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Driver medication use, cross-border trucking, insurance hikes on the docket for FMCSA committee meetings
The agency’s advisory committee will meet with FMCSA’s Medical Review Board to talk medications like painkillers and amphetamines, and it will meet by itself to discuss the liability insurance increase for carriers and cross-border trucking.
October 13, 2014
Business
PHMSA issues guidance for trucking Ebola waste
Coordination between the Centers for Disease Control and PHMSA reportedly continues as officials work to ensure there is not an Ebola outbreak in the U.S.
October 10, 2014
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Be heard: Engage your representatives directly
“If you don’t get involved, then as my dad and grampa would tell me, you don’t have any reason to complain when things are not going the way you think they should.” –Owner-operator (retired) Mike McRae
October 8, 2014
Voices
POLL: Which of these industry concerns is most important?
Following the release of the American Transportation Research Institute’s critical issues report, this poll probes Overdrive readers’ own prioritization of ATRI’s top ten carrier concerns.
October 8, 2014
Business
Finding fault: Where inspections are toughest
This month in the Standout States series we look at Connecticut, which might get the most proverbial “bang” for its inspection buck with the highest number of violations per inspection on average – and the lowest percentage of clean inspections.
October 7, 2014
Business
Mexican carriers reportedly seek arbitration in cross-border long-haul dispute
Canacar reportedly has filed for arbitration against the United States because the Mexican trucking association says its neighbor continues to violate the North American Free Trade Agreement.
October 6, 2014
Hours of Service
Hours of service remains top concern in carrier survey
Fleet difficulty finding drivers rose to No. 2, followed by CSA, driver retention, the ELD mandate and truck parking. Weight in yourself via this post’s related poll and in the comments.
October 6, 2014
Business
Agency action on increasing insurance will give truckers, public extra comment period
The upcoming rule to increase the minimum amount of liability insurance that carriers and brokers must carry will have an additional step that allows fleets and owner-operators another chance to offer formal comment on the rule.
October 5, 2014
Business
FMCSA to begin field testing wireless roadside inspection tech next year, looking for participants
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s testing of wireless roadside inspection technology will enter its third and final phase in December 2015, when it will over the course of a year perform roadside inspections of logbooks, licenses and more as trucks continue to move at highway speeds.
October 3, 2014
Business
Questions remain for cross-border trucking as pilot program nears end
With the expiration of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s cross-border trucking pilot program with Mexico coming Oct. 14, both the future of cross-border trucking and the effectiveness of the agency’s three-year test are unclear.
October 2, 2014
Business
Rule to increase carrier liability insurance minimum coming as FMCSA sends rule to White House
A rule proposal to increase the minimum amount of liability insurance carriers must have has been sent to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget — the final stop before the rule is published.
October 1, 2014
Channel 19
+25 percent: What double the liability insurance coverage will likely cost
One insurance rep cites a likely 25 percent increase in premiums for independent owner-operators boosting $1 million liability coverage to $2M. More on FMCSA’s expected insurance-hike proposal here.
September 30, 2014
Hours of Service
Wal-Mart: Tracy Morgan, others not wearing seat belts in June truck crash
Wal-Mart has denied negligence allegations brought in a recent lawsuit by Tracy Morgan and others involved in a June 7 crash. The private carrier and retail giant also claims Morgan and other plaintiffs weren’t wearing seat belts when the crash occurred.
September 30, 2014
Voices
‘Mike’s Law’: National ‘business carry’ draft language and reader reaction
The Small Business in Transportation Coalition’s petition to Congress for a federal ‘business carry’ program for interstate drivers had garnered 1,423 signatures as of this morning, and SBTC had drafted text of potential “enabling legislation” and filed it with Congressional representatives.
September 26, 2014
Channel 19
Big data blowback: Trucking goes to Congress over CSA
Behind the CSA bill — H.R. 5532 would require FMCSA to revamp the CSA program, pulling scores and non-crash-associated data from public view in the meantime. Prognosis for the bill in the short term: Not good with a Democrat Party-controlled Senate, one watcher notes.
September 23, 2014
Business
FMCSA-approved med examiners coming to truck stops nationwide, group announces
The newly formed Truck Stop Health Care announced Sept. 23 it will be placing certified medical examiners in truck stops in every U.S. state. TSHC says the move will help drivers more easily access DOT-certified medical examiners to perform the federally required bi-yearly physical.
September 23, 2014
Business
House introduces bill directing FMCSA to fix CSA, remove scores from public view
A bill has been introduced in the U.S. House to require FMCSA to remove from public view the carrier rankings and scores produced in the agency’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program from public view.
September 22, 2014
Business
DOT, FMCSA sued for not producing driver training rule in last 20 years
A coalition of highway safety and labor advocates have brought a federal lawsuit against the Department of Transportation and FMCSA for not heeding Congressional requirements to produce an entry-level driver training rule.
September 18, 2014
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