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Channel 19
Sun-up in the oil patch, and: ’14-hour rule is the real issue’
G’mornin’, drivers. One beauty of a scene from the Reader Rigs gallery, posted on Tuesday by John Reinhardt, a sunrise early-early in the oil patch in Texas “way out in nowhere,” Reinhardt wrote, north of Pecos. And: More from Gary Carlisle on the 14-hour rule/ELDs one-two punch.
March 16, 2017
Business
Hours of service and the need for flexibility: What docs, nurses and truckers have in common
Parallels in nursing and trucking hours regs and practices, as the debate over flexibility continues in both: “None of the issues regarding sleep-deprived safety will be solved with a one-size-fits-all rule, in any industry, as long as human beings are doing the jobs.”
March 15, 2017
Business
Load securement to be focus of annual Roadcheck inspection blitz
Violations related to cargo securement include failure to prevent shifting/loss of cargo, failure to secure truck equipment, damaged tie-downs, insufficient tie-downs and loose tie-downs.
March 13, 2017
Channel 19
Owner-operator Scott Reed, Rich Wilson and legislative influence on hours and ELDs
Owner-operator Scott Reed and TCRG Consulting’s Richard Wilson stepped into the office of Ohio rep. Jim Jordan a week and a half ago to deliver a message on hours and ELDs. The main takeaway? Truckers need more flexibility.
March 13, 2017
Business
Nationwide truck inspection blitz set for June
Enforcers performed more than 60,000 inspections nationwide last year during the 72-hour Roadcheck event.
March 10, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Truckstop.com sets sights on ELD marketplace
After the coming discontinuation of its uDrove ELD, Truckstop.com is committed to assisting customers in finding a new vendor individually and, as was revealed in conversation with Overdrive, collectively. The company is building an ELD marketplace for vetted companies to debut this summer.
March 10, 2017
Channel 19
Getting into an ELD just got a little less expensive
The Continental VDO RoadLog dedicated e-logger isn’t the only electronic logging device in the no-monthly-fee camp anymore. Introducing here two BYOD/smartphone-app-based ELDs that flip the BYOD pricing model on his head.
March 9, 2017
Hours of Service
FMCSA puts final nail in the coffin for restart regs
FMCSA confirmed the 2013 regulations on the 34-hour restart will not go back into effect. Not only did the drivers operating under the more restrictive regulations show no greater levels of safety, in some cases they were less safe, according to FMCSA’s summary of research performed on the regs.
March 9, 2017
Business
The trillion dollar debate: Can private toll roads significantly help highway funding crisis?
Trump’s plan for bolstering infrastructure funding with investments from the private sector could buoy the country’s ability to repair worn highways. It could also expand the number of toll roads in the U.S. But how can private money really fill the highway funding void?
March 8, 2017
Business
Truck OEMs, trucking orgs join in asking new EPA head to maintain clean diesel program
DERA offers rebates and grants to owners of diesel-powered equipment to aid in retrofitting older engines with more modern, lower emissions technology or in replacing older equipment all together. Trucking stakeholders hope to convince Pruitt of the program’s merits.
March 7, 2017
Hours of Service
‘It’s trucker sense’: Industry groups rally behind nixing of 34-hour restart restrictions
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, American Trucking Associations, The Trucking Alliance and the Truckload Carriers Association all issued statements of support for and agreement with the study’s results Monday afternoon.
March 7, 2017
Hours of Service
34-hour restart study affirms less restrictive hours of service, buries 2013 regs
The results of a new study confirm that truckers’ 34-hour restarts will not require two 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. periods and will not be limited to once per week.
March 6, 2017
Channel 19
A word to Congress, Trump administration on ELDs from Vance Vergon
Anybody else miss a 30-minute break this week? Here’s hoping everyone’s 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
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 mandate’s 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 Hoffman’s question: “Are 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.” By the letter of the law, he’s right.
March 2, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
POLL: Have you tested the e-log waters with a smartphone/tablet-based app?
What’s 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 truck’s engine? Have you tested the water of e-logs with any?
March 2, 2017
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