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Business
FMCSA to allow states to issue one-year commercial learnerās permits
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will soon allow states to issue commercial learnerās permits for up to one year instead of the current six-month limit with the option to renew the permit for another six months.
December 20, 2018
Channel 19
Truckers are classified as āunskilled laborā? Nope
A new video from TruckerNation effectively debunks this oft-repeated myth. What it doesnāt do is highlight whatās typically happened in my own experience when those invoking the myth are asked for some clarification ā what follows, often, is an invocation of the reality of the exemption from overtime-pay protections for DOT-regulated motor carrier employee drivers.
December 19, 2018
Business
FMCSA issues shutdown order to driver cited for myriad of violations, multiple DUI arrests
Arkansas-licensed driver Jeffrey Scott Mitchell was issued an imminent hazard out-of-service order on Dec. 14, forbidding him to operate a commercial motor vehicle. In five separate roadside inspections, he was arrested for being either under the influence or in possession of a Schedule I drug.
December 19, 2018
Business
Record number of truckers killed in workplace fatalities in 2017
The Bureau of Labor Statistics says the 840 truck drivers killed on the job in 2017 represented 77 percent of the 1,084 motor vehicle operators killed on the job last year and is the highest value for truckers since it began tracking occupational statistics in 2003.
December 19, 2018
Business
āNudging versus naggingā: A central consideration in growing sophistication of video-based coaching and monitoring
New-gen video systems attempt to avoid what has been something of a prevailing sentiment among truckers to date about all manner of active-feedback-type systems, whether utilizing video machine vision or not: That such accountrements piled on top of in-cab and basic truck technology might be a nuisance at best.
December 19, 2018
Business
Plan ahead to reduce risk of cargo theft during winter holiday season, SensiGuard warns
The firm says the winter holiday shipping season has historically been one of the most dangerous times for cargo theft. This year, both holidays fall on Tuesday, creating two separate four-day weekends. SensiGuard says this leaves more opportunity for shipments to be left unattended or parked in unsecured locations for extended periods of time.
December 19, 2018
Business
Virginia DOT shows appreciation for truckers
The Virginia DOT and several other organizations pulled trucks in off of I-264 Monday, not for inspections, but to say āthanks.ā
December 18, 2018
Business
Federal judgeās opinion presents a twist in Californiaās independent-contractor status conflict
A new judgement in a federal district court interprets the strict ABC employee/contractor test as pre-empted by federal law when it comes to truck transportation, bucking an April ruling by the California Supreme Court.
December 18, 2018
Channel 19
New photo book from short-time trucker offers fresh perspectives from the road
The images in Andrew Bennett Cohenās āFuel Islandsā run the gamut from landscapes at the fuel island to telling images like that of three empty chairs around a computer kiosk, presumably from a truck stop ā a legend on the wall above the computer exhorts viewers to āFind Your PerfectFitCareer.ā
December 18, 2018
Business
Five groups file for hours exemptions for emergency response situations
The American Bakers Association and International Dairy Foods Association, Association of American Railroads and American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association, and North Shore Environmental Construction filed exemption requests with FMCSA from certain hours of service provisions when responding to emergencies.
December 18, 2018
Business
Trucker rescues two dogs thrown from moving SUV on I-81 in New York
WICZ-TV in Binghamton reportsĀ the trucker saw the dark-colored SUV slow down on I-81 between Marathon and Whitney Point and the dogs being thrown out the window. The trucker, identified only as Adam from Syracuse, stopped and began to help theĀ two injured dogs.
December 17, 2018
Business
Spot van rates climbed through Dec. 8 as demand indicators slackened
Van freight continues to look a bit weaker than expected as Christmas nears, while bright spots have been seen in flatbed performance nationally and reefer freight coming out of McAllen, Texas and other border areas.
December 17, 2018
Business
YRC dismisses claims that it bilked U.S. government as ātotally without meritā
An attorney for YRC Worldwide said the allegations āare totally without merit.ā The DOJ allegations claim YRC reweighed shipments and suppressed the results when they indicated a shipment was lighter than its original estimated weight, then billed DOD ābased on weights they knew to be inflatedā rather than charging based on the correct weight.
December 17, 2018
Overdrive Extra
āā¦. the day they put an e-log in my truckā: A multimillion-miler father still trucking, the son who got out
As we approach the one-year anniversary of the implementation of the ELD mandate, a conversation with a father who stayed in the industry, and a son who left it behind. Introducing Ohio-based Bill and Lee Wilker.
December 17, 2018
Business
Werner driver named Transition Trucking award winner, receives fully-loaded Kenworth
Werner Enterprises driver Quinton Ward's owner-operator career received a jumpstart last week when he was named the winner of the Transition Trucking: Driving For Excellence Award, which comes with a fully-loaded 2018 Kenworth T680 Advantage.
December 17, 2018
Business
Watch: Blowout! Trucker escapes unscathed when fire causes tire to explode at roadside
A trooperās dash camera catches a wild roadside tire explosion as a trucker fights a fire under his trailer. Watch it here.
December 17, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Weighing ECM retune options, or full-on emissions defeats, with enforcement risk
In this edition of Overdrive Radio, I went in-depth my colleague James Jaillet about his reporting on the EPAās increasing willingness to wield the enforcement sword around heavy-duty emissions modifications, and what owner-operators should weigh when thinking about ECM retunes. Also: owner-op Dean DeSantis on improving OEM emisisons tech.
December 14, 2018
Truck Stops
Loveās adds 200 truck parking spaces with new Ohio, Texas locations
New Loveās stores opened this week in Sonora, Texas, off of I-10 and in Sidney, Ohio, off of I-75.
December 14, 2018
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