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Business
FMCSA doles out $70M for driver training entities
Grants were awarded to states to fund commercial vehicle safety efforts and CDL training, while some commercial driver training schools received grants to help train military veterans to drive trucks.
September 27, 2017
Business
OOIDA, ATA say they intend to work with bureaucrat Martinez, Trump’s pick for FMCSA head
Longtime bureaucrat Ray Martinez has little experience dealing directly with the trucking industry. But the country’s three most prominent trucking trade groups say they intend to work with Martinez on the industry’s most pressing regulatory issues.
September 27, 2017
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Electronic Logging Devices
Transflo’s ELD/telematics partnership with EFS
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September 26, 2017
Business
Trump nominates Raymond P. Martinez to head FMCSA
For Martinez to become the official head of FMCSA, he must be confirmed by the Senate.
September 26, 2017
Business
Group seeks 30-minute rest break exemption for certain fuel haulers
The group is asking FMCSA to allow the drivers to not observe the 30-minute break, as long as those 30 minutes are spent attending the load.
September 25, 2017
Overdrive Radio
Voices on the call for a shutdown starting October 3
This week’s edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast takes a run through the mailbag following last week’s conversations with organizers of two ELD mandate protest actions set to take place in Washington, D.C., beginning Oct. 3.
September 23, 2017
Voices
ELD mandate: Sounding the death knell for the American driver
An op-ed from Overdrive reader owner-operator Devin Combs of Bloomington, Ind.: “This electronic logging device situation is just one more cost that I can’t endure and a headache that I don’t have time for.”
September 22, 2017
Hours of Service
POLL: Do hours rules/company pressures ever lead you to feel forced to drive tired?
Given the peculiarities of the hours rule, the incoming ELD mandate and difficulty balancing the business necessities of safety and on-time deliveries, how often do you feel forced to run when you otherwise might be resting?
September 21, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
No more ‘catching up the logbook’ with ELDs, a paradigm shift that raises numerous issues
A panel of drivers at the August Great American Trucking Show illustrated that the seemingly simple change brings with it a raft of complications, from new administrative and operational burdens placed on drivers and carrier dispatch to the pressing need for shipper/receiver customers’ appreciation of the new dynamics.
September 20, 2017
Business
FMCSA floats plan to reduce carrier registration fees for 2018, 2019
The reduction, FMCSA says, will range from approximately $7 to $6,700 per entity in 2018, and from approximately $3 to $3,400 in 2019, depending on the number of vehicles owned by the affected carriers.
September 20, 2017
Business
FMCSA’s med board to review waiver protocol for drivers on anti-seizure medication
The meeting will discuss the current requirements for individual's on anti-seizure medications.
September 18, 2017
Business
YRC becomes second mega-fleet to request exemption from certain ELD mandate provisions
The nation’s fifth-largest fleet is asking FMCSA to allow it to phase in new trucks with AOBRDs after the cutoff date of Dec. 18, 2017, to replace trucks that had AOBRDs. The exemption request also seeks a reprieve to allow drivers to record their duty statuses differently in certain situations than the mandate allows.
September 18, 2017
Overdrive Radio
ELD mandate protest efforts set to stage October 3
Podcast: Two unaffiliated groups — Tony Justice and company’s ELD or Me, and the Texas-headquartered Operation Black and Blue — share details for ELD mandate protests coalescing around a beginning date of October 3.
September 16, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Another construction group seeks ELD exemption for short-haul drivers
The Power and Communication Contractors Association is seeking an exemption from the ELD mandate for its drivers who typically operate under a short-haul log-keeping exemption.
September 14, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Cybersecurity: Tips for greater peace of mind
Anyone plugging a device into the onboard diagnostics port, particularly an ELD that will open up a connection between the truck’s computer and the internet, would do well to follow these practices.
September 13, 2017
Business
Communication breakdown
On anti-ELD messaging: “How about instead of telling people trucks are dangerous, tell them they may not enjoy the quickness of Amazon Prime overnight service. … I can assure you, in this day and age, that is just as terrifying to modern day humans as the moon being eaten was to the cavemen.”
September 13, 2017
Voices
Open letter from Larry Klimek Trucking urging reps to delay ELD mandate
The Grand Island, Neb.-based small fleet urges Congress and the President to stand with Rep. Brian Babin’s H.R. 3283 ELD delay bill, after a similar measure was defeated when it was attempted as an amendment to an appropriations bill.
September 13, 2017
Business
House amendment would bar FMCSA from proceeding with speed limiter mandate
The amendment specifically targets the speed limiter mandate proposed rule issued last year by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which drew rebuke by most industry trade groups and highway safety advocacy groups.
September 13, 2017
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