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How a ’96 Classic came to be ‘The Goose,’ and: Hope for small-biz primacy with FMCSA?
So just how did Daniel and Phyllis Snow’s 1996 Freightliner Classic XL come to be called ‘The Goose’? In this Overdrive Radio podcast, the independent owner-operators tell that story. Also: A bit of stumping for the importance of small business in trucking from none other than the top motor carrier safety regulator in the nation,
November 9, 2018
Hours of Service
New personal-conveyance FAQs illustrate FMCSA’s round-trip view of ‘under dispatch’
In the agency’s new FAQ series, Question No. 1 solidifies an interpretation of any dispatch as encompassing a round trip, and also attempts to clarify seeming contradictions between that interpretation and the new personal conveyance guidance. More on PC enforcement during audits, too, muddying waters.
November 9, 2018
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Business
Two large fleets fined by EPA for California emissions violations
According to EPA, Schneider and Old Dominion “failed to install particulate filters on some of their heavy-duty diesel trucks and failed to verify that trucks they hired for use in California complied with the state rule.” The companies will pay a combined $225,000 in penalties and $575,000 for air filtration upgrades at schools.
November 9, 2018
Business
Minnesota aims at moving targets
Some rehabilitation of Minnesota’s reputation — in the wake of the state’s notorious “fatigue checklist,” judged a violation of truckers’ Fourth Amendment rights in 2011 — is on offer via truckers’ anecdotes and data on its enforcement program, with a shift toward mobile traffic enforcement and, perhaps, a willingness of officers to credit professionalism where it’s due.
November 8, 2018
Business
Dem lawmakers ask DOT to reject ATA’s petition for reprieve from Calif. break laws
ATA in early October petitioned the DOT to intervene into the ongoing conflict over the state’s stringent laws, which a federal court in 2014 ruled apply to trucking companies and their drivers. A group of 19 Democrats in the House and Senate, however, asked the DOT to reject the petition, saying it requires a Congressional statute.
November 8, 2018
Business
Two of five top recipients of trucking campaign dollars drop re-election bids
The industry in sum contributed $5.79 million to election campaigns in the 2018 cycle, according to CRP data, with $4.22 million (83 percent) going to Republican candidates and political action committees and $835,851 going to Democrats (16 percent).
November 7, 2018
Business
Nearly 5,000 trucks sidelined during annual brakes-focused inspection spree
According to CVSA, inspectors across the U.S. and Canada inspected 35,080 commercial vehicles during the blitz and placed 4,955 (14.1 percent) out of service for brakes violations during September’s Brake Safety Week.
November 6, 2018
Business
‘Winds of change’ at FMCSA: Administrator Ray Martinez opens NASTC conference with keynote
Leadership at the Department of Transportation on up to the President of the United States, Martinez said, “wants us to work with the regulated community” to boost safety and efficiency. Also: NASTC honors Dan Baker on his 80th birthday, Roar Logistics as Broker of the Year and Women in Trucking’s Ellen Voie for promoting female truckers.
November 2, 2018
Business
Second lawsuit filed against California over court’s test to determine owner-operator status
The so-called ABC test sets a steep standard for classifying drivers as independent contractors and could threaten the use of owner-operators in California, opponents of the test say.
November 2, 2018
Hours of Service
‘Flexibility is the common-sense answer’: Operators, enforcers and trade groups sound off on hours reforms
Ideas, anecdotes, concerns and wishes for hours of service reform from drivers, owner-operators and prominent trucking trade orgs, including OOIDA, ATA, CVSA and more.
November 1, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Hurricane relief hauling with Fla. owner-op Tim Philmon; and a look at ATA’s fed/state agenda
In the latest Overdrive Radio podcast, take a run through Hurricane Michael relief efforts with the front-line FEMA shuttle relief operation Florida-based independent Tim Philmon contracted to in its wake. Also: James Jaillet offers insight into what to expect from ATA’s regs/legislative agenda going forward. It’s not all bad news, ultimately.
November 1, 2018
Overdrive Extra
ATA to form independent truckers program, seemingly centered on federal-state conflicts
Seemingly driving ATA’s move is an issue that has burgeoned for larger fleets in recent years, particularly those who employ owner-operators, especially on the West Coast and in the Northeast: Conflicts between state laws and federal laws governing trucking.
November 1, 2018
Business
Short-haul concrete pumpers get waiver to work 14-hour day
The American Concrete Pumping Association says allowing concrete pumpers to return to their work-reporting location within 14 hours instead of 12 hours harmonizes hours of service rules for concrete pump drivers with the rules for drivers of the trucks that supply the concrete.
October 31, 2018
Business
Cabotage rules enforcement spike ongoing from Southern border areas
Federal investigators have found violations of cabotage rules by U.S. companies and foreign drivers otherwise engaged in cross-border trucking operations. Those rules prevent foreign nationals in the U.S. on B-1 business-visitor visas from competing with U.S. truckers on loads moving point to point in the United States.
October 29, 2018
Business
FMCSA fielding feedback on weeding out insolvent brokers for another month
FMCSA is accepting public comments until Nov. 27 on its proposal to set criteria for revoking the operating authority of brokers who don’t comply with federal surety bond and trust fund requirements. Click through to find the link to file public comments.
October 26, 2018
Business
College admits glider kits emissions study is flawed
The study, funded by Fitzgerald Glider Kits, erroneously concluded that glider kits “perform equally as well and in some instances out-perform OEM engines” in terms of emissions of greenhouse gases and particulate matter, says a letter the university.
October 25, 2018
Business
Opioid bill asks DHS for progress on guidance for driver hair-sample drug testing
2015’s FAST Act highway bill directed DHS to develop guidelines within a year for drug testing drivers via hair sample as an alternative to urine-sample tests. However, nearly three years later, no such guidelines have been produced.
October 25, 2018
Business
Drivewyze partners with Switchboard to integrate bypass into ELD app
With the integration, Switchboard will offer bypass opportunities at more than 700 weigh stations in 43 states and provinces. It will also provide heads-up warnings for weigh stations ahead that aren’t in the Drivewyze network.
October 25, 2018
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