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Business
Comment period opens on EPA rule to protect glider trucks from emissions regs
Truckers and other industry stakeholders have until January 5 to file formal comments on the EPAâs proposal to exempt glider kit vehicles from the Phase 2 tractor-trailer emissions standards enacted last year by the Obama Administration.
November 28, 2017
Business
Unified Carrier Registration board meeting to be held Thursday
The board came under fire recently after a court ruled it violated federal open meetings laws by holding a meeting on Sept. 14 without notifying the public. During that meeting, the board voted to reduce carrier registration fees for 2018 and 2019, which the court did not strike down.
November 28, 2017
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Electronic Logging Devices
ELD mandate: Engine ruling creates winners, losers
From Overdriveâs in-depth guide to ELD compliance: How FMCSAâs mid-game ruling on the pre-2000 exemption created winners and losers among the owner-operator segment.
November 27, 2017
Overdrive Radio
Bill Frerichsâ ELD implementation notes, hopes, worries as mandate bears down
In which a nine-truck fleet owner begins implementing ELDs. And: A few key differences between AOBRDs, grandfathered in with the ELD rule through 2019, and the much more detailed ELD specification/required capability.
November 27, 2017
Business
House committee to hear from small business truckers on regulatory burdens
The Houseâs Small Business Committee on Wednesday will hold a hearing featuring owner-operators and other small business truckers intended to examine the impact federal regulations have on small trucking companies and âexplore ways to to provide regulatory relief to the industry.â
November 27, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Penske deploys ELD service for rental customers
The Penske Driver app is available for both Android and iOS/Apple devices. The app connects using Bluetooth inside Penskeâs rental trucks to integrally synchronize with the truckâs engine, meeting ELD mandate requirements.
November 22, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
OOIDA requests ELD mandate exemption for small businesses with no at-fault crash history
If granted, the exemption would include only such situated carriers who âdo not have a Carrier Safety Rating of âUnsatisfactory,â and can document a proven history of safety performance with no attributable at-fault crashes,'â
November 21, 2017
Channel 19
Roundup: A source of supposed DOT âbot attackâ; The âfatbergsâ clogging the regs swamp
Source of supposed âbotâ attack on regulatory reform comments identified. And transport attorney Henry Seatonâs talk at NASTCâs annual meeting identifies safety-rating, hours and other issues as principal fatbergs to clear in regs-reform efforts.
November 21, 2017
Business
Cross-border trucking reforms part of NAFTA negotiations
A rework of the U.S. DOTâs cross-border trucking program with Mexico is under consideration in a planned update of the North American Free Trade Agreement, according to Teamster staffer Mike Dolan. NAFTA currently allows any Mexican-based carrier to apply for authority to operate in the U.S.
November 21, 2017
Overdrive Extra
A potential role for cameras and wearables in regulating drowsy driving
Until very recently, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has largely ignored fatigue monitoring technology, and therefore any potential it has for a significant revision of the hours of service. Instead, regulators for decades have tinkered with the hours of service as if it were a magic template to solve the fatigue problem for every [âŚ]
November 21, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
A guide to ELDs: Many choices, some low cost, for meeting mandate
On Monday, the U.S. DOT begins enforcement of its ELD mandate, which requires drivers to use electronic logging devices to track hours of service. See Overdriveâs comprehensive guide to ELD compliance hereâŚ
November 20, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
FMCSA delays ELD compliance for ag haulers for 90 days
Truckers hauling agriculture loads and livestock will receive an additional 90 days to comply with the U.S. DOTâs electronic logging device mandate, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Monday. The waiver gives such haulers until mid-March to adopt an ELD.
November 20, 2017
Regulations
Hours of service: Fatal flaws, a slow response to potential fixes
The fixed 14âhour onâduty clock virtually forces truckers to continue to operate when they feel tired and otherwise would opt for a long break. With fatigue monitoring tech on the rise, is there hope for change?
November 20, 2017
Business
Why driver fatigue-monitoring tech could spread quickly among fleets
While fatigueâmonitoring technology holds the potential for a new approach to addressing hours of service, few observers anticipate federal action in that direction in the near future. The integration of such systems, though, appears to be well on its way, with no need for a government decree.
November 17, 2017
Business
And just what a-âbotâ that amateur-hour advocacy group
As reports surface of âbotsâ commenting on regs, Wendy expresses doubt, with humility: âIâm just part of that âamateur-hourâ advocacy group who didnât nonetheless make a ârookie mistakeâ by encouraging âbotsâ to do a job people need to be doing themselves with genuine, applicable, relevant information to have any credibility.â
November 15, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
ELD maker launches petition to add 14-hour flexibility, presents data on detention and race-the-clock dynamics
KeepTruckinâs petition has a goal of garnering 10,000 signatures, and it believes their data shows hard evidence of the hurry-up effect of undue dock delays. It could provide evidence of ârace-the-clockâ dynamics many operators have long suspected as part-and-parcel of the 14-hour rule/ELD/dock-delay combination.
November 14, 2017
Overdrive Radio
Carriersâ âmagic eraserâ role in compounding uncompensated-detention issue: Rico Muhammad on the e-log shift
As a trade-off for the ultimate hassle of mandated e-logs, in this Overdrive Radio podcast Muhammadâs hopeful owner-operators can both individually and collectively use the change as a cudgel to their advantage when dealing with brokers, shippers, receivers ⌠anyone who would insist on wasting driversâ time.
November 14, 2017
Business
FMCSA holding public discussion forum Wednesday in Birmingham, Ala.
Discussion topics include FMCSA priorities and goals; the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program; the electronic logging device mandate; commercial vehicle traffic enforcement; and FMCSAâs state grant programs.
November 13, 2017
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