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Common ground: New Mexicoâs inspection-heavy enforcement program
Capt. Greg Kerr of the New Mexico Department of Public Safetyâs truck-enforcement unit has thoughts about highway safety that truck drivers may find familiar and sensible. Chiefly: He understands that four-wheelers are âpart of the problemâ with safety.
September 9, 2016
Business
Nationwide brake inspection blitz running this week
All of next week, inspectors will ramp up enforcement across North America to target brake violations.
September 9, 2016
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Nebraska dinging truckers with random inspection sprees
Through the fall, these blitzes will continue to target commercial vehicles with routes that usually do not go outside cities or by weigh stations. MAPS teams consist of 20-24 Nebraska State Patrol Carrier Enforcement Division officers and are largely funded by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
September 8, 2016
Business
Amid expansion, Drivewyze opens Dallas office
The Drivewyze companyâs PreClear weigh-station bypass service has opened a new office in Dallas and has hired Ken McCann as vice president of sales to lead an expanding sales team there.
September 8, 2016
Business
Despite changing emissions regs, âGliders are here to stay,â says Fitzgerald rep
âWeâre confident weâll be able to test our products and meet the new standards,â says Fitzgeraldâs Stu McLaughin of the looming Phase 2 emissions standards set by the EPA and the DOT. Fitzgerald has already started research work to set its benchmark to begin working toward compliance with the new regs, he says.
September 8, 2016
Channel 19
âIrresponsibleâ use of data â it happens day in, day out
Jumping to a conclusion that speed limiters are the driving force behind reductions in crashes without considering other factors is, well, irresponsible indeed.
September 8, 2016
Business
The funding for safety groups, the salaries of their chiefs
Funding levels in some recent years for Parents Against Tired Truckers, Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways (CRASH), somewhat-related group Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety and others among the âsafety advocacyâ community â truckingâs loudest critics.
September 8, 2016
Overdrive Extra
When regulation hurts worse than paltry pay
When nearly two-thirds of truckers (for owner-operators alone, 71 percent), working ridiculously long hours for modest pay, are far more aggravated over regulations and lack of respect than they are money, somethingâs amiss. Itâs no surprise that turnover stays high.
September 7, 2016
Business
MCSAC policy panelâs long shift toward safety advocates
How it happened: When the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee began meeting in 2007, it had four members with direct involvement in trucking. Today, there are three direct trucking members. Over the same period, representatives of safety-advocacy groups more than doubled from two to five.
September 7, 2016
Business
Owner-operators can now comment on DOTâs proposed speed governor mandate
FMCSA and its sister agency NHTSA are seeking feedback for 60 days on a proposed rule to require trucks to use speed governors. Potential speed limits are 60, 65 and 68 mph. Click here to find the link where owner-operators can comment on the rule.
September 7, 2016
Business
The biggest little voice in trucking
How self-styled safety-advocacy groups won over the federal government, and some trucking interests themselves, to influence trucking regulation.
September 6, 2016
Hours of Service
Hours of service changes on the docket as Congress reconvenes for fall session
Congress must take action this fall to prevent the 34-hour restart from falling out of hours of service code.
September 6, 2016
Business
Trucking orgs split on speed limiters
âHighways are safest when all vehicles travel at the same relative speed,â said OOIDA Executive Vice President Todd Spencer. âThis wisdom has always been true and has not ever changed.â Other groups disagree.
September 5, 2016
Business
Group questions DOT on hazmat regs pertaining to Calif. meal, rest breaks
The National Tank Truck Carriers says Californiaâs meal and rest break requirements werenât made with hazmat haulers or federal hours-of-service regulations in mind.
September 2, 2016
Business
Truck speeds set to be governed: More insights into proposed DOT rule
More on the DOTâs proposal to mandate speed governors on heavy-duty trucks: The speeds operators can expect to be limited to and the equipment that may fall under the mandate.
September 1, 2016
Channel 19
Choking down the milk and cookies
If FMCSAâs not going to remove the 30-minute break (aka the âmilk and cookieâ break in the words of more than one operator) as requested by CVSA, there may well be rationale for reducing its severity weighting in the CSA Safety Measurement System.
September 1, 2016
Hours of Service
FMCSA denies inspectorsâ request to rescind 30-minute break rule
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance filed a petition last year asking FMCSA to rescind the rule, saying it was difficult to enforce, allows greater opportunity for falsified duty logs and contributes little to on-highway safety. FMCSA, however, denied the petition, saying it disagrees with CVSAâs assertions.
August 31, 2016
Voices
POLL: If any, what top speed should the speed limiter rule require?
Last weekâs notice of proposed rulemaking on speed limiters from NHTSA/FMCSA looked at 60, 65 and 68 mph in its analysis, but requested comments on speeds from stakeholders. Whatâs your view of where speed should be set, if at all? Weigh in here.
August 31, 2016
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