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FMCSA warns truckers about use of e-cigarettes, vaporizers
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a safety advisory for truck drivers who use battery-powered portable electronic smoking devices, or e-cigarettes.
August 4, 2016
Business
Best — and worst — 10 states for clean inspections
These states present truckers with the best opportunities — or, as the case may be, the least likelihood — for a clean inspection, crucial in improving CSA scores.
August 3, 2016
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Credit for clean: ‘Finishing the job’ on violation-free inspections
Mississippi far exceeding all states when it comes to helping truckers by issuing clean inspections. According to state officials, that could change with some more precise targeting in the future.
August 2, 2016
Business
Minnesota looking to change how CDL skills test is administered
Minnesota proposes to combine vehicle control skills and on-road driving, making the skills test two parts instead of three.
July 29, 2016
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Stoking the log fires, redux: Crash incidence, hours violations and fleet size
Is the owner-operator/small fleet being “nitpicked” or “nickel-and-dimed” into oblivion? Crash data and inspection and hours violation rates, analyzed by fleet size, fuel further discussion following this month’s “Stoking the log fires” feature.
July 28, 2016
Business
Surprise inspection blitz puts 13.9 percent of trucks inspected out of service
The inspection blitz, part of CVSA’s Operation Airbrake program, was conducted in 31 states and Canadian provinces. A total of 6,128 commercial vehicles had their brakes checked during the unannounced event.
July 26, 2016
Electronic Logging Devices
Truckers, FMCSA to square off in court over ELD mandate this September
The federal court overseeing the lawsuit challenging the U.S. DOT’s electronic logging device mandate has scheduled oral arguments for the case to be heard in court on Sept. 13, where the owner-operator plaintiffs in the case hope to convince the court to strike down the U.S. DOT’s ELD mandate.
July 25, 2016
Business
Two hours exemptions extended by FMCSA
FMCSA extended hours exemptions for the Department of Energy and WestRock to five years from the date the exemptions were issued, per a provision in the FAST Act highway bill.
July 22, 2016
Business
FMCSA makes some hours exemptions permanent
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has retroactively adopted several regulations required by the FAST Act highway bill dealing mainly with exemptions.
July 22, 2016
Business
Minor changes made to inspection regulations
A few minor changes to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) remove the ability for carriers to use roadside inspections as their required annual inspection, as well as clarify rules on correcting violations found during roadside inspections and more.
July 21, 2016
Business
FMCSA delays implementation date of URS online carrier registration portal
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has delayed the final implementation of its Unified Registration System until Jan. 14, 2017.
July 20, 2016
Business
Michigan set to begin roadside drug testing pilot program
Troopers that have gone through the training to become certified drug recognition experts could conduct the test at roadside by swabbing the saliva of a driver.
July 20, 2016
Business
Rules on CDL clearinghouse, speed limiters still set for summer publication
The DOT removed a projected publication date for Phase II of the greenhouse gas emissions and fuel efficiency standards in its latest regulatory report. A proposed rule to mandate speed limiters is still expected this summer.
July 18, 2016
Business
FMCSA officially has new boss as Senate confirms Darling to head agency
The U.S. Senate on July 14 confirmed by voice vote T.F. Scott Darling as the new administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Daring has run the agency on an interim basis since the August 2014 departure of Anne Ferro.
July 16, 2016
Business
Lawmaker again looking to protect gliders from upcoming emissions regs
Passage of the amendment in the House, which also has the support of independent retailers of glider kits, is the first step to inclusion in a final appropriations bill for 2017.
July 14, 2016
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Report: Small carriers being hammered by bad rates, slow freight
Shippers are “pounding on rates,” the report says, referring to the present pricing situation as “rate carnage.” Small carriers like owner-operators are having a hard time keeping up, the report says.
July 14, 2016
Business
FMCSA proposes raising CSA crash threshold to three crashes before score is calculated
Under the agency’s proposed change carriers would need to record three crashes in the rolling 24-month period before crashes would enter into their CSA scores.
July 14, 2016
Business
Inspections: Top 10 states where enforcement’s hot
Maryland and California maintain the No. 1 and No. 2 spots atop the list of the most-intense states for total inspections, measured per lane-mile of National Highway System in the state’s borders.
July 13, 2016
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