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Channel 19
Why âautomaticâ may or may not mean âautomaticâ when it comes to ELDs
In OOIDAâs case against the ELD mandate, it argues FMCSA has not conformed to Congressional statute requiring ELDs because it didnât require devices that âautomaticallyâ record all hours. Did Congress really mean what it said?
April 15, 2016
Business
New medical exam forms required beginning April 20
Medical examiners performing physical exams on truck drivers will be required to use the revised versions of the Medical Examination Report Form and the Medical Examinerâs Certificate Form beginning April 20.
April 14, 2016
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Business
ABF Freight to charge customers compliance surcharge for loads in and out of California
This month, the Arkansas-based ABF Freight began the California Compliance Surcharge to offset the stateâs higher operating costs and stricter regulations.
April 14, 2016
Channel 19
âA broken systemâ: Small fleet owner on CSA, SFD reliance on roadside inspections, violations
Hazmat, securement violations for a two-gallon tote holding spare oil? Check. Bob Delulloâs thoughts on CSA and the proposed SFD rule are a variation on the âgarbage in, garbage outâ phrase to describe systems doomed by the component parts on which they are based.
April 12, 2016
Business
Trucking groups fire back at FMCSA over carrier rating rule, say it circumvents Congressional intent
An ad-hoc coalition of trucking organizations issued a letter Monday, April 11, to Acting FMCSA Administrator Scott Darling disputing comments made by FMCSAâs Joe DeLorenzo last week. The groups reiterate their argument that the rule violates federal law, despite FMCSAâs claims otherwise.
April 12, 2016
Business
Missouri seeking to extend skills test waiver for military veterans
FMCSA says since the issues in the request could be applicable in all states, it is seeking public comment on whether the exemption, if granted, should cover all state licensing agencies.
April 11, 2016
Business
CVSAâs annual Roadcheck inspection spree to focus on tire safety
Inspectors will be measuring tire tread depth, checking tire pressure, checking to make sure no items are lodged between dual tires and examining the overall condition of the tires to ensure no deep cuts or bulges exist in the sidewalls.
April 8, 2016
Business
Market will likely require owner-operators to adhere to new food safety standards despite exemption
Most, if not all, owner-operators will be exempt from the FDAâs new sanitation rules for food haulers, but shippers and brokers likely wonât hire carriers who arenât in compliance with the new rule.
April 8, 2016
Overdrive Radio
Podcast: Big data at âtipping pointâ for new safety applications
Fatigue management and monitoring techs will become, over the next 30 years, ubiquitous in fleet trucks â even, says safety expert Don Osterberg, in owner-operated units.
April 7, 2016
Business
Safety Fitness rule not a violation of FAST Act, FMCSA says in media briefing touting ruleâs benefits
Joe DeLorenzo, head of enforcement and compliance for FMCSA, spoke briefly in a conference call with trucking industry media Thursday, April 7, touting both the ruleâs ability to expand the agencyâs ability to target unsafe carriers and addressing concerns about the ruleâs relationship to the December-enacted FAST Act highway bill.
April 7, 2016
Electronic Logging Devices
POLL: Whatâs your most likely response to the ELD mandate?
As of now, whatâs your most likely response to mandated ELDs, assuming the regulation makes it intact: Will nothing change for you? Will you wait for rule challenges to play out before moving electronic for hours? Or something else entirely ⌠?
April 6, 2016
Business
FDA to implement new sanitation regs for food haulers, likely excludes many owner-operators
The federal governmentâs Food and Drug Administration released April 5 a Final Rule that sets new standards for food haulers. It includes a notable exception, however, that likely encompasses many single-truck operations.
April 5, 2016
Parking
âAll the money in the worldâ may not be enough to solve truckingâs parking crisis, panelists say
Simply adding more parking spaces, even along busy freight corridors, likely wouldnât fix the countryâs widespread truck parking shortage, said four panelists at a seminar held last week at the Mid-America Trucking Show.
April 5, 2016
Business
Overdrive Senior Editor Todd Dills wins three major journalism awards
Overdrive and Senior Editor Todd Dills won Best Series for CSAâs Data Trail, a continuation of the series that received business-to-business mediaâs highest honor, the Grand Neal, in 2014. He also won Neals for Best Data Journalist and Best Range of Work.
April 4, 2016
Business
FMCSA shuts down Calif.-based driver after multiple DUI convictions
Previously, Zaverukha was convicted twice in Connecticut for alcohol-related violations while driving a truck and once in Massachusetts.
April 4, 2016
Business
Owner-ops voice concerns over ELDs, give feedback on potential âBeyond Complianceâ program
Truck drivers, fleet personnel and owner-operator advocates voiced their concerns at the Mid-America Trucking Show about the DOTâs electronic logging device mandate and provided their thoughts on the âBeyond Complianceâ program the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is required to establish.
April 1, 2016
Electronic Logging Devices
OOIDA hits FMCSA with lawsuit to block ELD mandate, calls rule arbitrary and unconstitutional
The Owner-Operator Independent Driverâs Association this week filed initial arguments in its challenge to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrationâs electronic logging device (ELD) mandate final rule.
March 31, 2016
Business
FMCSA blocks Canadian trucker from U.S., citing violations of out-of-service orders
FMCSA said Gill âwillfully disregarded the out-of-service orderâ in three separate instances in four days and continued driving his truck before being shut down after the fourth order. He was also found to have surreptitiously taken his truck from a storage facility where it had been towed.
March 30, 2016
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