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Business
Large fleet gets waiver to install pulsating brake lights on back of tankers
Groendyke Transport has been granted a waiver that allows it to install amber brake-activated pulsating lights on the back of its tankers to increase visibility when braking.
April 25, 2019
Channel 19
Erroneous status-switch to on-duty driving, while parked ā Mark Kirbysonās latest ELD issue
In November Kirbyson began having an issue with the ELD in his 2007 Caterpillar-powered Peterbilt kicking him into on-duty driving status, while he was asleep in the bunk. āHave others experienced a similar issue?ā he asks. Howād you solve it?
April 24, 2019
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Business
Ohio DPS looks to ease transition of military veterans into trucking
Ohio DPS proposes to eliminate skills test waiver requirements that state an applicant must have been a military position that requires driving a commercial vehicle in the last year and that the applicant must have operated a commercial vehicle for at least two years before leaving the military.
April 19, 2019
Business
Drivewyze PreClear bypass service now available at all 19 Missouri weigh stations
The last four activated Drivewyze sites are located in Kearney (northbound), Platte City (northbound), and Willow Springs (both east and westbound).
April 18, 2019
Hours of Service
Fireworks haulers seek hours relief during Independence Day holiday period
The American Pyrotechnics Association has submitted a petition to add four new members to its existing hours exemption during the Independence Day holiday period. A separate fireworks hauler, Extreme Logistics, has also requested an HOS exemption for its 12 drivers during the same holiday period.
April 18, 2019
Business
New hauling markets: Where recreational cannabis is legal
One result of the 2018 midterm elections was the addition of Michigan to the list of states that have created new markets for legal recreational cannabis ā places where transportation opportunities are expected to grow around the product, shown in red on the map here.
April 17, 2019
Business
Waiver granted to SmartDrive allowing lower windshield mounting for driver assist camera
FMCSA says SmartDriveās camera housing is 3.7 inches wide by 5.2 inches tall and will be mounted in the approximate center of the windshield. The agency also received a request from Navistar for its ADAS to be mounted lower on the windshield that regulations allow.
April 17, 2019
Business
FMCSA approves alternate cargo securement methods for certain agricultural commodities
The waiver allows for alternate securement for agricultural commodities transported in wood and plastic boxes and large fiberglass tubs, or for hay, straw and cotton bales that are grouped into large singular units.
April 17, 2019
Business
Protestors reckon with minimal āshutdownā and protest participation
Though itās hard to gauge the number of drivers that actually sat out for the called-for April 12 nationwide driver shutdown, organizer Patrick Karns admits that the planned protests ākind of fell apart.ā He and Black Smoke Matters founder Joe Denny plan to restructure their Facebook efforts.
April 15, 2019
Hours of Service
As Congress preps spending bills, lawmakers back another ELD waiver for livestockers
A block of 63 lawmakers in the U.S. House has penned a letter to transportation appropriation leaders asking them to allow drivers hauling livestock and bees to remain exempt from compliance with the federal electronic logging device mandate through the 2020 fiscal year ā Sept. 30, 2020.
April 15, 2019
Business
Delivering cannabis ā and cash ā in California
A look at the burgeoning cannabis and cash distribution businesses in Californiaās newly legal recreational cannabis market ā via two operations with different areas of emphasis, both utilizing cargo vans for the work.
April 15, 2019
Voices
Shutdown report: Participation estimated, issues raised, tactics debated as April 12 arrives
Participating truckers view any effectiveness of this shutdown as having the potential to demonstrate some unity among drivers, whose voices in regulatory and industry discussions donāt always rise to the top. At once, thereās reason to doubt that numbers are sufficient to make a statement, and others object to anarchic tactics theyāve seen.
April 12, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
POLL: Does your ELD provider provide an avenue for you to opt out of sharing location/other data with them?
Different providers take different approaches to the employment of user data for internal purposes ā is it clear via policy that your ELD data is not being used internally by the provider, or does the provider at least give a clear avenue for opting out of any internal company use?
April 11, 2019
Voices
POLL: Are you shutting down April 12 with those calling for protest?
With April 12 a day away, will your business be shut down in solidarity with groups calling for protest? If so or if not, why? Drop a comment here and/or weigh in via the poll.
April 11, 2019
Business
Cargo van hauling: Operating with authority, and the āmulticarrierā model
With few owner-ops operating with authority in the expedited niche, around the time of the Great Recession many van drivers were desperate for any way to stay loaded. A multicarrier model arose in which van owner-operators essentially negotiate loads in leased arrangements with a multiplicity of expedited carriers.
April 10, 2019
Business
FMCSA extends emergency declaration for flooding in Plains, Midwest
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration this week announced it is extending the declaration because emergency conditions have not abated in the affected states.
April 10, 2019
Business
Legal fights over California owner-operators, break laws could swirl into Supreme Court case
After a recent setback, the Western States Trucking Association intends to continue fighting a court precedent in California that the group argues has created a cooling effect on the use of owner-operators and independent contractors in the state.
April 8, 2019
Business
FMCSA issues shutdown order to driver for drug charges, failed drug tests
FMCSA has issued an imminent hazard out-of-service order, an effective permanent shutdown order, to South Dakota-licensed truck driver Clayton Virgil Hall for failing multiple drug tests for amphetamine use and for being convicted of possession of cocaine and amphetamine.
April 3, 2019
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