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Business
Tomorrowās Trucker: Meet the pilot-monitor, master of the autonomous truck
Where do automated trucks leave truck drivers? The common concern among truckers is that they themselves wonāt be needed. That refrain, however, likely is ungrounded. Driversā jobs will become like that of airline pilots, not only watching the vehicle but also closely overseeing a variety of sophisticated systemsā¦
March 16, 2016
Business
FMCSA proposes rule to help military veterans obtain CDL, get into trucking industry
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is looking to make it easier for current and former military personnel to obtain a commercial learnerās permit or CDL with two regulatory changes.
March 15, 2016
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Hours of Service
Fireworks haulers want hours exemption renewed, loggers seek securement exemption
The FMCSA is seeking public comment on two exemption requests ā one for fireworks haulers from the 14-hour rule during the July 4 holiday period, and one for the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association from certain cargo securement regulations.
March 15, 2016
Business
Tomorrowās Trucker: How a rapidly evolving trucking industry is reinventing the owner-operator
In this special series, built on months of reporting by Overdrive editors, we take a realistic look at what truck operators can expect from their livelihood in the coming decades, including a look at the evolution of the business model, likely regulatory reform, the daily tasks of tomorrowās trucker and shifts in the trucker pay model.
March 14, 2016
Business
Amid āfatigued driverā out-of-service discussions, panel releases report on research into fatigue measurement
The 392.3 āill/fatigued operatorā regulation has come under fire from truckers and inspectors in recent years due to lack of objective standards for its enforcement. A new report from the National Academies in some ways underscores the criticism while charting a course for FMCSA on fatigue research.
March 10, 2016
Hours of Service
34-hour restart fix left out of FAA extension bill
Hopes that Congress would undo a provision passed in December that could kill the 34-hour restart entirely came up empty when the Houseās Transportation Committee unveiled the aviation-focused legislation Thursday.
March 10, 2016
Business
Sleep apnea āpre-ruleā officially published, comment period for owner-operators opens
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking comment on the rule about the costs and benefits of requiring drivers with obstructive sleep apnea to undergo evaluation and treatment by a doctor.
March 10, 2016
Business
Senate FAA bill skips language on state regulation of truckersā hours, pay reform
The Senateās Commerce Committee late Wednesday unveiled its version of a Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill that, unlike its counterpart in the House, does not include trucking-specific language on state regulation of truck driversā hours of service and pay.
March 10, 2016
Business
Another coalition of trucking groups calls on Congress to stop FMCSAās Safety Fitness rule from proceeding
The groups said their major concern is that the Safety Fitness rule āutilizes flawed CSA/Safety Measurement System data and scores,ā which Congress directed FMCSA to fix in the FAST Act highway bill passed in December.
March 10, 2016
Business
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
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
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