UPDATED as of August 26, 2020:
If you have a question about the hours of service rule going into effect on September 29, join us at Overdrive‘s Facebook page on Wednesday, Aug. 26, at 8 p.m. Eastern to get answers directly from Joe DeLorenzo of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. DeLorenzo, director of enforcement and compliance for FMCSA and also acting associate administrator, has been a regular on the Great American Trucking Show stages in years past. For this virtual seminar he’ll detail some of the intricacies of the hours changes in these four major areas:
The 30-minute break: New rules allow the requirement to be satisfied with an on-duty not-driving or off-duty status. The requirement to take it, furthermore, will be after eight hours of driving rather than on-duty time.
The split-sleeper berth provision: In addition to an 8/2-hour split, drivers can use a 7/3-hour split. The shorter period newly does not count against the 14-hour on-duty window limitation, opening up possibilities to use the shorter periods for mid-duty-period naps without losing duty time.
The adverse conditions exception: In addition to current rules, which give operators the ability to utilize two extra hours when adverse conditions delay an otherwise doable run, two extra on-duty hours can also be utilized if needed.
Short-haul logbook exception: New rules expand the air mile radius to 150 air miles and boost maximum daily on-duty hours to 14.
The Overdrive’s GATS Week session, supported by sponsorship from Pedigree Technologies and its OneView telematics platform, will offer opportunities for Q&A with viewer questions delivered live by a moderator, Overdrive Senior Editor Todd Dills. If you have a question for DeLorenzo you’d like to deliver in advance, write to Dills via this email link.
The hours of service session anchors a week’s worth of late afternoon/evening programming continuing the various Overdrive programs that would have otherwise featured prominently at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas, canceled in attempts to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.
RECAPPING THE FIRST 48 HOURS
FEATURED MONDAY, AUG. 24: OVERDRIVE’S PARTNERS IN BUSINESS, sponsored by TBS Factoring Service.
Owner-operator miles and income: A look at 2020's first half
How has the pandemic impacted owner-operators' miles and income? ATBS’ Todd Amen has the details. #GATSWeek
Posted by Overdrive Magazine on Monday, August 24, 2020
FEATURED TUESDAY, AUG. 25: OVERDRIVE’S PARTNERS IN BUSINESS, sponsored by TBS Factoring Service.
Your most pressing owner-op business question?
Trucking business expert Kevin Rutherford and owner-operator coach Gary Buchs answer your questions in this best practices discussion. #GATSWeek
Posted by Overdrive Magazine on Tuesday, August 25, 2020
AUG. 27: OVERDRIVE’S 2020 SMALL FLEET CHAMP. This new contest will culminate with a panel of the three finalists — James Davis Trucking of Oregon, Ed Burns & Sons of Indiana, and John McGee Trucking of Louisiana — discussing compensation, driver recruitment and other topics of concern to small fleets, followed by a question and answer session with listeners. The winner, announced after the panel discussion, will receive an oversize championship belt and will be featured in Overdrive and Commercial Carrier Journal. The Small Fleet Champ program is sponsored by Pilot Company’s One9 Fuel Network.
AUG. 28: OVERDRIVE-RED EYE RADIO TRUCKER TALENT SEARCH. Three finalists will perform a song to compete for the title. The winner will be featured in Overdrive and will receive a day’s recording session in Nashville, Tennessee.
AUG. 28: OVERDRIVE’S PRIDE & POLISH. Following readers’ online voting on photo entries of customized trucks submitted this summer, winners will be announced in seven categories. The program will begin at 8:30 EST, following the Trucker Talent Search.
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