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Electronic Logging Devices
Though states are already taking up ELD regs for intrastate haulers, Alliance pushes for state legislative action
The Trucking Alliance has issued a policy statement calling for state legislatures in all states to pass laws requiring intrastate drivers to use an ELD.
July 24, 2018
Business
As feds drag feet on driver drug testing updates, carrier group presses for larger reforms
Urine and hair testing are both reliable indicators of drug use, but different in their detection windows. Find out more on Overdrive.
July 10, 2018
Business
Carrier coalition pushes for required hair sample drug tests for driver applicants
Trucking Alliance pushes Congress for hair sample testing despite the Department of Health and Human Services lack of guidelines following the 2015 FAST Act.
May 8, 2018
Voices
Between cynicism and hope: Readers, associations weigh in on ramifications of CSA study
While many readers were cynical about the entire project, associations from OOIDA to ATA were hopeful that the National Academiesâ CSA revision recommendations would be taken seriously by the FMCSA.
June 30, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Trucking groups take ELD fight directly to DOT boss
With time waning on the issue, OOIDA still hopes to convince the courts or regulators to kill the U.S. DOTâs electronic logging device mandate before the Dec. 18 deadline for compliance. One of its most recent tactics has sparked a competition for the attention of the head of the DOT herself, Secretary Elaine Chao.
April 21, 2017
Business
Notes on not choosing from the list of losers
âThereâs some âsplaininâ to do, Lucy, about why the guys who leave MRI machines in people are being touted as safety advocates.â âŚ
April 15, 2017
Business
Trump âgravitatedâ to truckers in meeting; no mention of hours, ELDs
Outside of the pre-determined topic of healthcare reform, little else was discussed. The group talked infrastructure funding briefly, but avoided such topics as hours of service reform and the electronic logging device mandate.
March 27, 2017
Business
The biggest little voice in trucking
How self-styled safety-advocacy groups won over the federal government, and some trucking interests themselves, to influence trucking regulation.
September 6, 2016
Business
FMCSA: Current insurance minimums for carriers âinadequate,â new rule coming
The current $750,000 minimum liability insurance required to be held by carriers is too low, said the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration this week, and the agency plans to create a rule upping that minimum.
April 22, 2014
Business
House bill would increase trucking insurance minimum by millions
A bill referred to the Houseâs transportation committee last week would raise the minimum insurance required by trucking companies from $750,000 to $4,422,000.
July 23, 2013
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