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Electronic Logging Devices
ELD mandate: Feb. effective date, details on yard moves, personal conveyance
FMCSA establishes page where registered, approved ELDs will appear with Feb. 16 effective date. And: How personal conveyance and yard moves expected to be handled under new e-log specs.
January 20, 2016
Overdrive Extra
Second take: Owner-operators stand to benefit from âbeyond complianceâ program
âIf you lose, why wouldnât you at least try to get the best deal possible? FMCSA is being asked to think outside the box. Owner-ops and small businesses should too,â says Joe Rajkovacz. âIt would sure be nice to find out some ideas from truckers out there not buying into the gospel of âJust say no.ââ
January 19, 2016
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Business
Bevy of rulemaking activity expected soon, including speed limiter mandate, apnea pre-rule and CDL clearinghouse
February could be another busy month on the trucking regulatory front. See what rules are projected to see action soon.
January 19, 2016
Business
FMCSA issues rule proposal to tie safety rating directly to inspections, violations
Another month, another major rule proposed by FMCSA: The SFD rule would revamp the three-tier safety rating program to incorporate roadside inspection/violation data in addition to investigations and update monthly.
January 15, 2016
Custom Rigs
Family of late show trucker, fleet owner Bill Hall Jr. to pay $160k to settle truck grant dispute
Hallâs 130-truck aggregate-hauling fleet, Bill Hall Jr. Trucking out of San Antonio, was well known on the show truck circuit as an annual contender at major Pride & Polish shows. He was killed in October 2013 after the motorcycle he was driving crashed when it was struck by his wifeâs SUV.
January 14, 2016
Business
FMCSA administrator nominee Scott Darling to begin Senate confirmation process next week
Nearly six months after being nominated by President Barack Obama to head the DOTâs Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on a permanent basis, T.F. Scott Darling will face his first confirmation hearing next week, according to a press release from the Senateâs commerce committee.
January 14, 2016
Business
Altered CSA Safety Measurement System back in the public eye
The FMCSA has returned an altered CSA SMS to public view, showing no percentile or other evaluative scoring in the BASIC categories of measurement.
January 13, 2016
Business
REAL ID enforcement begins, truckers from these five states will need extra ID for secure entrances
As of Jan. 10, truckers from five states not compliant with the REAL ID Act will have to produce additional identification to enter secure areas.
January 13, 2016
Business
Owner-ops: Carrier rewarding system a way to help big carriers, ice out small ones
More concerns and questions were raised than praise given Tuesday at an FMCSA hearing intended to gather carrier and trucking industry stakeholder input on the potential establishment of a program to reward carriers who go above and beyond minimum requirements of federal safety rules.
January 13, 2016
Channel 19
Safety rating poised to turn to roadside data, coalition issues challenge
The coalition that took on the recent highway billâs âpoison pillâ successfully has issued something of a pre-emptive challenge to FMCSAâs proposed changes to the safety rating program.
January 12, 2016
Overdrive Extra
Rearview: Fighting rail in the name of safety
One of many battles waged by Overdrive in its first 20 years was against the rail industry, including its powerful lobbying arm and its cozy relationship with lawmakers.
January 12, 2016
Channel 19
Listening session: âBeyond complianceâ with the regulations â if, and how, to reward
Whatever you think about the in-progress âbeyond complianceâ program and its origins, the fact is itâs in the works â anyone with ideas on how it *should* or *shouldnât* be structured can weigh in via a listening session Jan. 12.
January 11, 2016
Overdrive Extra
More on required ELD connectivity options: What inspectors need at roadside
If operators opt for a device that uses solely local connections like USB and Bluetooth, the device must be equipped with both Bluetooth connectivity and a USB 2.0 port, not one or the other.
January 8, 2016
Hours of Service
FMCSA to study hours, sleeper berth flexibility, wants to recruit 200 trucker participants
The key goal of the research is to determine the safety viability of allowing truckers to split their off-duty time into segments rather than the current requirement that it be 10 consecutive hours or the limited 8/2 split.
January 8, 2016
Business
UCR enforcement for 2016 delayed until Feb. 1
Enforcement of the Unified Carrier Registration Agreement has been delayed until Feb. 1, according to an inspection bulletin released this week by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance. Enforcement was originally set to begin Jan. 1.
January 7, 2016
Business
E-log noncompliance penalties yet to be determined, FMCSA says
What will the punishment be for truckers who fail to comply with the looming electronic logging device mandate? FMCSA is still hammering out those details, it says.
January 6, 2016
Business
Nearly 20,000 inspections occurred in Safe Driver blitz in October, CVSA says
The top five warnings and citations issued to commercial truck drivers were size and weight, speeding, failure to use a seatbelt, failure to obey a traffic control device and using a handheld phone.
January 5, 2016
Business
Another major carrier seeking exemption from certain driver training regs
CRST has applied for an exemption from the regulation that requires a CDL holder to be seated in the front seat of the truck while a commercial learnerâs permit holder operates the truck.
January 4, 2016
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