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Overdrive Radio
Will the national emergency declaration's COVID hours of service waiver extend again?
With a protest convoy on its way to the D.C. area calling for withdrawal of the emergency declaration that underpins it, and the government signaling a return to a non-emergency footing, this Overdrive Radio details prospects for the COVID hours waiver.
March 3, 2022
Regulations
COVID hours of service waiver extended through May
FMCSA extended the COVID-19 emergency declaration waiving certain hours regs through May 31 but will end CDL/med cert waivers April 15. Also: DOT working toward oral fluid drug testing; spot market's latest; International trucks recalled.
February 28, 2022
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Life
California to D.C. convoy aims to end COVID emergency declaration
The "People's Convoy" began staging Monday for planned departure today from Adelanto, in Southern California, with more than 20 trucks. A statement from the group notes common cause with anti-vaccine, other political groups and individuals.
February 23, 2022
Overdrive Radio
'Advanced ELD auditing': Preventing hours viols during an audit
ELDs have emphatically not delivered carriers from hours-related enforcement, particularly at the investigatory level when federal and state auditors come calling. Here's how to navigate the new system of ELD audits.
February 18, 2022
Business
More indictments announced in New Orleans staged-accident scheme
Seven more individuals have been charged for their roles in the widespread fraud scheme, bringing the total to 47. Also: Drivewyze e-inspections pilot; Third-party CDL examiner pleads guilty to wire fraud for falsifying test results; latest Highway Angel.
February 17, 2022
Regulations
FMCSA's safety ratings trend negative: A majority issued in 2021 were Conditional
In 2021, in stark contrast to most recent years, a majority of all audits that concluded with a safety rating ended with the carrier getting a Conditional rating. Ratings and audits continued to decline, with Satisfactory ratings in ever-shorter supply.
February 10, 2022
Hours of Service
Challenge to 2020 hours of service changes resumes in court | Elon Musk cheers on Canadian convoy
The lawsuit, brought by the Teamsters union and safety groups, was put on hold last year for the change in administration. Also: Canadian truckers protesting vaccine mandate receive celebrity support.
January 28, 2022
Electronic Logging Devices
Study: Trucking accidents increased after ELD mandate
Newly published Univ. of Arkansas study found that the ELD mandate correlated with an increase in both accidents and in recorded unsafe driving incidents, specifically speeding.
January 6, 2022
Business
Operators grade shippers, and the results get surprising
While top researchers attribute the so-called "driver shortage" to widespread driver underutilization, a new report from Convoy shows that drivers and carriers actually show favor for most shipping facilities, despite well-known detention issues.
January 4, 2022
Channel 19
The No. 1 barrier to truckers' efficient hours utilization
Shippers/receivers' dock inefficiencies were named No. 1 by both owner-operators and MIT when it comes to hours utilization barriers, yet researchers might be missing a significant limiting factor in how new hours of service flexibilities are applied.
December 2, 2021
Regulations
FMCSA extends COVID-19 emergency declaration's hours waiver through February
The FMCSA waiver will now be effective through Feb. 28, 2022. The extension continues to retain new features instituted with the last extension that began in September. Also: Spot market update shows expected Thanksgiving-week sag.
November 29, 2021
Channel 19
The COVID-19 HOS waiver: Has 'self-regulation' equated to better safety?
Trucker Nation teams up with D&K Truck Compliance on a new effort to gather data from carriers and individual drivers who have operated under the COVID waiver. The goal is to study safety outcomes, potentially spurring hours of service change.
November 23, 2021
Regulations
Livestock haulers get additional HOS exemption in infrastructure law
The infrastructure bill signed into law earlier this month adds to livestock and insect haulers' 150 air-mile radius hours of service exemption. Also: 15 Republican governors call on Biden to ease trucking regs to help supply chain; more.
November 23, 2021
Voices
Opinion: Another case for more flexible hours of service, small trucking's voice
Thomas "T-Ray" Hogan of Ward, Arkansas, penned this letter to urge regulators and others around trucking to ease up on solutions in search of a problem that he feels are driving independents and small fleets out of trucking -- a safety negative.
November 16, 2021
Overdrive Extra
Truckers 'scarce and under-utilized at the same time' -- how can that possibly be?
So asks MIT's Dr. David Correll, part of a podcast talk with working haulers. Correll was speaking to the constant drumbeat around a "driver shortage," even as truckers average just 6-7 hours of driving a day. What's your average daily hours utilization?
November 10, 2021
Regulations
Hours waivers extended in two states
Ongoing drought conditions in N.D., Minn. prompt extensions of HOS waivers for certain haulers in both states. Also: Love's donates $2.8 million to Children's Miracle Network; medium is message in bottle design for diesel-additive maker; TMS turns 1.
November 9, 2021
Electronic Logging Devices
Is your ELD ready for the 3G network shutdown?
Cell providers will start sunsetting their legacy 3G networks in February to make room for more advanced networks. As a result, any devices still relying on the 3G networks will become “bricks of silicon and plastic.” Make sure your device is ready.
November 9, 2021
Regulations
A new call for more split-sleeper flexibility, among other trucking asks to improve supply chains
A number of trucking groups submitted comments to DOT with recommendations on easing supply chain disruptions. Investing in infrastructure to ease congestion and expand truck parking, and more split-sleeper options for drivers, were among ideas.
November 3, 2021
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