Kevin JonesHours of ServiceFMCSA won’t listen to ‘facts,’ so trucking takes HOS case to CongressWill it take an act of Congress to get the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to reconsider some of the restart provisions in the 2013 version of the hours-of-service rule? Trucking groups are giving it a shot.June 8, 2014Hours of ServiceGroups praise amendment to suspend 2013 restart changesGroups representing segments of the trucking industry have been quick to praise passage of an amendment to the Transportation Department funding bill that would suspend the 2013-imposed restart provisions in hours-of-service regulations for one year.June 5, 2014Hours of ServiceTrucking leaders push for suspension of 34-hour restart provisions in DOT funding billTrucking industry stakeholders and lobbyists are asking Congress to suspend for a year two of the key changes implemented to hours of service rules for truck operators.June 4, 2014Electronic Logging DevicesOOIDA questions agency’s e-log study, says it ignores small carriersOOIDA says the study lacks relevant data to prove its point that ELDs lower crash rates and lower preventable crash rates. OOIDA also contends that, not only is the data incomplete, it may have errors.May 20, 2014BusinessSenate highway bill would extend MAP-21 six years, bill low on trucking provisionsNot wanting to mess with success, the Senate Environment and Public Works committee delivered the policy portion of a six-year surface transportation reauthorization late Monday.May 14, 2014Electronic Logging DevicesAgency clarifies roadside inspection rules for older e-log devicesFMCSA has issued guidance clarifying the roadside inspection regulation for trucks equipped with automatic on-board recording devices (AOBRDs).May 14, 2014Electronic Logging DevicesFMCSA: Study shows lower crash rates with e-logs, but ‘skewed’ to bigger carriersElectronic logs have a beneficial impact on truck safety, according to a study posted Monday by FMCSA. The agency does, however, say the study is “skewed” toward large, for-hire carriers.May 13, 2014Business6,800 trucking jobs added in April, unemployment rate tumblesThe for-hire trucking industry added 6,800 payroll jobs in April on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the monthly employment report released May 2 by the DOL. The economy as a whole added 288,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent.May 2, 2014Hours of ServiceHours rule flaws: Study finds fault in FMCSA research, calls for review of ruleThe research used by FMCSA to justify its hours of service rule is seriously flawed and calls into question the entirety of the rule itself, said the American Transportation Research Institute in a study released this week.April 23, 2014BusinessSenate transportation leaders push for long-term highway bill, maintaining spending levelsKey transportation leaders in the U.S. Senate have agreed to several priorities for the next highway bill, with the two key elements being passing a longer-term bill and maintaining current highway spending levels.April 11, 2014Previous PagePage 2 of 4Next PageTop StoriesRegulationsFMCSA, police investigate double broker's odd inspections historyMaroon Express Inc., a revoked carrier authority/double broker under investigation within FMCSA, has one clean inspection on their record associated with a truck that got inspected three times in four days, operating under different DOT numbers each time.Custom RigsFrom 'Career Gambler' to 'Triple Seven': Familiar 389 remade to fit new owner's styleParkingNew Outpost company aims to deliver on parking shortage, small fleet growthBusinessConvoy's unpaid carriers finally settling with Hercules Capital?Featured SponsorProper Cologne - Subtle scent enhancers to be discovered, not announced