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.Hours of ServiceU.S. Senate passes bill that could change hours of service regulationsThe two outcomes are (1) return to 2013-enacted rules governing truckers’ 34-hour restarts or (2) a return to 2011 restart rules, albeit with a new 73-hour cap on the amount of hours truck drives can remain on duty in a seven day period. But the bill faces an uphill climb in the House and a veto threat by President Obama.May 19, 2016Hours of ServiceMove in Senate would restore 2013’s 34-hour restart rules, require 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. periodsThe saga to”fix” 34-hour restart regs continues: A Senate measure filed this week would again require truckers’ 34-hour restart to include two 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. periods and limit the restart’s use to once a week. The amendment was filed Tuesday, the same day the House released a plan to permanently nix the 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. requirement.May 18, 2016Hours of ServiceHouse bill restores 2011 hours of service rules, kills Safety Fitness Determination rulemakingThe measure does not tie the changes to the 34-hour restart study currently being conducted by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, a departure from trucking-specific provisions cleared by Congress in recent years.May 17, 2016Electronic Logging DevicesFMCSA declines to file response to motion asking Supreme Court to hear ELD lawsuitThe latest on the renegade effort (of sorts) by trucker William Trescott to intervene in the OOIDA-brought lawsuit seeking to strike down the DOT’s electronic logging device mandate. Trescott this month asked the Supreme Court to take up the matter.May 16, 2016EquipmentNew food hauling regulations up the need for clean equipment, lawyer saysPertaining to new regulations handed down last month by the FDA for food haulers, shippers will now be in charge of setting cleanliness guidelines for truckers and their equipment and could turn trucks away without loads if they fail to meet previously agreed to requirements, says one transportation focused lawyer.May 13, 2016EquipmentVolvo hit record marketshare in 2015, automated transmission take rate at 88 percentVolvo Trucks’ North American boss, Goran Nyberg, and Volvo Trucks global head Claess Nilsson met with industry press Wednesday to talk coming emissions regulations, the company’s record market share in 2015 and platooning and automated technology.May 12, 2016Electronic Logging DevicesTrucker files motion asking Supreme Court to take up ELD lawsuitFollowing a legal motion made last month by a Swift company driver, the Supreme Court is scheduled to make a decision this week on whether it may hear OOIDA’s lawsuit against the DOT’s ELD mandate.May 9, 2016BusinessHouse members tell FMCSA to halt carrier rating rule until CSA’s fixedA group of 36 members in the U.S. House have sent a letter to the Federal Motor Carrier Administration’s top dog, Acting Administrator Scott Darling, urging him and his agency to halt work on its new Safety Fitness Determination carrier rating system pending the FAST Act-required reforms to the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program.May 5, 2016Electronic Logging DevicesOOIDA expects ruling on ELD mandate by year’s endThe Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association says it expects the courts to rule by year’s end on whether or not to uphold a DOT rule to require truckers to use electronic logging devices to track hours of service.May 4, 2016Overdrive ExtraRearview: Tool of the tradeBefitting the CB’s repute of the era, Overdrive each month in the late 1970s published an entire section devoted to CBs, associated equipment, articles about truckers using CBs to chase on-the-run criminals and more.May 4, 2016Previous PagePage 72 of 190Next PageTop StoriesTrucker of the YearKelsey, Penn, Shelly: Overdrive's 2025 Trucker of the Year finalistsDown to the wire in 2025, it's due time to celebrate what's been a year full of inspiring stories of triumph over adversity for Overdrive's Trucker of the Year contenders. Big congrats to all 10 competitors in the field, and especially this year's finalists, three independents at the top of their owner-operator business game.Custom RigsNorth Carolina lumber hauler's 1,000-hp 2000 Pete 379Overdrive RadioRed Arrow Christmas convoy rolls strong over first three yearsRegulationsFMCSA pins 'CDL mills' problem on self-certification: Are owner-ops to blame?Featured SponsorBlueParrott S650-XT Bluetooth Headset
