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Who’s in charge at FMCSA until Trump can nominate a new boss?
Though President Trump’s choice to run the Department of Transportation, Elaine Chao, has been confirmed by the Senate and begun work at the DOT, there’s still a litany of posts Trump must fill at the DOT, including naming a new administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
February 16, 2017
Safety
Federal level action on truckers’ right to carry: Myth and attempted process
Two in five respondents to an Overdrive survey about carrying weapons have the mistaken belief that a federal law prohibits truckers from carrying a gun in their vehicle. Instead, only states have such laws, but because they vary widely, compliance becomes complicated for any gun-toting driver engaged in interstate commerce.
February 16, 2017
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Safety
Truckers who carry, and one who doesn’t, detail their reasons
Most truckers favor the right to carry a weapon on the road. Even those who don’t often say they stand by the old saying: “I’d rather be judged by 12 than carried by six.”
February 15, 2017
Safety
Danger zone: Truckers stick to their guns despite questions about firearm laws, Overdrive research reveals
New Overdrive research shows large concerns over threats to truckers’ personal safety. Though varying state concealed-carry laws make it difficult to cross state lines and remain in compliance, many truckers remain armed.
February 14, 2017
Voices
8 in 10 readers view behind-the-wheel minimum hours crucial for training rule
Recent Overdrive polling makes clear: Most owner-operators believe the 30 hours originally proposed for, though not included in, FMCSA’s final training is insufficient as a minimum, and overall 78 percent believe a minimum of 30 or more is necessary.
February 13, 2017
Channel 19
Cybersecurity alliance formed specifically to address IoT, the Internet of Tru…, um, ‘Things’
In AT&T’s analysis of the threat to internet-connected things, including vehicles, over the recent past, the company said “in the past three years” it “has seen a 3,198% increase in attackers scanning for vulnerabilities in IoT devices.”
February 13, 2017
Business
Truck speed limiter mandate, emissions regs part of lawsuit against Trump two-for-one regs order
Three left-leaning groups hope to block Trump’s recent order, citing truck safety regulations like a recently proposed rule to require speed limiters on heavy-duty trucks, as reasons why.
February 10, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
iGlobal’s Edge MDT portable scanner/ELD
The Florida-headquartered company’s unique among ELD providers in promoting its Edge MDT — a combo high-speed scanner, ELD and all-around ruggedized mobile office with push-to-talk functionality and more — as manufactured in the state of Ohio.
February 10, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Small fleet saves time and hassles with ELDs
The biggest ELD hurdle for nine-truck JJ&T Trucking, says Jake Taylor, company co-owner with his wife, Christy, was less operational than technical.
February 10, 2017
Channel 19
E-logs and detention, redux | An 800-pound gorilla in need of a few good lumpers
Will ELDs point the way out of the detention ‘quagmire’? If they do, it won’t happen all at once, no doubt. Could be a wild ride ahead …
February 9, 2017
Business
Idaho adds weigh-in-motion system at I-15 weigh station
The new systems will allow trucks that meet size and weight requirements to bypass the scale. The Idaho Transportation Department estimates approximately 50-60 percent of trucks that pass through the area will get a bypass signal.
February 9, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
E-log sticker merits easy time at weigh station
Gastonia, N.C.-based hotshot/tow owner-operator Buster Lewis took up the Continental VDO RoadLog to eliminate the hassle of pushing paper logs, he says — big bonus: No weigh-station hassles for him and his 2006 Freightliner Business Class straight flatbed.
February 9, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
ELDs and the detention quagmire
Rico Muhammad’s reefer freight operation, based in Atlanta, is comprised of two trucks operating primarily in the Southeast and sometimes outside the region. He names detention’s operational quagmire as perhaps the principal issue for owner-operators moving to ELDs.
February 8, 2017
Business
FMCSA will leverage driver training data to gauge behind-the-wheel minimum, CVTA says
Recent hurdles aside, including calls from various groups for FMCSA to issue a supplemental rule to add a time-based behind-the-wheel requirement, the rule likely will remain as-is through its 2020 implementation date, says Don Lefeve, head of the Commercial Vehicle Training Association.
February 7, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
ELDs’ early adopters face productivity, operational challenges
Examining the operational impacts of fully engine-connected electronic logging devices both positive and negative — adopted by these independents and leased small fleets/operators, well ahead of the ELD mandate.
February 7, 2017
Business
Trump, trucking and regulations: Takeaways from the first two weeks of the Trump Administration
Speed limiters, driver training, ELDs and more — If the barrage of Trump news has left you a little dizzy, here’s a quick look at the key trucking-specific happenings from the new administration in its first two weeks.
February 6, 2017
Channel 19
North Dakota contemplating 80-mph speed limit
How fast is fast enough? Revisiting the question in light of a potential boost in speed limits to 80 mph in North Dakota, and more on Trump’s two-for-one out/in regulatory order …
February 6, 2017
Business
FMCSA shuts down trucker following two alcohol-related arrests in four-day period
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration effectively shut down Eric Ronald Scott after he was arrested twice in a four-day period for alcohol-related incidents.
February 2, 2017
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