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Business
Diesel prices on slow downswing after recent spike
Prices have fallen around 8 cents over the last two weeks after a 20-cent spike at the end of August. Also: J.J. Keller expands ELDT trainer certification program to include hazmat training.
September 14, 2022
Trucks at fuel island
Equipment
Brakes, tires account for most Roadcheck OOS vehicle violations
Brake systems were the top vehicle out-of-service violation across North America, accounting for 4,592 (25.2%) vehicle OOS violations, followed by tires, defective service brakes, lights and cargo securement. 'False log' topped the driver OOS ranks.
September 14, 2022
Inspector placing CVSA decal on truck
Regulations
Comment period extended for updated DOT medical handbook
OOIDA and other commenters requested more time to review and make informed comments on the 122-page proposed Medical Examiner's Handbook. Also: Florida HHG hauler pleads guilty to racketeering charges; web-based dispatch tool for small fleets.
September 13, 2022
2022 draft of Medical Examiner's Handbook
Regulations
Democratic Senators introduce bill guaranteeing overtime pay for drivers
Some of the most left-wing Senators in the country introduced the Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act, which would repeal the motor carrier provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, the longtime barrier to employee-driver overtime pay.
September 13, 2022
overtime accumulated clocks with semi-truck
Voices
ELD mandate: More than four years in, how did the shift affect highway safety, if at all?
Which of the choices in this poll best describes your feeling on just how the FMCSA's electronic logging device mandate impacted bedrock highway safety, if you feel it was impactful at all? Weigh in here.
September 13, 2022
E Ld Grid
Regulations
EPA cracks down on emission system ‘defeat devices’
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced action taken against several diesel shops for violations of the federal Clean Air Act related to installing or selling illegal “defeat devices” to bypass emissions control systems.
September 12, 2022
diesel engine
Regulations
FMCSA revokes ELDorado ELD from registry
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration removed ELDorado’s ELDorado ELD from the list of registered ELDs. Motor carriers and drivers who use the ELDorado ELDs have 60 days to replace the revoked devices with compliant devices.
September 9, 2022
A Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles officer checks the ELD data from a driver.
Business
Impossible task: ATA says 460,000 trucks needed to offset effect of potential rail strike
The trucking industry is freight rail’s largest customer and delivers the last mile of virtually every product transported by rail.
September 9, 2022
Truck passing over a train
Regulations
FMCSA seeks feedback on carriers’ use of COVID hours waiver
FMCSA wants feedback from carriers on the extent to which they currently rely on the emergency declaration, and any impacts on safety. Also: Freight market indices chart the way down; What are the Best Fleets to Drive For?
September 7, 2022
ELD in cab
Regulations
Certain COVID-related CLP waivers extended three months
Waivers extended to allow CLP holders to drive without a CDL holder in the front seat, states to test any out-of-state CDL applicant, and states to allow CLP holders to take the CDL skills test without waiting 14 days. Also: Top military rookie drivers.
September 2, 2022
Truck driver training sign with flatbed trailer
Regulations
FMCSA cuts 2023 UCR fees for carriers, small fleet requests HOS waiver
Regulatory news: The new fees are an approximately 31% decrease for all fee brackets; and a small fleet looks for HOS relief to help food producers. Also: ATBS shows owner-op average income drop in last six months; CARB's small-fleet e-trucks vouchers.
September 1, 2022
Trucks on highway in construction
Business
Thieves targeting ECMs, cargo: Take extra precautions heading into Labor Day weekend
Cargo theft recording firm CargoNet is warning trucking companies that thieves across the country have been targeting expensive and hard-to-find truck electronic control modules, which can make trucks undriveable. Increased activity expected.
August 31, 2022
CargoNet's top three targeted states for cargo theft.
Hours of Service
FMCSA extends COVID-19 hours of service waiver a shorter-than-usual 45 days
The reduced extension period -- half of the typical 90 days -- might signal a move toward the waiver's end, yet an FMCSA spokesperson noted ongoing evaluation on a "case by case" basis when it comes to regs relief.
August 31, 2022
E Ld Grid
Regulations
Port of Oakland wins case for injunction barring future trucker protests
The injunction aims to prevent protests that intend to block or impede access to or from the port. Also: Thieves targeting truck ECMs, expected to increase activity around Labor Day weekend.
August 31, 2022
Protesting truck drivers at the Port of Oakland
Regulations
Injunction blocking California's AB 5 for trucking lifted, for now
Following the Supreme Court's decision to not hear trucking's challenge to AB 5, a California district judge lifted an injunction blocking the law from applying to trucking. A motion for another injunction is in the works, however, as challenges reemerge.
August 30, 2022
California trucking
Regulations
Kentucky emergency relief hours waiver extended through September
The declaration exempts carriers and drivers hauling direct relief to severe weather and flooding in the state from maximum driving time limits. Also: FMCSA names female trucking advisory board members; latest Highway Angel helps injured motorcyclist.
August 29, 2022
Kentucky flooding
Regulations
Chicago-area oil refinery shutdown prompts hours of service waiver for fuel haulers
In response to a fire shutting down BP's Whiting, Indiana, oil refinery, FMCSA has issued a regional emergency declaration, suspending hours regs for gasoline, diesel and jet fuel haulers in four states.
August 29, 2022
BP's Whiting, Indiana, oil refinery
Trucking Law
6 pre- and post-trip inspection myths, and reality: Trucking Law
Owner-operators know how important inspections are, but much of the conventional wisdom around inspections is more fiction than fact, which in some cases can lead to OOS violations. Here Overdrive's Trucking Law video series sets the record straight.
August 25, 2022
Officer inspecting a semi-truck next to the trucking law logo
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The spot-market slide, and an owner-op return to leasing refuge
As rates on the spot markets for freight have fallen, ATBS is starting to see a shift for many owners who went out and got authority during the last couple of spot market boom years, a move back to leasing. Dig into revenue, cost, income performance here.
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