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Senate passes bill to extend ELD waiver for livestock haulers through Sept. 2019
The Senate recently passed a bill that exempts livestock haulers from ELD mandate compliance for another year. Get more details on Overdrive.
August 1, 2018
Business
CVSA to collect data on underride guards during normal inspections Aug. 27-31
From August 27-31, 2018, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance will conduct a Rear Impact Guard Check. Details and more information here on Overdrive.
July 31, 2018
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With new leadership and court challenge, EPA says it will enforce glider kit restrictions absent rulemaking
The Environmental Protection Agency announces it will enforce the 300-truck annual limit placed on glider kit manufacturers by Phase 2 emissions regulations.
July 30, 2018
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Podcast: Expediter of the Year Tim Paxton on cargo van expediting and his business’ future
Recorded prior to Tim Paxton's award, Overdrive discusses challenges faced by him and others' small-vehicle trucking operations. Check it out on Overdrive.
July 27, 2018
Channel 19
Rolling your 14: How to do an 8/2 or 2/8 sleeper-berth split
Here's a hypothetical series of logs from T. Dills Trucking leading into the current day that might help illustrate the process. Check it out on Overdrive.
July 26, 2018
Business
So far for ’18 election cycle, trucking’s political contributions total $4 million, mostly backing Republicans
Trucking-associated contributors are heavily favoring the Republican party when it comes to political funding in the midterm elections. Details on Overdrive.
July 26, 2018
Business
An ELD positive, an hours negative, and more from trucking’s present and perhaps stormy future
CEO of Load One along with a panel of industry experts spoke about the positives of ELDs, an hours negative, and trucking's present and perhaps stormy future.
July 25, 2018
Overdrive Extra
Young drivers and future trucks
Trucking needs the best of the best drivers to fill jobs of the future. Yet those are the first to find a career outside of trucking when there's a roadblock.
July 25, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
Notes on proper — and improper — use of personal conveyance under ELDs
Joe DeLorenzo, head of enforcement for the FMCSA, gives proper and improper use tips on Using hours of service's personal conveyance under ELDs. Read more here.
July 25, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
Though states are already taking up ELD regs for intrastate haulers, Alliance pushes for state legislative action
The Trucking Alliance has issued a policy statement calling for state legislatures in all states to pass laws requiring intrastate drivers to use an ELD.
July 24, 2018
Business
Western States Trucking Association challenges California trucking laws with petition, lawsuit
The Western States Trucking Association's petition is challenging a recent California Supreme Court ruling regarding owner-operator status. Details here.
July 20, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Podcast: The demise of One20 Trucking, and its owner-op’s efforts to get paid
Owner-operators Lee and Lisa Schmitt say they are owed over $4000 for loads carried in early May before the One20 buyout announcement. Listen on Overdrive Radio
July 19, 2018
Business
Court blocks administration’s glider kit emissions-enforcement policy
The court’s temporary injunction against the EPA’s decision not to enforce glider regs means that glider kit builders will be capped at making and selling just 300 trucks annually until the the court lifts its injunction or the EPA finalizes a rule to repeal emissions regs placed glider builders.
July 18, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
KeepTruckin updates to address ‘unidentified driving’
Reconciling “unidentified driving” events captured from a given truck by its ELD has been an issue for independent owner-ops, but even more of one for small fleets — KeepTruckin users can benefit from recent updates, the company says.
July 18, 2018
Business
Lawmakers ask EPA for documents related to glider kit study
The July 12 letter from the lawmakers is the latest in a saga over whether the EPA should cap the number of trucks glider kit builders can make and sell annually. The request appears to be the beginning of a probe by Congress into alleged improper contact between EPA staffers and employees at Volvo Trucks.
July 17, 2018
Channel 19
A little hope for H.R. 5948, the bill that would exempt small carriers from the ELD mandate
OOIDA Board Member and small fleet owner Monte Wiederhold, at least, feels that if the small-fleet (10 or fewer trucks) exemption bill were to make it out of committee, through the House, through the Senate and to the President, “he’d sign it.”
July 17, 2018
Business
FMCSA to begin testing new carrier safety scoring system this fall
FMCSA has issued a reporting detailing how it plans to proceed in reforming its CSA program. Chief among the changes is replacing the existing CSA Safety Measurement System with a new scoring system, which the agency says it will begin testing in September.
July 17, 2018
Business
Nearly 1,600 trucks sidelined during unannounced Brake Safety Day
According to CVSA, a total of 11,531 roadside inspections were conducted on Brake Safety Day, and 1,595 commercial vehicles, or 13.8 percent of those inspected, were placed out-of-service.
July 17, 2018
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