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Business
33-foot doubles left out of 2016 spending bill
A provision to allow longer trucks that was included in an earlier version of the omnibus spending package was removed from the final version that was unveiled late Tuesday.
December 17, 2015
Electronic Logging Devices
POLL: What will be your response to mandated ELDs?
7 in 10 readers noted they’d consider either early retirement or another line of work before they’d run with an electronic log in March 2014, when the recently released rule was proposed. What’s your outlook today?
December 16, 2015
Hours of Service
Rollback of 34-hour restart regs further entrenched by Congressional budget deal
FMCSA will have to prove its 2013-implemented rules are better for driver fatigue and highway safety than previous hours rules before they can go back into effect, Congress directs.
December 16, 2015
Business
Potential trucker sleep apnea rulemaking takes step forward
A data collection effort by the U.S. DOT intended to gauge how many truck operators have obstructive sleep apnea and what impact a sleep apnea rule could have on the industry has taken a step forward in the federal rulemaking process and could be published by year’s end.
December 16, 2015
Overdrive Radio
ELD mandate represents a ‘piece of freedom’ under threat, say readers
Audio: Three views of the ELD mandate show the strong opposition felt among many — meantime, more debate on the pre-2000 model year exception and just who benefits most, by the numbers.
December 15, 2015
Business
Trailer underride guard mandate proposed by NHTSA
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is proposing to require rear impact guards on the back of trailers.
December 15, 2015
Electronic Logging Devices
OOIDA petitions federal court to block ELD mandate, says it intends to fight rule ‘with everything we have’
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has filed a petition with the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals asking it to review the agency’s coming electronic logging device mandate, unveiled last week and set to take effect in late 2017.
December 15, 2015
Business
White House clears rule to set up new FMCSA system to score, target carriers
Few details are known about what the rule entails. According to the agency’s regulatory summary, it would give FMCSA a new system to “determine when a motor carrier is not fit to operate.” It’s unclear whether recent Congressional action to remove CSA rankings from public view will impact the SFD rule, however.
December 14, 2015
Business
Don’t freak out, man
If ELDs are to be mandated, more work needs to be done: “Maybe we shouldn’t freak out, but we should definitely make our concerns loud and public during this two year transition period.”
December 13, 2015
Electronic Logging Devices
Date to ditch paper logs: Dec. 18, 2017
Set your timer, and start the process of wishing your paper logs a fond farewell.
December 11, 2015
Overdrive Extra
The new cost of e-log compliance and FMCSA’s denial of small business exemption
Following a comment dust-up over the real costs of compliance of an ELD mandate, the agency relaxed certain portions of required device spec’s in the mandate’s ultimate version. But it also blocked attempts at exempting small trucking companies from compliance.
December 11, 2015
Electronic Logging Devices
Inside the ELD mandate
Overdrive editors Todd Dills and James Jaillet discuss the Dec. 10 announced rule requiring truck drivers to use electronic logging devices to maintain records of duty status, breaking down the rule’s general hardware spec’s, pre-2000 exemption, smartphone compliance and more.
December 10, 2015
Business
CSA reform package in highway bill includes added incentive/bonus program for motor carriers
The “Beyond Compliance” incentive/credit program’s inclusion in the highway bill ensures its regulatory pursuit. Inclusion follows exploration of the idea by FMCSA and numerous commenters earlier this year.
December 10, 2015
Channel 19
ELD mandate’s pre-2000 model year exception: One owner-operator’s morning celebration, more voices raised
Independent Howard Salmon — owner of a 1999 Kenworth W900 — and his reaction to news of the pre-2000 model year exception in the ELD mandate — more voices on the rule, too.
December 10, 2015
Electronic Logging Devices
E-log mandate set to take effect Dec. 2017, rule set for DOT publication
The rule requires drivers currently required to keep paper logs to use ELDs, with a few exceptions. It also spells out hardware requirements for the devices, protections against driver harassment and more.
December 10, 2015
Business
EPA fuel economy standards: Major trucking groups, truck manufacturers question rule’s stipulations, support its goals
Some say the proposed rules are too aggressive and will be difficult to meet with the given timeline. Others say the market will drive the industry to meeting these proposed regulations during a similar timeline if it saves truck drivers and trucking companies money as the EPA says it will.
December 9, 2015
Business
DOT floats plan to require truck passengers to wear seatbelts
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is proposing to require passengers in property-carrying commercial motor vehicles to use seat belts on public roads.
December 9, 2015
Business
‘Coercion’ definition, stiffer penalties key changes in FMCSA’s coercion rule work
The exact definition FMCSA is using to define driver coercion and what led it to the definition and to the higher fines associated with such violations.
December 8, 2015
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