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.BusinessATRI: Crash fault weighting in CSA could help carrier ratingsImplementing some form of crash accountability — that is, not dinging carriers for crashes they couldn’t prevent — in the federal Compliance, Safety, Accountability carrier ranking/scoring program could have a significant impact on carriers’ rankings within the system, concludes the American Transportation Research Institute.November 10, 2015BusinessRates dip again in October: Charts on van, reefer, flatbed trendsThis is the third straight month all three segments have seen a decline in their national averages. Rates have been trending down since hitting record highs last summer. Here are the latest numbers for reefer, dry van and flatbed rates.November 10, 2015BusinessFMCSA’s entry-level driver training rule moves a step closer to publicationThe rule likely will require at least 30 hours of behind-the-wheel training time, establish a registry of driver training providers and establish certified curricula for CDL applicants.November 9, 2015BusinessFor-hire trucking industry employment grew by 400 jobs in OctoberOctober’s small rise comes after a loss of several 3,200 jobs in September. The latter figure, however, was downwardly revised from the October-released preliminary figures.November 6, 2015BusinessHouse passes CSA-stripping highway bill; legislation would expand driver drug testing, implement carrier ‘hiring standards’The U.S. House of Representatives passed by a 363-64 vote Thursday, Nov. 4, a multi-year highway bill that would strip the DOT’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program of its publicly available carrier rankings and require regulators to rework the program.November 5, 2015BusinessHouse withdraws highway bill amendment that sought to fix damaging measure for independent truckersA fix to a measure in the House’s long-term highway bill, which as-is could be harmful to independent truckers and small trucking companies, was pulled from the House floor late Wednesday afternoon.November 5, 2015Overdrive ExtraElusive e-logs: Agency misses another projected publication date for ELD mandateAfter pushing Sept. 30 most of the year as the publication date for an ELD mandate, FMCSA’s latest projected date for the rule — Oct. 30 — has also come and gone, and there’s no rule yet.November 4, 2015BusinessHouse kills proposition to up truck weight limit to 91,000 poundsA proposed Congressional measure to allow states to increase truck weight limits to 91,000 pounds failed when brought to the House floor late Tuesday. The reform was offered as an amendment to the long-term highway bill under consideration this week.November 4, 2015BusinessSenate passes highway funding extension, secures road funds for another three weeksThe short-term measure is intended to give lawmakers additional time to pass a long-term highway funding bill.October 28, 2015BusinessTruckers sue Amazon, claim online retailer denying them wages by classifying them as contractorsThe truckers claim Amazon and carrier Scoobeez operate in “clear abuse of the independent contractor” model, part of a system they say allows the companies to skirt minimum wage laws and break requirements set by California labor laws.October 28, 2015Previous PagePage 83 of 190Next PageTop StoriesCustom Rigs'A Touch of Class': Greg Kiser Trucking's custom '08 Pete makes old-school style newThe Virginia-based fleet bought the rig with a lot of work already done to it, but the company has totally transformed the interior with a full Rockwood setup, plenty of lights and more.BusinessGet your 2025 Highway Report Card: Worst roads, state DOTs, parking desertsBusinessELD-data engagement: Your insurance premiums could depend on itRegulations‘No evidence’ non-domiciled CDLs bad for safety: Lawsuit to block DOT's new ruleFeatured SponsorJBL Live Beam 3 - Slim, sleek, and impossibly modern earbuds and Smart Charging Case - Audio Evolution You Can See and Hear
