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Intermodal fleet gets log-keeping exemption
Rail Delivery Services has been granted an exemption that allows its drivers who occasionally work more than 12 hours in a day to utilize the 100 air-mile radius logbook exemption.
November 13, 2017
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Propane shortage prompts emergency declaration, hours suspension in Wisconsin
Carriers and drivers “in the process of obtaining and transporting propane” are eligible to operate under the hours suspension on all highways in Wisconsin, including intestates.
November 7, 2017
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FMCSA to ask White House to clear split sleeper berth pilot program
The agency Friday said it plans to file its research plan with the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, who must approve the study before the agency proceeds. The move is the latest step toward potential revision of hours of service regs to add long-wanted flexibility for truck operators.
October 27, 2017
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Hours regs suspensions extended in Texas, Montana, Dakotas for natural disaster relief
The Texas emergency declaration for Hurricane Harvey relief was extended through Dec. 22, and the emergency declaration for Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota in response to severe drought conditions was extended through Dec. 15.
October 26, 2017
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FMCSA to hold two hours-of-service Q&A webinars this month
The sessions are scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 19 from 11 a.m. to noon Eastern time, and Tuesday, Oct. 24, from 3-4 p.m. Eastern. Pre-registration is required.
October 10, 2017
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POLL: Do hours rules/company pressures ever lead you to feel forced to drive tired?
Given the peculiarities of the hours rule, the incoming ELD mandate and difficulty balancing the business necessities of safety and on-time deliveries, how often do you feel forced to run when you otherwise might be resting?
September 21, 2017
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Fuel haulers, relief load haulers exempt from hours regs in 26 states over Harvey disruptions
Hours of service regulations for truckers hauling gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel, propane and other home heating fuels in 26 states have been suspended. The exemption also applies to carriers and drivers “providing direct assistance to the emergency in the States of Texas and Louisiana.”
September 1, 2017
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Montana, Dakotas suspend hours regs for drought relief haulers
In addition to hours-of-service reprieves for truckers hauling supplies to help livestock producers in the states, Montana and North Dakota’s orders also ease weight limit regulations for drivers hauling hay and water to ranchers.
July 12, 2017
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FMCSA to study 200 truckers to assess adding split sleeper berth options in hours regs
The agency’s split sleeper berth pilot program seeks to determine the effects split sleeper berth options, such as splits of 5-5, 6-4 and 7-3, would have on drivers. The study’s outcome could dictate whether FMCSA decides to pursue reforms to hours of service regulations.
June 5, 2017
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POLL: Interstate/intrastate — Which hours of service rule do you operate within?
What’s the nature of your operation when it comes to hours of service — are you running under the primary U.S. hours rules (irrespective of niche-specific variants like oilfield), a combination of U.S./Canadian rules, one of the various intrastate parameters or short-haul exceptions?
May 4, 2017
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Fixing the 14-hour rule: FMCSA moving closer to flexible sleeper-split pilot program
Kelly Regal, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s associate administrator for research and information technology, outlined the agency’s research work around sleep and fatigue at the Managing Fatigue international conference in San Diego, Calif., Tuesday. Of perhaps principle interest to owner-operators, Regal updated attendees on progress toward what she’s calling the FMCSA’s “Flexible sleeper berth […]
March 22, 2017
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FMCSA puts final nail in the coffin for restart regs
FMCSA confirmed the 2013 regulations on the 34-hour restart will not go back into effect. Not only did the drivers operating under the more restrictive regulations show no greater levels of safety, in some cases they were less safe, according to FMCSA’s summary of research performed on the regs.
March 9, 2017
FMCSA has confirmed 34-hour restarts will not require two early morning periods and truckers can use them as often as they like to reset their weekly clocks.
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‘It’s trucker sense’: Industry groups rally behind nixing of 34-hour restart restrictions
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, American Trucking Associations, The Trucking Alliance and the Truckload Carriers Association all issued statements of support for and agreement with the study’s results Monday afternoon.
March 7, 2017
Trucking industry organizations such as OOIDA, ATA and others support the DOT’s latest findings in a study that determined the two early morning provisions and the once-weekly limit on drivers’ 34-hour restart regulations provide no benefit to the industry.
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34-hour restart study affirms less restrictive hours of service, buries 2013 regs
The results of a new study confirm that truckers’ 34-hour restarts will not require two 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. periods and will not be limited to once per week.
March 6, 2017
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Maine suspends hours regs for heating fuel haulers; California reopens roads near Oroville Dam
Any carriers delivering home and business heating fuels in New Hampshire and Maine are exempt from hours-of-service regulations, per emergency declarations in each state.
February 15, 2017
As a result of back-to-back winter storms, New Hampshire and Maine have suspended hours-of-service regulations for heating fuel haulers.
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Severe weather prompts another hours of service suspension in GA
The order loosens hours-of-service regulations for drivers in 16 counties in the state hauling fuel or loads helping the relief effort.
January 26, 2017
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Winter storm prompts hours suspension for certain truckers in Oklahoma
The emergency declaration was issued Thursday, Jan. 12, and is effective through Feb. 11. The declaration says direct assistance only applies to the “restoration of essential services” such as electrical, sewer, water and telecommunications, and for essential supplies such as feed, food and fuel.
January 17, 2017
Winter weather is expected to impact the New England area Tuesday night into Wednesday. (Photo from The Weather Channel)
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2013 hours regs permanently nixed, ATA says; FMCSA disputes
ATA says the “restart rollback” is now permanent. FMCSA says it’s still waiting on the results of a report, as Congress directed.
December 16, 2016
ATA says the “restart rollback” is now permanent. FMCSA says it’s still waiting on the results of a report, as Congress directed.
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