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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
Channel 19
PTDI, others: A behind-the-wheel minimum is ‘critical’ for effective training rule
Just why did FMCSA exclude a behind-the-wheel minimum from its entry level training rule? Answers explored here, with views from another call for the agency to reconsider the rule to include a BTW minimum.
February 2, 2017
Voices
POLL: Does the Entry Level Driver Training rule need a behind-the-wheel minimum?
FMCSA’s removal of the behind-the-wheel minimum number of hours in their proposed pre-CDL training rule has caused a stir among drivers, training organizations and others. What’s your view on the rule and whether that minimum (or another) should be included?
February 2, 2017
Business
Trump’s halt on regulations the ‘death knell’ for truck speed limiter rule
Trump’s regulatory reluctance — and a recent memo to federal agencies ordering them to halt new regulations — could be the end of the U.S. DOT’s quest to require speed limiters on heavy-duty trucks.
February 1, 2017
Business
Senate confirms Chao to head DOT under Trump
Chao told a Senate panel earlier this month her three main goals as head of the U.S. DOT will be to bolster infrastructure funding, bridge the divide over rural and urban transportation need and find better balance between federal regulations and concerns of businesses regulated by the DOT.
January 31, 2017
Business
Per Trump order, FMCSA delays new driver training rule
Prompted by a Jan. 20 order issued by President Trump, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will publish a notice Feb. 1 officially delaying the effective date of a new rule establishing national truck driver training standards.
January 31, 2017
Business
Trump calls on agencies to remove two regulations for every new one
President Trump in his second full week in office continues his crusade against new and existing federal regulations. Trump signed an executive order Monday directing federal agencies to eliminate two “prior regulations” for “every new regulation issued.”
January 30, 2017
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