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FMCSA announces sleep apnea āpre-rule,ā wants feedback from carriers, drivers on apnea prevalance
The DOTās Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration calls the request for feedback the āfirst stepā in a potential sleep apnea rule for the trucking industry. Here are the topics the agency wants input on from trucking industry stakeholders.
March 8, 2016
Business
FMCSA updates definition of āhigh riskā carrier, changes intervention priorities
The new definition will include fewer carriers. But those carriers, once the change is in place, will be at a higher crash risk than the carriers currently deemed high risk, says FMCSA. Hereās how FMCSA will now define āhigh risk carriersā ā¦
March 8, 2016
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Electronic Logging Devices
uDrove updates pricing, plans for ELD
Says Truckstop.comās Thayne Boren, general manager for the companyās mobile services, āWeāve gotten more aggressive in our pricingā ā meaning itās gone down considerably. Greater integration with other Truckstop.com services is coming.
March 7, 2016
Business
Carrier āabsolute measureā scores return to five CSA categories
Each carrierās CSA SMS profile now includes in its public view each carrierās āabsolute measureā score in five of the seven BASIC categories of analysis.
March 7, 2016
Business
Owner-operators, public get an extra 60 days to comment on new carrier rating system proposal
FMCSA has extended the comment period for the Safety Fitness Determination rule proposal 60 days, until May 23. The rule would do away with the Satisfactory, Conditional and Unsatisfactory ratings and replace it with a simple fit or unfit rating.
March 7, 2016
Business
FMCSA unveils driver training rule proposal, sets up core curriculum and more for pre-CDL drivers
The DOT released today a proposed rule that would establish a standard curriculum for new truckers receiving their CDL, require minimum driving time during training and set up a registry of FMCSA-approved driver training entities.
March 4, 2016
Channel 19
34-hour restart: Readers weigh in on options for its future
With the 34-hour restart remaining in complicated limbo, the results of the polling show that the largest share of Overdrive readers prefer the restart to, simply, remain as it is in the hours of service rules.
March 3, 2016
Business
Senate committee approves Darlingās FMCSA nomination
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation approved T.F. Scott Darling IIIās nomination to be the next head of the FMCSA Thursday, and he will await the confirmation of the full Senate to take the position.
March 3, 2016
Business
Roadside inspections saved 472 lives in 2012, FMCSA says; Firm contends figures should be higher
More than 470 lives were saved in 2012 due to roadside inspections and traffic enforcement inspections of commercial vehicles, according to data released this week by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. However, that number could have been higher, says TransComply, had FMCSA not dropped heavily reduced the number of enforcement inspections in the six years preceding 2012.
March 1, 2016
Electronic Logging Devices
FMCSAās electronic-log āself-certifiedā device registry raises enforcement questions
A talk with the first ELD provider listed on FMCSA registry of devices ā and more on the registry itself, listing on which doesnāt constitute agency āapproval,ā in the end.
February 29, 2016
Business
FMCSA chief Scott Darlingās nomination could proceed in Senate on Thursday
A Senate committee is scheduled to vote on whether to advance President Obamaās nomination of Darling to head FMCSA. Darling must still be confirmed by the full Senate before becoming FMCSAās administrator.
February 29, 2016
Business
Federal vs. state authority over truckersā breaks and pay a growing debate in aviation bill
Sen. Barbara Boxer held a press conference Thursday to decry the return of the measure, calling it an anti-trucker, anti-safety provision. ATA, however, disagrees, calling the measure a necessary means to preventing a patchwork of state-to-state rules.
February 26, 2016
Business
Major carrier again ordered to pay big payout to driver following refusal-to-drive firing
Brandon Hopper claims he was āconfronted and baitedā by Marten to resign in July 2013 after he refused to haul two allegedly overweight loads and three other loads because, he claims, he would have been in violation of hours of service regulations.
February 24, 2016
Business
āAbsolute measureā scores to return to public CSA SMS with next update
Contrary to prior reports, FMCSA is not done with substantive additions to the interim CSA SMS public display ā carriersā āabsolute measures,ā which underly the hidden percentiles in each BASIC category, will return in March to public view.
February 24, 2016
Business
CVSA to FMCSA: Scale back on hours and other exemptions
The burden being placed on roadside inspectors by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is becoming excessive, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance says, because of the large number of exemptions being granted to drivers and carriers.
February 23, 2016
Business
DOT expands Mexican-U.S. border freight zones in Texas, New Mexico
The commercial border zone expansion will give Mexican-domiciled and U.S.-domiciled carriers and drivers a bigger zone to pick up and drop freight near El Paso, along with making some New Mexico-based crossings officially codified as cross-border zones.
February 23, 2016
Business
California driver shut down after failed drug tests, crash
The driver was found to be medically unqualified to operate a commercial vehicle during a May 2015 FMCSA investigation in which the agency discovered heād tested positive for the use of prohibited controlled substances, amphetamines or methamphetamines, on three separate occasions since 2012.
February 19, 2016
Business
Trucker coercion prohibition rule now in effect: Hereās how to file a complaint against a carrier, broker or shipper
A new federal rule that implements large fines for carriers, shippers and brokers caught pressuring drivers to operate beyond federal safety regulations, such as when theyāre out of hours, is now in effect, as is a new system for truckers to file complaints for alleged coercion instances with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
February 19, 2016
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