Equipment
Business
Regulations
Life
Custom Rigs
Gear
Regulations: Page 177
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
Overdrive Extra
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
Business
How the potential gold mine of ELD data could hurt you
The precision and quantity of ELD data available after the mandate could, combined with a new safety-rating scheme, give on-site auditors an extra-effective tool for declaring a carrier Unfit on the basis not only of uncovered hours violations, but also moving violations.
July 12, 2016
Business
Texas Roadcheck numbers offer preview of overall inspection spree results
The Texas Department of Public Safety inspected 7,795 commercial vehicles during the three-day inspection effort held June 7-9 nationwide and placed 1,751 of these vehicles out-of-service.
July 12, 2016
Business
FMCSA wants to hear from owner-ops about CSA crash dispute plan
FMCSA hopes to hear from industry stakeholders about its two-year plan to allow carriers to file review requests for non-preventable crashes used against them in the CSA Crash Indicator BASIC and have the crashes scrubbed from their scores.
July 12, 2016
Business
Stoking the log fires: Hours violations, fleet size and ELDs
The smallest carriers are feeling the heat of hours enforcement in select states, even as violations declined nationally in 2015.
July 11, 2016
Voices
POLL: How long has it been since you had a ‘clean’ inspection?
Incidence of clean inspections, showing no violations, nationally has tracked around 40 percent, give or take, since the CSA program’s advent in late 2010. How long ago was your last clean inspection?
July 8, 2016
Business
FMCSA announces plan to allow owner-operators to contest non-preventable crashes used against them in CSA scores
The plan floated by FMCSA on July 7 will allow carriers to contest crashes counted against them in CSA and potentially remove those deemed non-preventable by the driver and carrier. The industry has long called for some form of “crash accountability” in CSA.
July 7, 2016
Business
Sleep apnea rulemaking comments due Friday
Drivers have through Friday, July 8, to make comments on the effects a potential sleep apnea rulemaking could have on them and on the industry.
July 4, 2016
Business
Fireworks haulers granted hours exemptions
The American Pyrotechnics Association’s 51 members, along with Illumination Fireworks and ACE Pyro have been granted the exemptions from the 14-hour on-duty HOS rules.
June 30, 2016
Business
FMCSA to grant military vets longer waiver on CDL skills test
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration granted an exemption to the Missouri Department of Revenue, which will apply to all states, that will give veterans more time to make the transition from the military to civilian life.
June 28, 2016
Business
Update: Top 10 toughest states for hours of service violations
Since Overdrive’s CSA’s Data Trail series began with analysis of the 2011-12 period in 2013, when there were just three states above the 20 percent mark for hours violations, there have never been as many states above that mark than today. For this year, Arkansas, Wyoming top the list.
June 28, 2016
Previous Page
Page 177 of 254
Next Page
Top Stories
Regulations
Emergencies declared across Southeast ahead of winter storm, bringing HOS waivers
A massive winter storm forecast to impact much of the U.S. over the weekend prompted emergency declarations in at least a half-dozen states that waive certain trucking regs for emergency response.
Regulations
Trucker locked in FMCSA's Drug and Alcohol 'Clearinghouse jail' fights to break out
Custom Rigs
Tennessee independent pulls a flatbed in custom '24 W900
Business
ITS Logistics tried to 'offset' $85,000 payment to carrier before Echo Global acquisition
Featured Sponsor
H3 Sport Gear - Show your personality with quality, licensed, and custom headwear, socks, tees, blankets, bags, and more.
Overdrive Radio
Latest Episode
'Who here knows their numbers?' For truck owners who do, and act on them, profits stack up
More episodes »
