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In a win for glider truck builders, EPA says it wonât enforce glider emissions regs through 2019
The Environmental Protection Agency says it will not enforce emissions restrictions placed on glider kit manufacturers at least through the end of 2019.
July 7, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
FMCSA extends comment period for small carrier ELD exemption request
FMCSA says that technical difficulty with the online filing of comments for several days prompted the extension through July 16, 2018. Details here.
July 6, 2018
Business
FMCSA takes next step in establishing pilot program for under-21 military vets to drive interstate
FMCSA will collect information from participating fleets and drivers to determine the safety outcomes of drivers under the age of 21 with military experience.
July 5, 2018
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POLL: Independents/small fleets, do your CSA scores still matter as a condition of doing business?
Since CSA scores were pulled in 2015, Overdrive wants to know if you feel like they're still being used as a condition of doing business.
July 4, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
FMCSA denies OOIDAâs petition to exempt small carriers from ELD mandate
The FMCSA has now denied the OOIDA's petition to exempt small carriers from ELD mandate. FMCSA has not yet published its decision in the Federal Register
July 4, 2018
Channel 19
New bill would require study of driver loss as a result of mandated ELDs
The bill, should it succeed, would require the DOT Secretary to study the extent to which the ELD mandate has driven professional drivers from the industry.
July 3, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
Comments due Thursday on application to exempt small carriers from ELD mandate
The Small Business in Transportation Coalition filed a petition with the FMCSA, asking to exempt trucking companies with
July 2, 2018
Business
Broader search functionality returns to FMCSAâs National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners
The return of the more extensive search options comes amid the agencyâs work to restore the NRCME website after it was taken offline by FMCSA in December after an unidentified source tried to plant malicious software (malware) in the system. Drivers can search via an examinerâs registry number, by name of examiner and business and via zip code.
June 29, 2018
Business
How to request more time to replace a malfunctioning ELD
A centralized email put in place in the ELD mandate's early days is no longer functional, officials say. Extension requests beyond the allowed eight days to use paper logs should be routed to the appropriate state field offices.
June 29, 2018
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A new way to do reefer washouts: Produce brokerâs âHealthy Trailerâ machine
Produce broker Pam Youngâs response to the Food Safety Modernization Actâs new FDA rules for sanitary transportation of fresh food was to conceive of and build a new automated reefer washout machine that incorporates a variety of sanitary techs, including the use of UV light, among others.
June 29, 2018
Business
Rule change would cut redundancies for Class B CDL holders upgrading to Class A
The proposed rule removes eight instructional units involving ânon-driving activitiesâ for those upgrading from a Class B to Class A. Details here.
June 28, 2018
Business
EPA asked to investigate alleged improper contact between EPA staffers, Volvo on glider kit regs
This is the latest development in the ongoing debate over whether the EPA should strip Obama-era emissions regulations placed on glider kit trucks. More here.
June 27, 2018
Overdrive Extra
A health case for hours of service change
Leased owner-operator Clifford Peterson: âThose who make the case for the hours of service status quo ignore the health and well-being of an American icon, the over-the-road truck driver, in favor of maintenance of the bottom line.â
June 25, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
Hours of service violation rate cut in half under ELD mandate, FMCSA says
In the months leading up to the December 18, 2017, deadline for adoption, the percentage of inspections including an hours violation fell slightly to 1.2 percent. In the most recent two full months, since so-called hard enforcement of the ELD mandate began, that percentage has dropped to 0.69 percent (April) and 0.64 percent (May), according to FMCSAâs figures.
June 25, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Mailbag round on the One20 F-ELDâs demise; freight-partnership talk with a West Coast produce broker
Overdrive Radio's podcast covers One20 F-ELD's demise, Pam Young & Company's produce brokerage business in California, business relationships, and more
June 22, 2018
Business
Suit involving fatal crash in which motorist hit parked CRST truck appears headed to trial
CRST Expedited to face trial again after Wyoming Supreme Court overturns 2016 verdict in wrongful death lawsuit of David L. Crashley.
June 22, 2018
Business
House bill would make modest hours of service changes, address split sleeper rule, nix ELD supporting docs
Hours of service regulations, split sleeper berth, and ELD supporting documents are at the heart of the new bill filed in the U.S. House on 21 June 2018.
June 22, 2018
Business
Independence Day fireworks haulers granted exemption from ELDs
Drivers for the American Pyrotechnics Association will be allowed to use paper logs instead of ELDs from 12:01 a.m. on June 28 through 11:59 p.m. on July 8.
June 21, 2018
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