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Three large fleets announce driver pay increases
K&B Transportation, Cargo Transporters and American Central Transport each announced driver pay increases that will take effect over the next couple of months.
February 21, 2018
Business
FMCSA grants waiver to help hurricane-displaced Puerto Ricans obtain CDLs
FMCSA has issued a 90-day waiver from proof of U.S. citizenship or legal permanent residence and domicile requirements for Puerto Rican citizens relocating to the U.S. in the aftermath of hurricanes Irma and Maria. The agency is also seeking comments on a longer exemption with the same terms.
February 21, 2018
Business
These boots were made for sitting down, in a comfy chair
As a busy show season looms for George and Wendy and the yet-to-be-unveiled custom rebuild of their ’04 Freightliner Coronado, Wendy talks a year’s rest and her recent tough training regimen. “Sometimes, preparing for change is hard. And I’ve spent the last year pretty much sitting around on my big ol’ butt, being comfortable and getting soft…”
February 21, 2018
Business
USPS trucker reportedly shot, killed on I-30 near downtown Dallas
According to the report, homicide detectives responded to a call about a shooting around 2:30 a.m. Monday. The driver of the truck, identified as Tony Mosby, reportedly died at the scene after being shot and crashing into a guardrail.
February 21, 2018
Business
Georgia eyes trucks-only lanes on I-75 near Atlanta
The proposed lanes would allow trucks and other commercial vehicles to travel in barrier-separated lanes from four-wheel traffic. The preliminary proposal has the lanes going northbound only from approximately the I-75/I-475 interchange near Macon to the McDonough area just south of Atlanta.
February 21, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
Use DataQs to contest 395.8(a) violations written for not having an ELD prior to April 1
If you incurred a 395.8(a) prior to April 1 simply for not having an ELD record and you were keeping paper logs, challenge it through the FMCSA DataQs process to remove it from carrier records.
February 21, 2018
Business
Three drivers named Goodyear Highway Hero finalists for heroic on-highway acts
The three drivers – Brian Bucenell of Richmond, Va.; Ryan Moody of Tacoma, Wash.; and Frank Vieira of Ancaster, Ontario, Canada – have been named finalists for Goodyear’s annual Highway Hero award.
February 20, 2018
Business
Transmission issue prompts recall of nearly 2,000 Kenworth, Peterbilt tractors
Affected tractors are equipped with an automated Eaton UltraShift Plus or Eaton Advantage Transmission with right hand stalk shifter. In the affected trucks, the display on the instrument panel can indicate “N” when the shifter is set into “D” or “R,” causing the truck not to move.
February 20, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
Several states consider measures to block ELD mandate enforcement
The bills mostly cite concerns of small business truckers as the reasons to repeal the mandate or suspend its enforcement, as well as the potential for the mandate to drive up prices of goods for consumers. Legislators in South Dakota, Missouri, Tennessee and Idaho have introduced resolutions taking aim at the mandate.
February 20, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
Not so calm before the ELD storm
Results of the ELD “soft enforcement” period have proved less than gentle for some owner-operators. There’s also evidence of other unresolved issues as the gate opens April 1 for issuing out-of-service orders.
February 20, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
Magellan e-log operable on iOS devices
The BYOD (bring-your-own-device), $10-monthly variant of the longtime GPS provider Magellan’s electronic logging device is now available for iOS-powered devices like the iPhone and iPad.
February 20, 2018
Business
Updating the info on Dock411
Enhancements to the Dock411 app for crowd-sourcing/vetting shipper and receiver dock and other info are coming at MATS 2018.
February 20, 2018
Business
Cargo theft incidents dropped in 2017, but average value held, firm reports
Cargo theft recording firm SensiGuard is reporting a 15 percent decrease in cargo theft volume in 2017 when compared to 2016, along with a nearly negligible increase in average loss value year-over-year.
February 19, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Mailbag: Split sleeper-berth option high on haulers’ hours wish list
The large majority of reader respondents you’ll hear in this mailbag edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast took the notion of a pause button for the 14-hour rule farther. It’s split rest, or split sleeper berth period flexibility, that most want,
February 17, 2018
Overdrive Extra
Infrastructure fixes running out of gas
We can’t expect tomorrow’s dwindling fossil-fuel-powered vehicles to adequately fund already under-funded highways while the e-powered elite rides free.
February 17, 2018
Voices
Trump’s progress report: Favorable to mixed for readers
At the anniversary of Donald Trump’s first year in office, we asked readers how they felt he was doing so far — results were largely favorable, with some qualifiers around the ELD mandate and his governing style.
February 16, 2018
Business
Carrier profits in 2017 gained big in second half of year
Some of the country’s largest carriers saw their revenues and incomes climb in 2017 from 2016, with nearly all of the growth coming in the second half of the year, according to public earnings reports issued by publicly traded carriers in recent weeks. A tight truck market and soaring rates helped boost the carriers’ profits.
February 16, 2018
Business
You can ‘plan’ on making my eye twitch
“Things that make my eye twitch, for a thousand, Alex,” including recent articles about shippers “falling all to pieces because they’re having a hard time getting freight covered during the post-ELD adjustment period. … They should have planned better.”
February 16, 2018
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