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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 don’t always rise to the top. At once, there’s reason to doubt that numbers are sufficient to make a statement, and others object to anarchic tactics they’ve 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 — 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
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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 ‘multicarrier’ 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
Hours of Service
FMCSA denies reports that hours of service rule has cleared White House review
FMCSA officials have confirmed that a proposal to reform hours of service regulations remains under review by the White House’s Office of Management and Budget. OMB must clear the rule before it is published and before details of the proposed reforms are made public.
April 2, 2019
Business
Updated CVSA out-of-service criteria goes into effect
Changes to CVSA’s North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria handbook for 2019 include adding out-of-service criteria for a missing driver’s seat, clarifying language for drivers using Skill Performance Evaluation Certificates and more.
April 2, 2019
Business
Progressive discounting premiums for ELD data, adds claims process to mobile app
Progressive, whose trucking insurance product is focused on the small fleet and owner-operator market, has updated its claims process and to allow drivers to file claims for single-vehicle accidents within its mobile app. Also, truckers are saving on average nearly $1,400 a year in the company’s ELD data program.
March 30, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Why pick a fight with the air? And: Downtime for the spot market 3 o’clock hustle
This edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast comes as MATS continues in Louisville, with conversations with two owner-ops showing commonality between them in a willingness to be the contrarian in this loud age, on a variety of things — Chad Boblett and Henry Albert, on rates, ELDs, aerodynamics and more.
March 29, 2019
Hours of Service
It’s official: DOT intends to propose hours of service reforms
The U.S. Department of Transportation intends to propose a rule that would change federal hours of service regulations for truck drivers, said Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on Friday. However, since the rule is still under review, Chao said she could not provide any specifics as to what’s in the rule or when it will be published.
March 29, 2019
Business
Panel updates driver-assist tech progress, says jobs not threatened
FMCSA is striving to get input from the industry to ensure that no regulations needlessly impede research and deployment of driver-assist technologies.
March 29, 2019
Business
Drivers will need to register in Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse to change jobs, ensure accuracy
The federal CDL Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse, which will be a database of truck drivers who have failed or refused a drug or alcohol test, takes effect in January 2020, and drivers intending to transition to new jobs or ensure a clean record within the Clearinghouse will need to register as users.
March 29, 2019
Channel 19
From within or without? — pressure to run over hours in the wake of the ELD mandate
Drivers face increased risks in the ELD era for any hours violations — hence more pushback against pressure to violate, met with one of those “equal and opposite reactions.” Yet not everyone agrees that external pressures to violate the regs are being truly felt, as one trucker commented: “The pressure I feel from the ELD is not from management. The pressure I feel is from me, the driver.”
March 28, 2019
Business
More support for former Zed ELD customers
The end of this month marks the end of functionality for the Zed ELD app, and the HOS247 company says it’s offering those who continue to use the Zed ELD four free months’ worth of a subscription to its own ELD service, without any new hardware investment.
March 27, 2019
Business
DOT Secretary Elaine Chao to provide trucking regs update Friday at MATS
A statement from MATS said Chao will provide an update on the Department of Transportation’s efforts on safety, infrastructure, truck parking, and reducing trucking regulations. She is scheduled to speak at 1 p.m. in Conference Room B-101.
March 26, 2019
Hours of Service
POLL: Since the ELD mandate, have you felt pressure from carriers/customers to violate hours regs more or less often?
In 2017, almost half of Overdrive readers reported daily pressure to drive tired as a result of hours regs and/or coercion from carriers/customers. This poll looks at the issue viz a viz the definition of coercion from such parties as pressure to violate the hours rules. Has such pressure lessened or ramped up in the wake of the ELD mandate, if it existed at all?
March 26, 2019
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