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Top 10 toughest states on hours of service violations
Oregon was the 2013 leader on this list, and its percentage of issued hour infractions fell by only a point in our analysis of the 2014 data. Three states rose to a much larger degree in the hours rankings…
September 1, 2015
Business
Inspection spree set for this week — here’s what to watch for
Here are the dates CVSA has set for the annual Brake Safety Week inspection blitz.
August 31, 2015
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Greater simplicity needed for Phase 2 efficiency regs?
Steven Davenport to EPA at GATS: “If you … don’t get the technology to what’s the simplest thing … we don’t get the environmental benefit, because people will hold onto those old trucks.”
August 28, 2015
Business
ATA rebutts Teamsters, other labor groups on drug testing changes, urges Congress to allow hair tests
The trucking industry lobbyist’s letter comes a week after the Teamsters, the transportation branch of the AFL-CIO, the ACLU and a coalition of 14 other labor advocacy groups called on Congress to remove the drug testing reform measure from the DRIVE Act highway bill, which passed the Senate last month.
August 26, 2015
Voices
ELDs and driver harrassment: Webinar upcoming; voices raised against the mandate
Details on a free Aug. 26 online seminar, plus more views on the ELD mandate following recent coverage. Many responses took a defiant or skeptical view of the mandate, reflecting recent polling showing 83 percent of readers opposed.
August 25, 2015
Business
EPA, NHTSA officials to hear from truckers on emissions/fuel-efficiency regs at GATS
The officials will hear from truckers in a public hearing on the “Phase 2” proposal to accelerate fuel-economy and greenhouse-gas emissions standards for 2018-’27 model year trailers and 2021-’27 trucks.
August 24, 2015
Hours of Service
Some hazmat haulers granted exemption from 30-minute break
The American Trucking Associations was granted an exemption request it made in May that would grant haulers of hazardous materials an exemption from the mandated 30-minute break.
August 21, 2015
Hours of Service
Mail haulers requesting exemption from 14-hour limit
The National Star Route Mail Contractors Association, whose members transport mail under contract for the United States Postal Service, has requested an exemption of the 14-hour on-duty limit.
August 20, 2015
Business
Driver drug testing: Teamsters, other labor groups ask House to reject Senate changes
A coalition of labor advocacy groups has sent a letter to transportation-focused lawmakers in the House asking them to reject a recent Senate proposition that would allow trucking companies to use hair testing for driver drug screening.
August 20, 2015
Hours of Service
CRST asks FMCSA for split sleeper berth time allowance following recent exemption report
CRST Expedited, one of the largest carriers in the country, has filed an exemption request with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration asking the agency to allow some CRST drivers to use split sleeper berth time to satisfy their 10 off-duty hours.
August 19, 2015
Electronic Logging Devices
ELD mandate poised to begin two-year countdown
The latest U.S. Department of Transportation projection still shows a Sept. 30 release of the final rule that would require the vast majority of interstate carriers to use electronic logging devices. Tom Cuthbertson, Omnitracs vice president, believes that date is reliable, given a prior projection had moved the date farther out, only to be followed […]
August 19, 2015
Business
OOIDA campaigning against speed limiter rule with online petition
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has posted an online petition against the DOT’s upcoming rule to mandate use of speed limiters on heavy trucks.
August 18, 2015
Electronic Logging Devices
Early adopters: Getting ahead of the ELD mandate
Most owner-operators still oppose an ELD mandate as the final rule gets closer. Yet some independents see benefits in trying out new technology to adjust to what they believe to be an eventual reality.
August 18, 2015
Electronic Logging Devices
Rule to require speed limiters could come this week, e-log rule expected soon too
Rules to mandate the use of speed limiters and electronic logging devices should see action soon. Here’s the latest.
August 17, 2015
Business
Oregon ups rural highway speeds
Oregon has increased speed limits on some rural highways, but has not altered the speed differential between cars and trucks.
August 17, 2015
Channel 19
Run an e-log as a team? Keep a regular weekly schedule? …
Here’s the criteria FMCSA used to allow McKee Foods’ private fleet’s drivers to use 5/5-, 4/6- or 3/7-hour sleeper splits to satisfy the required 10 hours of sleeper berth time.
August 13, 2015
Business
Owner-ops, trucking groups say proposed CSA changes don’t address program’s flaws
The comment period for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposed changes to the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program closed last week, and several major trucking organizations and companies weighed in.
August 12, 2015
Hours of Service
Tired trucker to blame in Tracy Morgan crash, NTSB says
The trucker at the center of the high-profile 2014 truck crash involving actor Tracy Morgan was awake for more than 28 of the 33 hours preceding the crash, the NTSB said.
August 11, 2015
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