September of 2006 was shot during what he initially thought was a good-Samaritan stop.
December 16, 2014
Voices
âMikeâs Lawâ: National âbusiness carryâ draft language and reader reaction
The Small Business in Transportation Coalitionâs petition to Congress for a federal âbusiness carryâ program for interstate drivers had garnered 1,423 signatures as of this morning, and SBTC had drafted text of potential âenabling legislationâ and filed it with Congressional representatives.
September 26, 2014
Parking
Petition circulated on âright to carryâ for driver self-defense
A new âright to carryâ petition is being circulated by SBTCâs James Lamb. Itâs collecting signatures in an attempt to demonstrate that thereâs support for easing many interstate driversâ ability to legally travel with firearms.
August 28, 2014
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