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Hours of Service
ELD mandate supplants hours of service as trucking’s top concern, survey shows
The complete results of the annual survey, which generated more than 3,200 responses from motor carriers and commercial drivers, were released today. The electronic logging device mandate scheduled to take effect next December is now the most concerning issue in trucking, survey respondents said, pushing hours to the No. 2 spot.
October 3, 2016
Business
Food hauler asks FMCSA to allow counting unloading time as 30-minute break
Transco Inc. recently applied for an exemption asking for drivers in its grocery and other food-related divisions to be exempt from the 30-minute rest break requirement.
October 3, 2016
Business
Voter registration, absentee application deadlines approaching quickly
Planning to be home on a particular day weeks in advance can be a difficult or impossible task for owner-operators. Provisions for absentee voting, and early voting in states that offer it, make it unnecessary to worry about that commitment for the Nov. 8 presidential election.
September 29, 2016
Hours of Service
34-hour restart clarification misses another funding bill
Congress passed Wednesday a short-term spending bill to keep the government funded through Dec. 9. Though the stopgap spending law wards off a government shutdown, the bill did not include a provision to clarify the future of hours of service rules pertaining to truckers’ use of a 34-hour restart.
September 29, 2016
Business
OOIDA, other trucking orgs mostly on board with pilot program for under-21 truckers
Several trucking and safety organizations submitted comments to the docket, with trucking organizations generally on board with the proposal and safety organizations generally opposed to it.
September 26, 2016
Business
Steel company’s on-site drivers receive exemption from 14-hour rule
An Indiana steel manufacturing company has been granted two exemptions for its drivers who transport steel coils from one part of its plant to another for shipments and for the equipment the company uses to transport the coils.
September 23, 2016
Voices
Driver to Speaker of the House: ‘Be a politician for the people’
Driver Steven Brown makes an economic argument against speed limiters in his letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, calling the DOT’s proposed mandate “just another way to tax the working class.”
September 23, 2016
Hours of Service
Hours reform left out of Senate bill, 34-hour restart future still uncertain
Reports indicated lawmakers would use the bill to fix a “legislative glitch” initiated last December that could remove the 34-hour restart from hours-of-service regulations, meaning truckers could not use a restart if they wanted. But the Senate bill, made public Thursday, includes no such fix.
September 22, 2016
Business
FMCSA to allow pre-CDL truckers at CRST to drive in team operations
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said in its Federal Register notice that a learner’s permit holder with documentation that he or she passed the CDL skills test can drive a truck for CRST without a CDL holder in the front seat.
September 22, 2016
Business
FMCSA updates regs for windshield-mounted safety devices
The devices covered in the amendment must be mounted no more than four inches below the upper edge or seven inches above the lower edge of the area swept by the windshield wipers, and must also be outside the driver’s sight lines to the road and highway signs and signals.
September 22, 2016
Overdrive Radio
‘Way too much way too fast’: Truckers weigh in early on proposed speed limiter rule, other regs
Truckers responding to the DOT’s proposed speed limiter mandate weighed in mostly against the rule, but some commenters came down in favor for a variety of speeds — and others highlighted the strain every new regulation puts on independent business.
September 22, 2016
Channel 19
False-positive / -negative screens and sleep apnea
Screening criteria like the recently discussed procedures are set so broadly to refer individuals for testing that to a lot of observers it looks like a gold mine for false-positive-type situations — at once, false negatives can occur, too, underscoring the importance of having a good doctor outside the medical certification proccess.
September 22, 2016
Voices
POLL: What’s been your experience with apnea screening, testing and treatment?
This poll probes incidence of false-positives and/or -negatives among those who’ve been screened for sleep apnea testing during DOT physicals. Which of these scenarios best describes your experience?
September 21, 2016
Hours of Service
Five states waive hours regs for fuel haulers due to pipeline spill
These five states have suspended hours of service rules for fuel transporters in light of a pipeline leak that spilled hundreds of thousands of gallons of gasoline.
September 21, 2016
Business
U.S. DOT initiates regulatory framework for autonomous trucks
The proposed policy initiative comes as both traditional automotive makers and tech giants march increasingly closer to readying such technology for public use.
September 20, 2016
Business
Pushing the limit: In-depth look at the arguments for and against DOT’s truck speed limiter mandate
Proponents’ key point is that capping truck speeds will reduce the number of truck-involved crashes. Opponents of the rule argue the opposite regarding safety, saying that the resulting speed differential between trucks and other vehicles would put all drivers at greater risk. More on both arguments here…
September 20, 2016
Business
Foley partners with KeepTruckin for e-logs
The Foley company, a provider of compliance services for the transportation industry, has partnered with California-based KeepTruckin to bring together “the key competencies of two industry leaders in transportation compliance,” Foley CEO Joel Sitak says. “With our compliance expertise and their technology, we’re now able to provide our customers with some of the most robust, affordable […]
September 20, 2016
Business
CDL drug/alcohol clearinghouse rule expected this month, driver training rule in November
A Final Rule to establish a CDL Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse is set to be published Sept. 26, while the rule to set up minimum driver training standards for truckers is set for a Nov. 7 publication.
September 16, 2016
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