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Business
Driver turnover rate slipped at large carriers to close 2018, grew at smaller carriers
ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello attributes the decline in turnover at larger fleets to a few factors, including the general slowdown in freight demand seen in the last months of 2018, as well as fleets slowing down on recruiting efforts.
March 14, 2019
Business
Interstates shut down in Rockies, Plains following intense blizzard
An intense blizzard that consisted of hurricane-force wind gusts and heavy snow has forced the closure of some major highways in Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota. Portions of I-25, I-80, I-90, I-94 and I-29 are closed throughout the region.
March 14, 2019
Business
Spot flatbed, reefer rates show a little life
Like green shoots emerging through the snow, national average spot truckload rates showed signs of life last week, an indication that demand for trucks is starting to build. At once, the growth in pricing traction for truckers was neither widespread nor of a marked amount.
March 14, 2019
Business
Fuel taxes set to increase in Alabama, Arkansas
Alabama’s first fuel tax increase will take effect on Aug. 31 this year with a 6 cents-per-gallon increase. It will also increase by 2 cents on Oct. 1, 2020 and on Oct. 1, 2021. Arkansas’ 6-cent fuel tax increase will take effect Oct. 1 this year.
March 14, 2019
Business
Fuel card provider giving away Rolex, motorcycle
TransConnect Services’ (TCS) “Pump It Up” contest is two giveaways in one. Participating truckers can win a Rolex watch ($20,000 cash value) or the grand prize, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle (a $35,000 cash value).
March 14, 2019
Business
New California legislation would phase out diesel trucks by 2050
The legislation, introduced by California Sen. Nancy Skinner, whose district includes Oakland and Berkeley, would require a 40 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and an 80 percent GHG reduction by 2050.
March 13, 2019
Business
Swift reaches $100M settlement with more than 19,000 contractors
Some 19,000 drivers may be eligible to join the class and receive payment, equating to an average of more than $5,000 per class member, though payouts will be based on length of employment, the ultimate number of eligible class members and other factors.
March 13, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
Bill to roll back ELD mandate for small carriers filed in U.S. House
A bill to allow small carriers, including single-truck owner-operators, to forgo use of electronic logging devices and return to using paper logs has been filed in the U.S. House
March 13, 2019
Channel 19
New onboard scale interfaces with driver smartphones
Blue Ink Tech’s new “Air Scale” is of a piece with the company’s mission to help combat, by elimination of, the variety of “interruptions that drivers face on a daily basis” that suck time and money from their businesses.
March 13, 2019
Voices
Old socks: Alternative to greasing hood supports
Dave Marti’s solution to the squeak that can emanate from his six Peterbilts’ hood supports is an alternative to sometime messy greasing: “These aren’t new socks, they’re my old socks,” Marti says, placed just so over the supports to take the squeak out for generally longer than six months per sock.
March 13, 2019
Business
Michigan to expand roadside saliva drug testing pilot program statewide
After the year-long Preliminary Oral Fluid Analysis pilot program conducted from Nov. 8, 2017, through Nov. 8, 2018, in five counties, MSP’s Oral Fluid Roadside Analysis Pilot Program Committee recommended that the pilot be expanded statewide for another year to gather more results and data.
March 13, 2019
Business
Danny Jewell named Overdrive’s Owner-Operator of the Year, wins $25k
Finalists Robert Roth, of Erb International, Coldwater, Ontario, and Kevin Kochmich, of Diamond Transportation System, Litchfield, Minnesota, each received $2,500.
March 13, 2019
Business
Trucker named Highway Angel of the Year after helping at accident scene
Brian Snell was westbound on I-495 in Westward, Massachusetts, when a woman driving the wrong way seemed to have spun out in front of Snell’s truck. He stopped his truck and positioned it to protect her car from traffic. Snell tried to resuscitate the woman, who was unconscious.
March 12, 2019
Business
Tesla buys portion of auto-hauling fleet for $13.8M in stock
Electric vehicle maker Tesla on Monday notified shareholders and the Securities and Exchange Commission that, in exchange for nearly 50,000 shares of Tesla stock, the company has acquired portions of Central Valley Auto Transport’s car-hauling fleet.
March 12, 2019
Hours of Service
FMCSA boss Martinez: Agency ‘very close’ to deciding on hours proposal
Martinez said the ELD mandate “really put a spotlight on something that hasn’t been looked at in over 15 years. The data generated by ELDs highlights areas of current HOS regulations where adjustments or improvements may be needed. Commerce has changed, technology has changed, and your business has changed in that time.”
March 12, 2019
Business
Sinkhole on I-20 EB near Van, Texas, to shut down interstate for 2-3 days
The Van Fire Department in a Facebook post says the department first received reports of the sinkhole Monday afternoon around 3:40 p.m. A local news report from KLTV says Texas DOT officials expect repairs to have the interstate closed for two to three days.
March 12, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
Trucker Tools, Keller integrate ELD for tracking
Mobile-based tracking and freight-match service provider Trucker Tools and compliance products purveyor J.J. Keller & Associates have begun a partnership to speed up delivery of and refine load location information moving to freight brokers and shippers from independent truckers and fleet operators.
March 12, 2019
Channel 19
Credit where it’s deserved: Motorist says she’s alive today on account of a few good pros
Herewith one motorist who knows what it means to share the road. Two professional drivers’ training and composure “may be the reason I am alive,” wrote a reader of the Portland (Me.) Press-Herald, lauding the swift thinking and reaction of the pros.
March 12, 2019
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