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Tomorrowâs Trucker: Wireless inspections: 24/7 exposure of truck, driver violations
Itâs easy to conjure a scenario of total on-highway enforcement of truck and driver regulations, enabled by a nationwide rollout of vehicle-to-infrastructure wireless communications. Growing industry adoption of telematics systems, work by FMCSA to ramp up wireless inspections and several other trends could lead to such a national system in the coming decades.
March 18, 2016
Business
U.S. accepts Mexicoâs truck inspection standards
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced this week it now accepts Mexicoâs criteria for annual inspection of trucks domiciled there after concluding its inspection standards were comparable to the United States.
March 18, 2016
Business
S.C. driver shut down after involvement in fatal hit-and-run, Mass. trucking company shut down
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued effective shutdown orders recently to a South Carolina-licensed driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run and a Massachusetts-based trucking company that failed to maintain equipment and oversee its drivers.
March 17, 2016
Business
Tomorrowâs Trucker: Advances in technology point toward hours relief
Technological advances over the next two to three decades could massage one of owner-operatorsâ biggest pain points: hours of service regulations seen as too restrictive for truckersâ productivity and too rigid for their highly variable schedules. Equipment innovations could play into the industryâs interest in either extending driversâ on-duty time or allowing greater flexibility in divvying it up.
March 17, 2016
Overdrive Radio
Change for the better or nails in the coffin: Talking the future with Gary Carlisle
Whether the future landscape of greater risk translates to a boon for the future generations of owner-operators willing to assume the risk themselves as independents, or not, is one of many areas discussed in this podcast conversation with current owner/former operator Gary Carlisle.
March 17, 2016
Business
DOT announces further delays in publication of speed limiter, CDL clearinghouse rules
The DOT pushed back the projected publication date of a rule to require speed limiters on heavy-duty trucks to April 22. A rule to implement a CDL Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse is now projected to be published on July 28.
March 16, 2016
Business
Contract mail carriers denied 14-hour exemption request
A group of contract mail carriers have been denied an exemption from the 14-hour on-duty limit.
March 16, 2016
Business
Tomorrowâs 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 wonât be needed. That refrain, however, likely is ungrounded. Driversâ jobs will become like that of airline pilots, not only watching the vehicle but also closely overseeing a variety of sophisticated systemsâŚ
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 learnerâs permit or CDL with two regulatory changes.
March 15, 2016
Hours of Service
Fireworks haulers want hours exemption renewed, loggers seek securement exemption
The FMCSA is seeking public comment on two exemption requests â 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
Tomorrowâs 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 tomorrowâs trucker and shifts in the trucker pay model.
March 14, 2016
Business
Amid âfatigued driverâ out-of-service discussions, panel releases report on research into fatigue measurement
The 392.3 âill/fatigued operatorâ 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 Houseâs Transportation Committee unveiled the aviation-focused legislation Thursday.
March 10, 2016
Business
Sleep apnea âpre-ruleâ 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 truckersâ hours, pay reform
The Senateâs 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 driversâ hours of service and pay.
March 10, 2016
Business
Another coalition of trucking groups calls on Congress to stop FMCSAâs Safety Fitness rule from proceeding
The groups said their major concern is that the Safety Fitness rule âutilizes flawed CSA/Safety Measurement System data and scores,â which Congress directed FMCSA to fix in the FAST Act highway bill passed in December.
March 10, 2016
Business
FMCSA announces sleep apnea âpre-rule,â wants feedback from carriers, drivers on apnea prevalance
The DOTâs Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration calls the request for feedback the âfirst stepâ 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 âhigh riskâ 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. Hereâs how FMCSA will now define âhigh risk carriersâ âŚ
March 8, 2016
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