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Road trains, kangaroos, wombats, oh my: Trucking down-under
Australian truckers are a world apart from U.S. counterparts (they do haul on the left side of the road, after all), yet this conversation with father and son trucking vets Kevin and Mitch Forbes shows plenty in common, including regs, training issues.
December 6, 2022
FMCSA denies livestock haulers' hours of service request for more time
Several groups petitioned FMCSA for an exemption to allow a 16-hour on-duty period with 15 hours of drive time. Also: Plans underway for new trucker-focused healthcare network; overnight I-17 closures planned; Bestpass acquires HVUT e-filing firm.
November 29, 2022
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March 15, 2024
ELD mandate and rising crash rates -- cause or just correlation?
The question of cause and effect around the ELD mandate is certainly a conversation starter for owner-operators. Attendant to Matt Coleβs recent ELDs/safety reporting, these multiple voices offering perspective where the rubber meets the road.
November 25, 2022
Hours of Service
Owner-operator regroups after FMCSA denies hours exemption request
Lee and Lisa Schmitt told Overdrive Tuesday they would be addressing FMCSAβs reasons for denying the request and resubmitting their request by the end of the day Tuesday. βWeβre not going away,β Lisa said.
November 8, 2022
Electronic Logging Devices
California moves to implement intrastate ELD mandate for in-state-only truckers
California is one of only two states that have yet to adopt the federal mandate for intrastate carriers. Intrastate California operators can comment on the proposal through Dec. 19.
November 7, 2022
Regulations
Fuel haulers get hours of service relief in Nebraska
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts issued an emergency declaration waiving HOS regs for certain fuel haulers in the state. Also: CVSA sets dates for Roadcheck, Brake Safety Week, more in 2023; OOIDA's Truckers for Troops campaign set for next week.
November 2, 2022
Regulations
Hurricane Ian-related emergency HOS waiver modified, extended
The waiver was narrowed to now only cover emergency relief efforts in Florida and South Carolina rather than the original eight-state region. Also: Capitol Christmas Tree-hauling T680 unveiled; Expedite All load board launches new expedite reefer network;
October 27, 2022
CSA's Data Trail
View from the road: ELD mandate increases pressure on operators, in more ways than one
Overdrive readers largely believe recent-history degradation of highway safety is due, at least in part, to ELDs. But some operators point to other issues in trucking as the real underlying problems negatively impacting safety.
October 20, 2022
CSA's Data Trail
ELDs and highway safety: Crashes, injuries and fatalities rise post-mandate
Despite FMCSA's estimations that the ELD mandate would reduce injuries and fatalities in truck-involved crashes, crash numbers in the four years post-mandate tell a different story. Are ELDs the cause of the problem, or just one factor?
October 20, 2022
Regulations
COVID-19 emergency hours of service declaration allowed to expire
FMCSA did not renew the declaration that has been in effect since March 2020 and allowed it to expire on Oct. 15. Also: Bill introduced to repeal Entry-Level Driver Training regs; I-10 ramp closures planned near Phoenix.
October 17, 2022
Regulations
FMCSA denies petition to add limits to personal conveyance
Citing insufficient data to support a new rulemaking, FMCSA denied CVSA's request from earlier this year asking for time or distance limits on truck drivers' use of the personal conveyance guidance around the hours of service regulations.
October 12, 2022
Overdrive Extra
While many support owner-op's HOS exemption request, opponents mount challenge
Lee Schmitt's request for relief from several parts of the HOS regs in June raised the old debate over the one-size-fits-all approach to the basic interstate rules. Schmitt's request has drawn support, and opposition, for a variety of reasons.
September 30, 2022
Regulations
Owner-ops, groups: COVID hours waiver should open door for more HOS flexibility
Individual truck owners and some groups in trucking say the safe record of operators using the COVID-related hours of service waiver should allow for more flexibility in the hours of service regulations as a whole. Other groups, however, disagreed.
September 28, 2022
Channel 19
FMCSA official re-emphasizes exploratory nature of pre-2000 exemption attention
Associate Administrator Larry Minor joined truckers John Grosvenor, Shawn Mitchell and others for a discussion of the current ELD-regs comment period. For now, Minor emphasized, "we're asking questions" about the pre-2000 exemption, not proposing change.
September 28, 2022
Regulations
FMCSA extends wildfire-prompted HOS waiver in Oregon
Haulers providing direct relief for Oregon's wildfire emergency are exempt from the max driving times in the hours of service. Also: UPS gets waiver to allow pre-CDL drivers to be trained on driving doubles; Love's offering coffee deals Thursday.
September 27, 2022
Regulations
'Leave us alone': ELD-exempt owner-ops say no to any pre-2000 exemption change
"Fix the roads and bridges. Provide more truck parking. Insist upon better training." As FMCSA considers potential change, owner-operators like the one quoted here insist the agency should leave any mods to the exemption on the cutting room floor.
September 27, 2022
Electronic Logging Devices
FMCSA considering changing ELD regs around glider kits, pre-2000 engines, more
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration signaled on Thursday that it's considering changes to ELD regulations pertaining to the pre-2000 engine exemption for rebuilt or remanufactured engines in gliders, among other things.
September 15, 2022
Voices
ELD mandate: More than four years in, how did the shift affect highway safety, if at all?
Which of the choices in this poll best describes your feeling on just how the FMCSA's electronic logging device mandate impacted bedrock highway safety, if you feel it was impactful at all? Weigh in here.
September 13, 2022
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