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āHereās to causing a crisisā: Is there a shutdown going on?
Those were among the words of independent owner-operator Brita Nowak, whoās closed her one-truck business in part in protest of the 14-hour ruleās inflexibility, combined with the new record-keeping reality of the ELD mandate.
January 12, 2018
Business
DOT forming policy to āremove barriersā of autonomous vehicle deployment
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on Wednesday announced the U.S. DOT is seeking public input on policies to hasten the deployment of self-driving trucks, buses and passenger cars, including vehicles that require no human input to operate.
January 12, 2018
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Business
Will they go round in circles?
āA āsong that aināt got no melodyā makes a pretty good analogy for my personal thoughts on the current plans for autonomous and self-driving commercial vehicles.ā
January 12, 2018
Business
Trucker Path acquisition by global company Renren to bring navigation, more to the trip-planning app
Meet Renren CEO Joseph Chen, who drove truck for a time as a young man and says the Trucker Path acquisition is intended to take the app and its affiliated services āto the next level,ā Chen says. āI think that the next 20 years will be most exciting for the trucking industry globally as we gradually get more technology into the industry.ā
January 12, 2018
Business
Rates shot up again in December in record-tight market
In addition to posting multi-year highs (again), rates in all three major truckload segments saw gains of about 40 cents a mile compared to December 2016.
January 12, 2018
Business
Eaton Cummins recalling more than 1,300 Endurant, Paccar transmissions
Affected transmissions may allow the engine to crank while the shifter is not in neutral.
January 12, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Podcast: Birdās eye view of fleetsā initiatives on driver scoring systems
In this installment of Overdrive Radio, CCJ Tech Editor Aaron Huff provides a high-level overview of how fleets are using the influx of data from in-cab systems to monitor, coach and score drivers. Listen hereā¦
January 11, 2018
Business
Military vet truckers will be able to use V.A. examiners for DOT physicals
Active-duty military members, reservists and veterans will soon be able to use Veterans Association medical examiners to obtain their DOT medical certifications. President Donald Trump signed into law this week a bill to allows non-physician examiners to perform exams of drivers.
January 11, 2018
Business
Transportation leads workplace fatalities in 2016
According to BLS figures, 786 truck drivers were killed on the job in 2016. Thatās 78 percent of the 1,012 motor vehicle operator fatalities reported for that year.
January 11, 2018
Business
Tax reform means annual savings of $2,000 or more for owner-operators
A new deduction allowed for owner-operator businesses, as well as a few other reforms instituted by the tax overhaul, will mean annual savings of $2,000 or more for many owner-operators. Some could see annual savings as high as $7,000.
January 11, 2018
Voices
Readers respond to the passing of OOIDA President Jim Johnston with condolences, memories
Some words of condolence and recollection came in response to both the news of the passing of ā in the words of one reader ā āa truckerās trucker,ā longtime OOIDA President and Cofounder Jim Johnston.
January 11, 2018
Business
Blockchain: Chance to speak to a shared language
Blockchain systems could form a backbone for a lot of what happens in the supply chain, says Chris Burruss, president of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance. He believes standardizing systems now will grease the skids for companies being able to benefit from future technology.
January 11, 2018
Business
Todd Spencer to head OOIDA until April vote for president
OOIDAās board will hold a vote in April to choose the associationās next president and CEO, OOIDA has said in a statement. Association Executive Vice President Todd Spencer has assumed the role of acting president and CEO in the meantime.
January 11, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
KeepTruckin ELD in Pilot Flying J stores
The KeepTruckin e-log app andĀ ELD system, well-known among drivers, is now being stocked for purchase in Pilot Flying J stores.
January 11, 2018
Trucker of the Year
Three drivers named finalists in Owner-Operator of the Year contest
Owner-operators Bryan Smith, Kevin Kocmich and Phillip Keith are up for a $25,000 cash prize after being named finalists for the Owner-Operator of the Year award Wednesday. The winner will be announced March 27 at the Truckload Carriers Association Annual Convention.
January 10, 2018
Business
Spot market records broken again for first week of the year
With on-highway anecdotes of $5-plus/mile rates not hard to come by, the weekly spot market demand report gets a little closer to revealing ELDsā rates impact in van, reefer. The first week of the new year āhas broken all the records we set when we ended the old year,ā says DATās Matt Sullivan.
January 10, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
Tow truck drivers, small seasonal fleet file for ELD exemptions
The Towing and Recovery Association of America requested a five-year exemption from the mandate for tow truck drivers. STC Inc., a 75-truck seasonal propane-hauling fleet, also requested an exemption from ELDs.
January 10, 2018
Channel 19
Blockchain āimmutable distributed public ledgerā technology: Makes sense, right?
A late-night-comedy send-up of Bitcoin investment (made possible by āblockchainā network architecture) exaggerates divergent reactions similar to those that follow the notion of automated trucking-business-info sharing in other envisioned blockchains ā from affirmative head nods to āare you insane?ā incredulity ā¦ .
January 10, 2018
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