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Business
FMCSA updates CSA SMS with new ELD violations, releases severity weights
Several middle-severity weightings have been assigned to some ELD violations for CSA SMS rating purposes, though most come with very low weights. New variations of the 395.8(a) violation now distinguish between carriers required, or not, to have an ELD in the data.
April 17, 2018
Business
Updates on online carrier registration system, more on agenda for UCR meeting this week
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced in the Federal Register this weekâs meeting will be held Thursday, April 19, from noon to 3 p.m. Eastern time.
April 16, 2018
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Overdrive Extra
Is âmoving the hours finish lineâ the right tack for change?
Owner-op Gary Buchs on hours-change potential, including recent bills and petitions: âPeople regularly pontificate about how much better trucking was with the old 10/8 rules and more sleeper splits. Iâd challenge these memories somewhat with a reminder that we still got tired, and that the working environment for trucking was very different.â âŚ
April 13, 2018
Business
Two one-truck companies charged with falsifying DVIRs
According to the indictment, the owners of the companies directed their employees, under threat of termination, to falsify Driver Vehicle Inspection Reports (DVIRs) and not report safety defects or deficiencies that would affect the safe operation of vehicles or in a breakdown.
April 12, 2018
Business
Drivers taking advantage of PrePass partnership with NorPass
PrePass-enrolled trucks are now bypassing weigh stations at 44 additional locations in seven states: Alaska, Connecticut, Idaho, New York, Oregon, South Dakota and Washington.
April 11, 2018
Business
Tennessee hotshot carrier shut down for illegally hauling explosives
Police found that the truck was transporting numerous cases of Class 1 explosives, including ammonium nitrate-fuel oil mixture; electric detonators; blasting caps and detonating cord. It is illegal to transport detonators on the same vehicle as explosives unless the detonators are packed in a U.S. DOT-specification container.
April 10, 2018
Voices
Report: Truckers take to D.C. streets (one Tased and arrested) and engage FMCSA, Congress on hours change, more
Grassroots groups of owner-operators and drivers returned 30-40 power units to Constitution Ave. between the White House and Washington monument yesterday, April 9, to press concerns to the public, lawmakers and regulators over the ELD mandate and hours of service flexibility. In an otherwise productive day, according to participants, one owner-op tells a story of use of force gone wrong.
April 10, 2018
Channel 19
Truckers engage with FMCSA, work on follow-on petition for hours change to allow more sleeper splits
Remember that recently invoked saying about squeaky wheels? Some good emerged from the MATS session on hours that went off the rails, as several truckers pivoted with outreach to FMCSA, planning and taking part in meeting with officials about hours of service revision potential.
April 6, 2018
Business
Certain fuel haulers land 30-minute break exemption
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration says these drivers take several âbreaksâ throughout the day when unloading at service stations, which essentially meets the needs of the 30-minute break.
April 6, 2018
Business
Group asks FMCSA to allow camera systems to replace rearview mirrors
Trucking technology company Stoneridge has filed an exemption request with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that would allow carriers to use the companyâs MirrorEye Camera Monitor System instead of the two rear-vision side mirrors.
April 5, 2018
Channel 19
Novel âbest practicesâ parking examples data collection under way
A new effort from a working group within the National Coalition on Truck Parking needs your help to identify novel parking solutions in order that states, municipalities and private entities not always seen as truck-parking providers might implement them.
April 5, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
Fleet requests ELD waiver for Department of Energy loads
According to the notice, in order to haul these loads, electronic tracking of shipments must be disabled âin order to limit identification of the physical location of the shipment.â
April 4, 2018
Business
FMCSA renews exemption to allow one-year learnerâs permits in some states
Federal regulations state CLPs should be valid for no more than 180 days. Under this exemption, CLP holders are not required to retake the general or endorsement knowledge tests for the six-month extension as regulations require.
April 4, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
Truckers note business as usual as ELD mandateâs out-of-service enforcement date arrives
The first day of so-called âhard enforcementâ of the ELD mandate came and went with little fanfare, coinciding in an interesting quirk of the calendar with both April Foolâs Day and Easter Sunday, the day of the week itself one where truck-enforcement activity is characteristically light.
April 3, 2018
Overdrive Extra
What is your time worth?
âHow many of us, if asked, could accurately quote what our time is worth, per hour, based on actual and complete data? No emotion, no pie in the sky guessing, just the cold hard facts.â Gary Buchs on numbers analysis toward establishing per-hour rates for healthy profit.
April 3, 2018
Business
Ariz. Senate candidate Joe Arpaio advises anti-ELD advocates keep up the fight
At a small event held Saturday, March 31, in Nashville, recently pardoned former county sheriff Arpaio admitted that, before Saturday, âI was in the dark about the occupationâ of trucking and the regulatory strains on its small businesses. âThis is a public relations thing â youâve got to get the word out.â
April 2, 2018
Business
FMCSA seeks public input on how current regs impact autonomous testing, deployment
FMCSA is seeking information from the trucking industry, safety advocates, the motoring public and ADS manufacturers on any current regulations that could hinder the development and testing of ADS-equipped trucks.
April 2, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Parking, ELDs, advocacy, self-insurance (âlevel the playing field,â anyone?) and more with Tilden Curl
This edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast features a talk with owner-operator Tilden Curl, who believes removal of the self-insurance option for motor carriers might, âdare I say it, âlevel the playing fieldâ,â he says, when it comes to the price put on risk in underwriting standards put on carriers of all sizes, with numerous implicationsâŚ
March 30, 2018
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