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It’s the little things, like Google
Not rocket science: Allow small things to go faster than large things… they’ll explode into stardust when they hit the large things.
March 20, 2015
Business
Bill would expand trucker drug testing options to hair samples
Both chambers of Congress introduced recently a bill that would allow trucking companies the option to drug test their drivers via hair sample rather than urine sample to satisfy federal drug testing requirements.
March 19, 2015
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GAO rep: FMCSA’s app the latest misstep in pushing ‘unreliable’ CSA scores
Susan Fleming of the Government Accountability Office said FMCSA’s smartphone app release this week, which highlights carriers’ CSA ratings, again exposed the need to remove the scores from public view.
March 19, 2015
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Driver training: Introducing Bryan Spoon, owner-operator on the rulemaking committee
A podcast conversation with owner-operator and ELDTAC member Bryan Spoon; and DOT’s Foxx asks “What if it all stops?”, says the Onion.
March 19, 2015
Business
Industry concerns aside, FMCSA releases smartphone app to allow easier access to CSA scores
Despite the trucking industry’s concerns over the quality, quantity and consistency of the data used to form CSA rankings, FMCSA unveiled a smartphone app designed to encourage use of those rankings by brokers, insurers and others.
March 17, 2015
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Mailbag: ‘Don’t help the lawyers. Help us.’ –Readers on insurance
In this podcast, readers weigh in on rising insurance costs, urging regulators and congress not to hike minimums, which might well serve only to line the pockets of attorneys and deleteriously affect the trucking business.
March 17, 2015
Business
FMCSA’s latest projections for dates on e-log mandate, speed limiters and more
Here are the dates the DOT and its Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration expect to publish significant rulemakings this year.
March 17, 2015
Business
Ohio bill would bar truckers from left lanes on highways
A bill currently in committee in the Ohio legislature would, if passed, block truckers in the state from using the lanes left of center on freeways with three or more lanes.
March 16, 2015
Business
Court denies FMCSA’s attempt to dismiss lawsuit against CSA’s DataQ’s system
A bid by FMCSA to dismiss a lawsuit brought against it and its CSA program’s DataQ’s appeals process has been denied. The suit centers on FMCSA’s use of violations against drivers and carriers after citations were dismissed in court.
March 12, 2015
Hours of Service
FMCSA offering up to $2k for participating in hours-of-service study
FMCSA and the university tapped with completing the agency’s Congressionally required study on the 2013-implemented hours-of-service changes is still on the hunt for truck operators willing to volunteer for the study.
March 12, 2015
Business
Teamsters hit FMCSA with lawsuit over move to open border for Mexican carriers
The Teamsters’ lawsuit alleges that FMCSA’s report to Congress — on which it based its decision to open the border to all Mexican-domiciled carriers — “is arbitrary and capricious.”
March 11, 2015
Business
NY: Latest Drivewyze state
Nine locations on I-81, I-88 and I-87 in the Empire State became operational for bypasses for users of the Drivewyze PreClear bypass software.
March 10, 2015
Custom Rigs
How does a weigh station work?
Working in part with truckers following Overdrive’s 2014 Florida Pride & Polish, Chris Fiffie of Big Rig Videos turned his camera on the technology, procedures behind the Wildwood, Fla., weigh station
March 10, 2015
Hours of Service
Kentucky temporarily suspends hours rules for food, medicine, grain haulers
Kentucky has suspended hours-of-service rules for truck drivers supplies such as food, water, medicine, propane and grains headed to areas affected by severe winter weather in recent weeks.
March 10, 2015
Overdrive Radio
Podcast: Entry level driver training conversations following rulemaking committee meeting
Will traditional training approaches survive the Entry Level Driver Training rulemaking? If statutory language is any indication, it’s likely. Voices on training standards/practices in this podcast.
March 9, 2015
Business
New rules for those making new rules
“If the word “data” is used once, it’s used 77,000 times and I vote that, hereafter, the gubmint is not allowed to use the word more than once in a report, unless of course, they’re referring to the Star Trek character…”
March 6, 2015
Business
Citing handling of hours-of-service rules and CSA, Senator vows to reform FMCSA
Sen. Deb Fischer this week announced she plans to introduce legislation to reform the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, with the aim of making the agency more under Congressional control, more transparent and more inclusive of trucking industry stakeholders.
March 6, 2015
Business
FMCSA may have a new boss by month’s end
Acting Administrator Scott Darling’s term ends March 23, and whether he or someone else will head the agency following that date is unclear.
March 5, 2015
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