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.BusinessTrucking employment shoots up at year’s endDecember’s total employment figure in the for-hire trucking industry, reported by the DOL as 1.462 million, was just shy of 20,000 jobs higher than December 2014.January 8, 2016Hours of ServiceFMCSA to study hours, sleeper berth flexibility, wants to recruit 200 trucker participantsThe key goal of the research is to determine the safety viability of allowing truckers to split their off-duty time into segments rather than the current requirement that it be 10 consecutive hours or the limited 8/2 split.January 8, 2016Business330-truck fleet sat idle for nearly two weeks while trying to shrug out-of-service orderUpdate, 1/7/16: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced late Thursday, Jan. 7, that it has reinstated Land-Air’s “conditional” rating, allowing the carrier to resume its normal operation. The 340-driver fleet had been idle since Dec. 29.January 7, 2016BusinessE-log noncompliance penalties yet to be determined, FMCSA saysWhat will the punishment be for truckers who fail to comply with the looming electronic logging device mandate? FMCSA is still hammering out those details, it says.January 6, 2016BusinessDaimler announces mass layoff at Freightliner manufacturing plantFreightliner parent company Daimler Trucks North America issued in late December layoff warnings to nearly 1,000 employees at its Cleveland, North Carolina, truck manufacturing plant.January 5, 2016BusinessLast lawsuit against Pilot Flying J in fuel rebate scheme refiled, carrier claims Pilot targeted ‘mom and pop’ carriersWright Transportation out of Mobile filed its suit Dec. 11, 2015, in Mobile County, Alabama, again restating its claims that Pilot intentionally and fraudulently scammed carriers out of tens of millions of dollars in owed fuel rebates.January 4, 2016BusinessTop 10 stories of 2015: ELD mandate, $65k minimum driver pay, inspection blitz effects and moreConcluding the year’s top story countdown — 2015’s biggest stories for owner-operators include a federal ELD mandate, CSA score removal, long-term highway funding, a modernized revamp of a classic tractor and more.December 30, 2015BusinessTop stories of 2015, Part 1: 1970s trucking, owner-operator pay, suicide by truck, med cert changes and moreCounting down the year’s top stories: a look back at the states with the toughest hours enforcement, trucking in the 1970s, the U.S.’ first road-legal autonomous truck, owner-operator pay figures and more.December 29, 2015Hours of ServiceTrucker in Tracy Morgan crash indicted on homicide, assault chargesKevin Roper, the truck driver at the center of the fatal June 2014 tractor-trailer crash involving actor Tracy Morgan, has been indicted on the manslaughter and vehicular homicide charges brought against him in the aftermath of the crash, court records show.December 23, 2015Hours of ServiceRollback of 34-hour restart regs further entrenched by Congressional budget dealFMCSA will have to prove its 2013-implemented rules are better for driver fatigue and highway safety than previous hours rules before they can go back into effect, Congress directs.December 16, 2015Previous PagePage 80 of 190Next PageTop StoriesBusinessGet your 2025 Highway Report Card: Worst roads, state DOTs, parking desertsOverdrive readers graded the 48 continental United States for highway maintenance and expansion, congestion pressure and parking infrastructure, reporting broken suspensions, blown-out tires, high fees and aggressive ticketing from the worst of the worst.BusinessELD-data engagement: Your insurance premiums could depend on itRegulations‘No evidence’ non-domiciled CDLs bad for safety: Lawsuit to block DOT's new ruleBusinessBrokers, parking, emissions regs: Owner-ops' top trucking concernsFeatured SponsorJBL Live Beam 3 - Slim, sleek, and impossibly modern earbuds and Smart Charging Case - Audio Evolution You Can See and Hear
