James Jaillet

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James 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.
Business
Trucking dropped 3,600 jobs in September, Labor Dept. says
The transportation and warehousing sector as a whole lost 9,000 jobs in September. Manufacturing lost 13,000 jobs, while the construction industry added 23,000 jobs. The retail trade sector added 22,000 jobs.
October 7, 2016
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Business
ATA calls speed limiter mandate proposal flawed, says it won’t support rule as published
The American Trucking Associations Oct. 6 released a statement saying it does not support the recent speed limiter mandate proposal issued by the U.S. DOT. The trucking lobbyist’s stance comes despite its request to the DOT for such a rule, pointing to the DOT’s lack of a fully formed proposal as reason why.
October 6, 2016
The DOT is accepting public comment on its speed limiter mandate proposal until Nov. 7. Click here to file a formal comment.
Business
Report: Speed limiter usage already prevalent among large fleets
More than 85 percent of fleet respondents in a recent survey their fleet’s trucks are equipped with speed limiters, according to a survey performed this year by the American Transportation Research Institute.
October 6, 2016
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Business
Van, flatbed rates flat in September, reefer rates tumble
Per-mile rates on the spot market remain well below levels seen in 2014 and 2015, as diesel prices fell off and freight slowed.
October 5, 2016
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Business
DOT wants zero traffic deaths within next 30 years, announces ‘Road to Zero’ coalition
Road to Zero partners hope to accelerate the development of advanced vehicle technologies, the DOT says, along with addressing infrastructure challenges of both today and the coming decades.
October 5, 2016
“Our vision is simple – zero fatalities on our roads,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.
Pride & Polish
2016 GATS Best of Show winner, Builders Bobtail: The next ‘Project’
The crew out of Triple R Diesel’s Texas Chrome Shop showed its latest highly custom build for the first time at GATS, culminating more than a year-long venture that Texas Chrome’s Roland Mendez says “sets a new bar” for the company’s show rigs.
October 5, 2016
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Business
Owner-ops can preview altered CSA scores based on FMCSA’s proposed changes
Changes to intervention thresholds, BASIC ratings, crash figures and more are on deck, FMCSA says, and carriers can preview the changes to their own SMS ratings here…
October 4, 2016
Bye-bye alert triangle | This mock SMS drilldown on FMCSA’s SMS Preview site shows how the threshold changes impact carriers above the current 80 percent threshold but below the proposed 90 percent threshold.
Pride & Polish
2016 GATS Best of Show winner, Limited-Mileage Bobtail: The Premier 359
Owner-operator Kary Bryce of Sibley, La., founded his fleet in 1988 with a single Peterbilt 359. He’s always had 359s running in his operation, now at 116 trucks, he says. What’s now Bryce’s most-famed 359 he bought in 1996.
October 4, 2016
Best of Show, Limited-Mileage Combo | Marty Colvin’s 1986 Peterbilt 359 and 2016 Etnyre Tanker
Pride & Polish
2016 GATS Best of Show winner, Working Bobtail: Equipment hauler’s dream
Boullion’s showed the Pete for four straight years at GATS, never thinking he’d pick up the coveted Best of Show nod. “It was a shock,” he says. “I still pinch myself. It’s something I’d never thought I’d even get.”
October 3, 2016
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Hours of Service
34-hour restart clarification misses another funding bill
Congress passed Wednesday a short-term spending bill to keep the government funded through Dec. 9. Though the stopgap spending law wards off a government shutdown, the bill did not include a provision to clarify the future of hours of service rules pertaining to truckers’ use of a 34-hour restart.
September 29, 2016
The 34-hour restart could be nixed from the books if Congress doesn’t act. Without Congressional action, 2013 rules regarding the 34-hour restart could also be made permanent.
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Custom Rigs
The ‘Maximum Overdrive’-themed 1999 Western Star that made a marriage
Owner-operator Jackie Baggett sees his "Green Goblin" 1999 Western Star 4964EX as more than a work truck. The rig served a solemn duty as starting point of a relationship that led to his marriage. The truck today hauls oversize freight for Ace Doran.
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Regulations
DOT reveals the real reason it's pushing out 200,000 non-domiciled CDL drivers
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