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Business
Liability insurance hike left in House's highway funding bill
The House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee voted Wednesday to leave a provision in the bill that would increase carriers' minimum required liability insurance to $2 million. A raft of other trucking-related provisions remain as well.
June 10, 2021
Regulations
Fleet owner ordered to pay $632k for falsifying FMCSA documents
The former fleet owner was sentenced for using someone else's ID to falsify FMCSA docs to hide his affiliation with a carrier under an out-of-service order. Also: Mack adds automated manual transmission to TerraPro concrete pumpers; Great Dane van recall.
June 9, 2021
Business
Several Top 250 fleets boosting driver pay
See how some of the nation's top carriers are rewarding their drivers.
June 9, 2021
Regulations
DataQs: Are truckers mere 'victims' of the inspection, crash review process?
A big sticking point for carriers when it comes to FMCSA's DataQs system has always been the perception, often enough a reality, that the review process is biased against them. Two perspectives here point the way toward potential reform.
June 8, 2021
Business
Truck-involved traffic fatalities fell in 2020
NHTSA's preliminary crash data chart a 7% increase in fatalities in 2020, despite a 2% decrease in truck-involved fatalities. Also: Certain fuel haulers get HOS relief extended; I-40 bridge closure timeline update; Navistar hit with cyberattack; more.
June 8, 2021
Business
Staying in control as driver assist technology continues to expand
The keys for maximum safety and efficiency when driving with collision mitigation, these operators note, is to know exactly what the systems are looking for and don't push your limits.
June 7, 2021
Business
TCA's safest fleets competition -- finalists honored
A first-place winner in both smaller and larger carrier divisions will be named at the association's annual convention, delayed from March to September. Also: Essay contest offering cash prizes for drivers.
June 7, 2021
Regulations
House $547 billion highway bill draws mixed trucking reaction
The bill includes $1 billion boost to truck parking but calls for an insurance coverage hike, personal conveyance changes, screening for sleep apnea and taking CSA scores public. Trucking groups' initial reactions were mixed.
June 4, 2021
Overdrive Radio
Inside the divide between docs and Congress, truckers over sleep apnea
Also in this edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast: Intro'ing a new dispatch provider in S2 Logistics, with hotshot hauler S2 Transport co-owner Scott Sabatini at its helm and stressing integrity in operations, a response to his own early difficulties.
June 4, 2021
Business
Hourly pay could improve fairness, reduce detention
Hourly pay is spreading throughout trucking, even to long-haul fleets. The trend has potential to reduce detention or lead to a more just level of compensation for it.
June 4, 2021
Business
New tax break for owner-ops uncovered in restaurant stimulus
Savings could amount to as much as $1,000 on tax bills. It comes from being able to deduct 100% of the cost of restaurant meals while on the road instead of the traditional 80%. It will be in effect for all of tax years 2021 and 2022.
June 3, 2021
Regulations
Group seeks regulatory relief for livestock, meat haulers after cyberattack on meat processor
A cyberattack on the world's largest meat processor, JBS, prompted a beef producer group to ask the DOT for hours relief for livestock/meat haulers. Also: Transflo's new subscription pricing model; spot market update; an ask for flashing brake lights.
June 3, 2021
Channel 19
Recruiting or retention? Which motivates truckers adopting guaranteed pay
For the smallest owner-operated fleets, retention outweighed or nearly matched recruiting as a motivating factor in offering guaranteed pay, while larger fleets more often focus on recruiting. A retention example: this 20-truck reefer fleet.
June 3, 2021
Business
One pleads guilty, another sentenced in HHG moving scheme
DOT OIG announced a woman pleaded guilty to a HHG moving scheme, while a man was sentenced for his role in the same scheme. Also: Lane closures planned on I-17 in Phoenix this weekend, and truck parking temporarily closing at these Virginia rest areas.
June 2, 2021
Business
POLL: What's your ideal pay method -- hourly, per-mile, percentage, salary?
In the choice of a pay package, which of these stands as the ideal for you given your experience?
June 2, 2021
Business
Guaranteed pay growing as backstop to trucking 'unknowns'
Hourly or salary pay might seem foreign to those used to mileage and percentage pay. Yet these compensation models appear to be spreading.
June 2, 2021
Regulations
California Trucking Association asks for rehearing on recent AB 5 ruling
A three-judge panel from Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in April that trucking is not exempt from the law that effectively bans leased owner-operators.
May 28, 2021
Overdrive Radio
'If they want us to stop, we need spaces': As pandemic eases, owner-ops take stock
Owner-operator Greg Eudy on the parking shortage, particularly along his North Carolina lanes. He's one among six voices on the biggest issues today in this podcast. Also: truckers take stock looking back over the last pandemic year in Overdrive Radio.
May 28, 2021
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'She's the rock': Owner-operator Patrick White leans on solid partner in tough times
The January Trucker of the Month credits here tells a story of perseverance through accidents and injuries, and building a team around him to excel despite the barriers fate’s thrown at him. His rock-solid biz foundation? Ashlyn White, his wife, who nominated him for the honor.
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