James JailletJames Jaillet was Randall-Reilly's executive editor of trucking, focusing on coverage of business and regulatory updates and trucking industry trends for the Commercial Carrier Journal and Overdrive, until the Spring of 2021.Custom RigsArchived: Lil’ Ray’s ‘Wicked’ 3892015 Pete shows off owner’s wild sideJanuary 25, 2019BusinessAs per diem benefit sunsets for company drivers, carriers find a work-around and OOIDA asks Congress to actSwept away with new tax code enacted in late 2017 was the allowance for company drivers to take the per diem income deduction. Carriers are altering pay packages to help account for the change, while OOIDA is asking Congress to restore the tax benefit.January 25, 2019Hours of ServiceThough FMCSA operations unaffected, shutdown could delay hours of service revisionsAgency officials hinted in December that a notice of proposed rulemaking offering potential revisions to federal hours regs could come as early as March. But the lingering closure of federal agencies will impede FMCSA’s ability to proceed with the rulemaking process, the official said.January 16, 2019BusinessSupreme Court’s arbitration ruling focuses on ‘one-man, one-truck’ operationsThe Supreme Court’s arbitration agreement ruling on Tuesday is somewhat narrow in the questions it answered, but it most directly affects single-truck, interstate owner-operator set-ups, says transportation attorney Braden Core.January 16, 2019BusinessSupreme Court sides with trucker in arbitration clause caseIn an 8-0 decision issued Tuesday, the nation’s high court sided with owner-operator Dominic Oliveira over his carrier, Prime Inc. The court ruled that legal disputes between carriers and independent contractors cannot be forced into arbitration.January 15, 2019BusinessHouse clears DOT funding bill that maintains ELD waiver for livestock haulersLivestock and bee haulers have been allowed to run on paper logs and without an ELD since the mandate took effect in December 2017. However, the bill faces strong headwinds in ultimately becoming law, as lawmakers and President Trump square off over funding for a wall along the southern border.January 11, 2019BusinessThough growth will slow, 2019 freight outlook remains positive, analysts sayMajor freight-producing sectors like manufacturing and construction remain stable, as do broader economic indicators like employment and retail spending, they said. “We don’t anticipate a significant pullback from 2018” freight demand, said FTR’s Eric Starks. “The key freight drivers remain fundamentally strong, even if growth does start to abate.”January 10, 2019BusinessAccount of ‘catfished’ trucker a grave reminder to be leery of online romance scamsThe woeful tale of Georgia-based truck driver tricked into wiring more than $25,000 to someone he’d met on FacebookJanuary 9, 2019VoicesGrease distribution: Easy, neat and quickThe first in Overdrive’s new monthly “Highway hacks” series details owner-operator and 50-year trucking vet Gordon Alkire’s system of hoses and aluminum blocks engineered with guidance from a fellow trucker more than a half-decade ago to keep his back off the ground — and his history free of citations for excess grease.January 8, 2019Electronic Logging DevicesNew York won’t issue ELD citations until state adopts ruleThe state of New York has not been issuing citations to carriers or drivers for not using an electronic logging device, the state’s supreme court confirmed in a decision issued on New Year’s Eve. Such citations for non-compliance with the ELD mandate will not be issued until the state adopts the U.S. DOT’s ELD rule into its own regulations.January 7, 2019Previous PagePage 18 of 190Next PageTop StoriesBusinessELD-data engagement: Your insurance premiums could depend on itMore and more, insurers work with small fleets and owner-ops' ELD systems to capture telematics data as a window on driving behavior, with potential to save on insurance costs. Engaging with the data yourself could be revealing about your own or your drivers' habits, noted one small fleet consultant, presenting opportunity to actively improve.Regulations‘No evidence’ non-domiciled CDLs bad for safety: Lawsuit to block DOT's new ruleBusinessBrokers, parking, emissions regs: Owner-ops' top trucking concernsSmall Fleet ChampTFX, Oberman come out on top: Overdrive's 2025 Small Fleet ChampsFeatured SponsorHowes
