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Senate DOT bill, unlike House, skips changes to ELD mandate, driver breaks
The Senate’s 2018 fiscal year DOT appropriations does not include any changes to the coming electronic logging device mandate, nor does it include the so-called Denham Amendment, which intends to block states from enacting rest break laws for truck drivers. The House version of the bill does include such reforms.
July 28, 2017
Business
FMCSA makes strides in targeting highest-risk carriers, report concludes, but challenges remain
While the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has taken steps to hone in on high-risk carriers — and intervene more quickly for investigations — the agency must continue to improve its intervention tactics, according to a report issued Thursday by the Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General.
July 28, 2017
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Electronic Logging Devices
FMCSA: Pre-2000 ELD exemption applies to engine model year, not chassis
Owner-operators with trucks equipped with model year 1999 engines and older will not be not subject to the electronic logging device mandate, regardless of the model year of the truck, according to fresh guidance from FMCSA.
July 28, 2017
Overdrive Extra
ELD delay faces big hurdles, even with added co-sponsors
Despite a bill being introduced this month to delay the ELD mandate, Congress appears reluctant to tackle the issue. ATA is also adamant there’s little support for the measure among lawmakers.
July 27, 2017
Business
Operation Safe Driver inspection spree set for October
Truckers can expect increased truck inspections and passenger vehicle enforcement throughout the week. Here are the dates to watch for increased enforcement efforts…
July 26, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Universal providing TransFlo ELDs to its owner-operators at no cost
Universal Logistics, one of the country’s largest carriers and operator of Universal Truckload, Universal Dedicated and Universal Intermodal, will provide electronic logging devices to its 3,500 owner-operators free of charge, the company announced Tuesday.
July 25, 2017
Business
Trump DOT nixes sleep apnea rulemaking, bumps speed limiter mandate
The U.S. Department of Transportation, as expected under the Trump administration, has signaled it will not continue to pursue a rulemaking to mandate the use of speed limiters in the trucking industry, at least any time soon. However, the DOT still considers instituting sleep apnea screening protocol for truck operators and carrier employers as a near-term priority.
July 24, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Weak links can hamper app-based ELDs
Many ELD systems based on smartphone or tablet apps fall in the category of “bring your own device.” Because most rely on cellular and Bluetooth connections, BYOD systems can be more prone to connectivity problems.
July 21, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Out-of-service conditions related to ELDs
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s updated out-of-service criteria include those related to electronic logging devices. None are new OOS conditions. Rather, they’re footnotes related to current OOS conditions having to do with the hours of service, namely having no log book, having no previous seven days of logs and presenting a false log. All require putting the driver OOS for 10 consecutive hours.
July 19, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Bill to delay ELD mandate two years filed in House
If enacted, owner-operators would have two additional years, to December 2019, to switch from paper logs to an electronic logging device. The bill has hurdles to clear before becoming law, however.
July 19, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Presenting logs with ELDs at roadside
Running with an e-logs device is one thing. Communicating e-log data to an inspector is quite another. With five months to go, states’ data transfer plans vary widely, and an ambitious federal program remains untested.
July 18, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Efforts to change ELD mandate for smaller carriers gain steam in Congress
A panel of lawmakers in the U.S. House on Monday issued a report advising FMCSA to study whether a “full or targeted delay” of the federal ELD mandate is warranted.
July 18, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
FMCSA adds tool for ELD makers to test units’ roadside data transfer capabilities
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has added an online tool that allows manufacturers of electronic logging devices to test whether their records of duty status (RODS) files will transfer properly to enforcement officers during roadside inspections.
July 18, 2017
Channel 19
Voices on ELDs, hours, pay as grassroots efforts begin to bear fruit
As news out of Congress shows some of the results of anti-ELD mandate forces speaking out, this voices round-up brings commentary under Max Heine’s July “Pulse” column on what one reader dubbed “the real problem” at the root of ELD issues, hours. Not everyone agreed, some seeing rates/money as the more bedrock issue in all the back-and-forth over ELDs and hours.
July 18, 2017
Business
FMCSA rejects fleet’s 30-minute break exemption request
In its denial, FMCSA says when the 30-minute break provision was proposed, it was based on research that stated periods free from work were followed by improved work performance. The agency says the break benefits drivers and improves safety.
July 17, 2017
Business
Human trafficking convicts would be barred for life from trucking under Senate bill
A bill introduced by the Senate’s Commerce Committee this week would permanently disqualify truck drivers from holding a CDL if they’ve been convicted of a human trafficking offense. The legislation part of a two-bill package aimed at combating human trafficking that occurs on U.S. roadways.
July 14, 2017
Business
As cow haulers applaud ELD exemption in DOT funding bill, legislation advances
A bill that would exempt carriers from state laws requiring paid meal and rest breaks for drivers and, at least short term, exempt livestock haulers from compliance with the federal electronic logging device has been passed by the House Appropriations Committee’s transportation subcommittee.
July 13, 2017
Hours of Service
Montana, Dakotas suspend hours regs for drought relief haulers
In addition to hours-of-service reprieves for truckers hauling supplies to help livestock producers in the states, Montana and North Dakota’s orders also ease weight limit regulations for drivers hauling hay and water to ranchers.
July 12, 2017
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