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Trucker shut down following fatal crash, ‘egregious’ hours-of-service violations
Virginia State Police found in their investigation that Carlos Alberto Garcia had been on-duty and driving for more than 103 hours over the previous eight days at the time of the crash, with only one 10-hour off-duty period taken.
August 16, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Logging in the ELD environment: Annotations/notes section is driver’s friend when ‘weird situations’ arise, FMCSA says
ELD exemption questions, personal conveyance circumstances, yard moves, more: In “any weird situation,” said FMCSA’s Joe DeLorenzo, “annotate it in the driver’s record [so that the situation] would be clear if somebody asked you for it.”
August 16, 2017
Business
FMCSA defends informal notice, partial exclusion of media at public meetings
Discussion topics of the meetings, as publicized by FMCSA last week, include prominent trucking regulations like the electronic logging device mandate, the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program and other safety regulations.
August 15, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
American Road and Transportation Builders support ELD exemption, stress 14-hour-rule issues as well
ARTBA’s support for the Pipe Line Contractors’ request for an ELD exemption re-stressed the largely short-haul construction operators’ long support for an exemption from the hours rules entirely for transportation construction companies.
August 15, 2017
Business
Top Dem in Senate urges FMCSA to ‘reverse course’ on sleep apnea rule
The agency’s rule, which it formally scrapped last week, would have set in place criteria for medical examiners to use to determine which drivers should be referred for sleep apnea tests. The Senate’s top Democrat, Chuck Schumer, has called on FMCSA to resume the rulemaking process.
August 15, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
PeopleNet registers ELD with FMCSA
Company Product Vice President Eric Witty, speaking at the company’s user conference emphasized PeopleNet’s status as a “pioneer” in e-logs. He also didn’t completely rule out the potential success of the ELD Extension Act of 2017 — though he believes that potential is very small.
August 14, 2017
Channel 19
ELDs’ weak links, redux
How the DC Transport fleet solved the issued of dropped Bluetooth connections between the ECM plug-in device and operators’ busy smartphones — dedicated tablets for logs.
August 14, 2017
Business
FMCSA holds listening sessions on CSA, ELDs with no notice to trucking
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, with no public notice to the trucking industry or trucking media, is in the midst of a three-stop tour intended to gather input from trucking stakeholders on some of the agency’s most prominent regulations.
August 10, 2017
Overdrive Radio
The mechanical prowess — and ELD trials and tribulations — of Randy Carlson
Owner-operator Carlson’s approach to the business follows an early career as a mechanic, learning from his father, who also trucked, then in trade school and on the job at an International dealer — a solid basis on which to build an owner-operator business. Is it less common than it used to be?
August 10, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
What a difference a day makes: Where rates could spike
Where to look for the most likely ELD effect on rates? High-volume lanes between 500 and 750 miles, which analysts call the “dangerous lanes.” It’s those where load/unload hiccups or in-transit delays easily can extend a one-day haul into a second day.
August 10, 2017
Business
Two truckers set sights on governors’ races
Bryan Messenger, a 28-year-old company driver, is running for governor of Kentucky as a Republican, while Jason Childs, 46, seeks to be on the ballot as a Democrat for the governorship of Alabama.
August 9, 2017
Overdrive Extra
A busy independent’s plan to transition his business (and dodge ELDs in the process)
A run with John Hodges in his 1998 Freightliner Classic, part of his small fleet. As independent, Hodges juggles roles as driver, owner, cattle farmer and pastor in his local church, taking it all in stride: “To whom much is given …”
August 9, 2017
Overdrive Extra
ELD rumors dispelled: Small fleet exemption? Delay to 2019? Answers here…
Given the apparent misinformation making the rounds among drivers, let’s dispel some of the rumors and provide an update on the efforts — which is all they are at present — to delay the mandate.
August 8, 2017
Business
Nearly 2,000 trucks sidelined during Roadcheck inspection blitz in Texas
In total, the Texas Department of Public Safety inspected 8,182 commercial vehicles during the blitz, placing 1,938 of those (or 23.6 percent) out-of-service.
August 8, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
ELDs’ capacity squeeze assumption no. 2: Flight from the industry
Will owner-operators and other drivers leave the industry in large enough numbers to produce a significant capacity shortage in the spot market, driving up rates? Some believe so — long as stated intentions become reality — while skepticism is prominent as well.
August 8, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
POLL: What’s your level of concern over hacking/security risks and ELDs?
This poll probes the extent of worry over the outside potential for a truck’s computer-system infiltration through an ECM plug-in device, like an ELD. Reports and device makers suggest risk is minimal without physical infiltration, though malicious programmers abound …
August 8, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
ELDs’ capacity squeeze assumption no. 1: Fewer miles
Examining the assumptions behind the varying predictions of the post-ELD mandate demand situation. If some predictions come to pass, there’s reason to believe rates may rise enough to be a notable reward from an unwelcome imposition.
August 7, 2017
Business
DOT withdraws rule to set sleep apnea screening criteria for truckers
A sleep apnea rule would give clarity to medical examiners, carrier employers and drivers themselves about what criteria or combination of criteria would prompt a driver to be referred for an in-lab apnea test. The agency’s withdrawal of the rule preserves the status quo.
August 4, 2017
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