Trucking news and briefs for Friday, Sept. 19, 2025:
- Another ELD's registration revoked by FMCSA. Here’s what to do if you’re using it.
- CARB's plan for emissions regs in wake EPA’s waiver disapproval.
- It’s harvest season in Iowa -- here’s what that means for ag haulers' weight limits in the state.
- Southbound on I-5 through Washington this fall? Prepare for weekend delays.
Robinhood ELD revoked by FMCSA
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Friday that it has removed the Robinhood ELD from its list of registered electronic logging devices. FMCSA said the company’s failure to meet the minimum requirements for ELDs’ functional specifications resulted in the revocation.
As such, any truck drivers or motor carriers utilizing the device must replace the revoked ELD with a compliant device within 60 days. Anyone using the revoked device must:
- Discontinue using the revoked ELD and revert to paper logs or logging software to record required hours of service data
- Replace the revoked ELD with a compliant ELD from the Registered Devices list before Nov. 18
Before Nov. 18, safety officials are encouraged not to cite drivers using the Robinhood ELD for 395.8(a)(1) – “No record of duty status” or 395.22(a) – “Failing to use a registered ELD.” Instead, officers should request the driver’s paper logs, logging software, or use the ELD display as a back-up method to review the hours-of-service data.
Beginning Nov. 18, however, motor carriers who continue to use the revoked device will be considered as operating without an ELD.
If Robinhood corrects all identified deficiencies for its device, FMCSA will place the ELD back on the list of registered devices and inform the industry of the update.
Overdrive has reached out to Robinhood ELD about potential correction of the issues identified by FMCSA but has not heard back. This story will be updated with any response.
[Related: FMCSA revokes registration of three more ELDs]
CARB proposes to return to previous emissions regs
In the wake of Congressional resolutions signed by President Donald Trump in June to disapprove waivers previously requested by and granted to California for certain emissions regulations, the California Air Resources Board is proposing to adopt “emergency vehicle emissions regulations” to reinstate regulations that were in place before the Omnibus Low-NOx rule for medium- and heavy-duty trucks and the Advanced Clean Cars II rule for light-duty vehicles.
The Advanced Clean Trucks Rule, which also had its approval revoked in June, is not mentioned in CARB’s proposal.
The state believes Congress and Trump’s actions to revoke the previously granted Environmental Protection Agency waivers for the regulations were illegal, and intends to use new proposed amendments to clarify and preserve its authority to enforce its own regulations.
“The goal of the Emergency Vehicle Emissions Regulations is to clarify and ensure that new motor vehicles can be sold in California despite the unprecedented uncertainty introduced by the federal government into CARB’s longstanding regulatory program,” CARB said. “These amendments will ensure that new vehicles and engines sold in California will, at a minimum, meet the emission standards and requirements for which U.S. EPA has granted a waiver that was not targeted by the congressional resolutions.”
For trucks, CARB is proposing “to amend its medium- and heavy-duty regulations to clarify that the provisions antecedent to Omnibus remain operative, with the caveat that CARB may enforce the Omnibus regulation, to the extent permitted by law, in the event a court of law holds invalid the resolution purporting to disapprove that waiver.”
[Related: California fires back at Trump, doubles down on emissions regs]
Harvest proclamation issued in Iowa allowing heavier hauls for select commodities
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Sept. 18 signed a proclamation related to the weight limits and transportation of grain, fertilizer and manure. The proclamation is effective immediately and continues through Oct. 18.
The proclamation allows vehicles transporting corn, soybeans, hay, straw, silage, stover, fertilizer (dry, liquid and gas), and manure (dry and liquid) to be overweight (not exceeding 90,000 pounds gross weight) without a permit for the duration of the proclamation.
The proclamation applies to loads of the listed commodities transported on all highways within Iowa, excluding the interstate system, and those that:
- Do not exceed a maximum of 90,000 pounds gross weight
- Do not exceed the maximum axle weight limit determined under the non-primary highway maximum gross weight table in Iowa Code § 321.463 (6) (b), by more than 12.5%
- Do not exceed the legal maximum axle weight limit of 20,000 pounds
- Comply with posted limits on roads and bridges
I-5 bridge lane reductions planned for six upcoming weekends
The Washington State Department of Transportation will begin the next phase of its Revive I-5: Ship Canal Bridge preservation project this fall.
The Ship Canal Bridge along I-5 in Washington state will have lane restrictions during six weekends this fall and early winter.WSDOT
“We learned a lot from completing the northbound drainage work this summer that we will apply to our work on the southbound side of the bridge,” said WSDOT Northwest Region Administrator Brian Nielsen. “Completing drainage work at this phase of the project will keep us on schedule, ensuring we can preserve this vital transportation link well into the future.”
Between October 2025 and January 2026, SB lanes of I-5 across the Ship Canal Bridge will be reduced to two lanes for six weekends as crews saw-cut concrete and install new drainage structures. The weekends are:
- Oct. 10-13
- Oct. 17-20
- Oct. 31-Nov. 3
- Nov. 21-24
- Dec. 5-8
- Jan. 9-12, 2026
Each weekend, SB I-5 will be reduced to two lanes as early as 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. Weekend-long reductions will extend from about the Northeast 45th Street/Northeast 50th Street SB I-5 off-ramp to the SR 520 interchange.
