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Channel 19
How ELDs could be the new radar guns
If the SFD process as proposed becomes regulation, and the ELD mandate isnât struck down by the federal courts or otherwise derailed, on-site auditors may garner an extra-effective tool in their arsenal for declaring a carrier Unfit on the basis of hours, moving violations.
May 26, 2016
Business
Sleep apnea research: Truck operators must spend average of $1,200 for testing when apnea suspected
In wake of three federal listening sessions, ATRIâs driver survey on apnea drops data on high costs. New data from readers also show the incidence of screening, testing and treatment has continued to rise in recent years.
May 26, 2016
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Business
Truckers to FMCSA: Make sure medical examiners are on same page relative to sleep apnea
âFMCSA should get out of the medical field and leave it to the doctors,â Curl said. âDoctors should be the only ones deciding if drivers are fit to be on the road.â
May 26, 2016
Electronic Logging Devices
ELDs and privacy: Will requirement to track truckers derail DOT mandate?
The legal challenge against the DOTâs electronic logging device mandate centers on the ruleâs requirement to track truckers within a one-mile radius while on duty, which opponents say violates truckersâ Constitutional rights. Will the court agree?
May 25, 2016
Hours of Service
House committee advances bill with trucking reforms on hours of service, pending owner-op rating rule
The Houseâs Appropriations Committee has sent to the full House a Department of Transportation funding package that would permanently restore 2011 regulations pertaining to truckersâ use of a 34-hour restart. The bill also would halt the DOTâs work on its proposed Safety Fitness Determination rulemaking and would prevent states from enforcing any state-enacted laws governing truckersâ breaks and pay.
May 24, 2016
Business
DOT officially expands freight zone at Mexican border in Texas
The changes come by way of the opening of a new cross-border bridge, prompting the DOTâs Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to establish new boundaries for the El Paso border zone. The expansion will allow Mexican carriers an expanded border zone in which to deliver and pickup cross-border loads.
May 24, 2016
Business
DOT advances rule to build database of truckers who have failed drug tests
FMCSA says the rule is intended to make sure drivers who have tested positive or refused a test have completed the DOTâs return-to-duty process before driving commercially again, and to make sure employers are meeting their drug and alcohol testing responsibilities.
May 23, 2016
Business
Data-mining firm: Safety rating rule not much of an improvement over current system
A new analysis by the CSA data-mining firm Vigillo concludes the SFDâs roadside-data-only methodology to determine an unfit carrier is ineffective âin identifying a significant number of riskier carriers based on the data alone.â
May 23, 2016
Overdrive Radio
Audio mailbag: Mandating speed limiters is âunsafe, periodâ, readers say
Requiring speed limiters for nearly all on-highway trucks would be a detriment to highway safety, readers say in this mailbag podcast near universally. And, as one reader noted, regulators âwill never find outâ unless âthey get out on the road with usâ to see for themselves.
May 23, 2016
Channel 19
E-log transition, week 4: Wes Memphis gets a pay raise, pain and a little more speed in time for a well-needed vacation
Wes Memphis again contemplates packing it in, then: âI decided to just go see the doctor when I got home, and try to make the best of it. Because, like a lot of the old boys out here, this is really all Iâve got.â
May 20, 2016
Business
Ky.-based driver shut down after failed field sobriety test, other violations
The officer found in the truck cab a gallon jug of beer, along with drug paraphernalia, including a smoking pipe. A field sobriety test was conducted, which the driver failed. He also had unauthorized passengers in the vehicle.
May 20, 2016
Business
OOIDA requests comment period extension on sleep apnea rule
OOIDA has asked the agencies to extend the deadline 60 days from its current May 23 deadline, as a comprehensive study is set to be published in the coming days related to sleep apneaâs costs to the industry.
May 20, 2016
Business
Proposed Safety Fitness Determination rule comment period closes May 23
The SFD rule would replace the current three-tier federal rating system of âSatisfactory, Conditional and Unsatisfactoryâ for carriers with a single determination of âUnfit,â which would require the carrier to either improve its operations or shut down.
May 19, 2016
Hours of Service
Move in Senate would restore 2013âs 34-hour restart rules, require 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. periods
The saga toâfixâ 34-hour restart regs continues: A Senate measure filed this week would again require truckersâ 34-hour restart to include two 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. periods and limit the restartâs use to once a week. The amendment was filed Tuesday, the same day the House released a plan to permanently nix the 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. requirement.
May 18, 2016
Business
Lost time, money focal point for drivers during second FMCSA sleep apnea listening session
Costs, both time and money, were big topics of conversation during the Federal Motor Carrier Safety and Federal Railroad administrationsâ âfact-findingâ listening session on sleep apnea/operator safety Tuesday, May 17.
May 18, 2016
Hours of Service
House bill restores 2011 hours of service rules, kills Safety Fitness Determination rulemaking
The measure does not tie the changes to the 34-hour restart study currently being conducted by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, a departure from trucking-specific provisions cleared by Congress in recent years.
May 17, 2016
Electronic Logging Devices
FMCSA declines to file response to motion asking Supreme Court to hear ELD lawsuit
The latest on the renegade effort (of sorts) by trucker William Trescott to intervene in the OOIDA-brought lawsuit seeking to strike down the DOTâs electronic logging device mandate. Trescott this month asked the Supreme Court to take up the matter.
May 16, 2016
Business
Publication date for CDL clearinghouse rule pushed back again
The projected publication date for the looming Commercial Driverâs License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse was pushed back 13 days from August 16 to August 29.
May 13, 2016
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