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A word to Congress, Trump administration on ELDs from Vance Vergon
Anybody else miss a 30-minute break this week? Hereâs hoping everyoneâs getting a longer break this weekend. Take a load off with a note to Congress from Vance Vergon and a run back through recent ELD news.
March 4, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Telogis/Mack offer telematics free trial
Mack models equipped with MP engines and GuardDog Connect hardware built after 2014 are eligible for the free trial, and up to 10 trucks per customer can be included. All features of Telogis Fleet for Mack, including e-logs, are available during the free trial period,
March 3, 2017
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Business
CVSA 2017 out-of-service criteria changes go into effect April 1
Few significant changes from years past have been made, but new out-of-service conditions related to the electronic logging device mandateâs December enforcement are included.
March 2, 2017
Business
Nebraska troopers take to trucks to spot scofflaw motorists
Troopers will ride in cabs of commercial trucks watching for things such as texting and driving, following too closely, speeding and aggressive driving.
March 2, 2017
Channel 19
Correcting the personal-conveyance record
Answering Russ Hoffmanâs question: âAre you sure that Personal Conveyance requires that you not have a load or trailer? I believe the regulation is Unladen (unloaded) with an empty trailer being acceptable.â By the letter of the law, heâs right.
March 2, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
POLL: Have you tested the e-log waters with a smartphone/tablet-based app?
Whatâs been your experience, or lack thereof, with the myriad of smartphone/tablet-based computer-assisted logs available today to use without a connection to the truckâs engine? Have you tested the water of e-logs with any?
March 2, 2017
Voices
Behind-the-wheel training: âArbitraryâ nature of hours minimum doesnât mean there shouldnât be one
From Alaska-based driver and trainer Dan Tucker: âThirty hours of behind-the-wheel training, even for the most intuitive student, is marginal if for no other reason than they canât possibly encounter and learn from enough varied situations to be adept at handling the next one.â
March 1, 2017
Channel 19
High driver turnover correlated with higher OOS, crash volumes and CSA scores
Data firm Vigillo found a close correlation between high turnover and generally more negative carrier numbers in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrationâs compliance rating program. Also: FAST Act CSA requirements update â suggested CSA changes expected late Spring/early Summer.
February 28, 2017
Business
Trump orders creation of teams to target regulations for removal
Trump directed all federal agencies, including the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, to establish a team to evaluate existing regs and make recommendations about regulations that need ârepeal, replacement or modification,â the Executive Order states.
February 27, 2017
Overdrive Extra
The weak arguments for skimping on behind-the-wheel training
Itâs sadly ironic that the agency charged with improving trucking safety would rely on lame excuses to shrug its shoulders at a simple, common-sense way to shore up safety.
February 25, 2017
Regulations
Trucker vlogger PaleriderTV busted at an Oklahoma weigh station
â$200 I left at a scale house in OKlahoma,â says Palerider. âA big olâ nice, new scale house.â Find out why here.
February 24, 2017
Business
Pushback on allowing carriers to drug test drivers via hair sample prompts FMCSA to re-open comments
Granting requests made by driver trade unions, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has re-opened the public comment period for a request made by some of the countryâs largest carriers to allow them to drug test driver applicants via hair sample instead of a urine sample. FMCSA currently only accepts results from urine sample testing.
February 24, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
FMCSA clarifies ELD compliance extensions, non-compliant devices
Two new guidelines from FMCSA on ELDs: Older devices that buy carriersâ time but arenât long-term compliance options for the mandate can be transferred to a new truck and operators will have eight days to deploy a compliant device if their ELD is found to be non-compliant.
February 22, 2017
Business
As Congress eyes NAFTA rework, FMCSA policy granting Mexican carriersâ authority goes to court
Cross-border trucking with Mexico saw action in Congress last week, and it is set to see action next month in court, as a federal court is slated to hear arguments March 15 against a 2014 FMCSA policy allowing Mexican carriers to apply for long-haul operating authority in the U.S.
February 21, 2017
Business
Penske settles with drivers in case over unpaid meal and rest breaks
Penske will pay 344 current and former drivers $15,000 each to settle the now 8-year-old case. The case produced a landmark ruling in 2014 regarding state-level laws regarding driversâ pay and breaks, prompting concern from carriers about the potential for similar lawsuits.
February 21, 2017
Voices
Reader: ELDs set to exacerbate existing parking, detention issues
âI donât think anyone has really considered what making all trucks go ELD will do and all the problems it will cause. There isnât enough parking now.â âreader Josiah Gonzalez, via email. And: A little personal conveyance wiggle room.
February 21, 2017
Business
Alert to DOT: Industry shows unity against safety-rating change in light of CSAâs problems
A recent letter, urging DOT to scrap the Safety Fitness Determination rulemaking as premature, brings in a large variety of state and private industry associations as signatories, including ATA, OOIDA, NASTC and WSTA. The broad nature of the coalition should âindicate how seriously everyone views this issue.â
February 20, 2017
Channel 19
Livestock haulersâ efforts to secure hours changes in light of ELD mandate, stalled
âWeâre 100 percent dependent on road transportation of our cattle. Take that away from us and weâre back to cattle drives.â âTim OâByrne of the American Cattle Transporters Advisory Group, a coalition hoping to liberalize split-berth/14-hour regs for livestock haulers in light of ELD mandate.
February 17, 2017
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