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CSA’s Fallout: Where the inspection action is
The top states ranked for inspection activity; Maryland heads up the intensity rankings as in our analysis last year.
August 8, 2014
Business
California emissions laws spur big jump in diesel particulate filter sales
DPF sales jumped 65 percent year over year in the six-month period between Jan. 1 and June 30 of this year, according to a recent report, presumably as truck owners purchased them to come into compliance with California’s emissions regs.
August 7, 2014
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CSA’s Fallout: The shifting enforcement target as states move on driver violations
Among all 48 continental states, 2013 saw 29 states increase their attention to moving violations, figured as a percentage of each state’s total violations. Among the top such states, 3 in 4 saw their moving violations’ share grow in 2013 against other violations.
August 7, 2014
Business
Rule to nix no-defect vehicle inspection reports moves closer to implemenation
A federal rule to rescind the requirement that drivers submit vehicle inspection reports when no defects were found has made its way to the Office of Management and Budget and is expected to be published as a Final Rule in November.
August 6, 2014
Business
‘Burden of proof,’ shipper and receiver accountability highlight anti-coercion rule comments
Two key arguments have emerged: One contending the rule is past due and that the agency should do more to hold shippers and receivers accountable, and the other saying the rule is a good idea but places the burden of proof of coercion on truck operators, thereby undermining its purpose.
August 5, 2014
Business
Changes to CSA’s SMS site go live, aim to better illustrate scores’ relationship to crash risk
The Compliance, Safety, Accountability program’s carrier rankings site — the Safety Measurement System — has been redesigned and has some new features, which went live Aug. 2. Here’s what’s changed.
August 4, 2014
Voices
Trucking far from ‘under-regulated’: Reactions to CNBC’s ‘Collision course’ series
The CNBC series itself wondered why there is not a “national outcry” for more trucking regulations. As reader Dianne Vranesic put it quite simply, “‘Under-regulated’? Are you kidding?”
August 1, 2014
Hours of Service
FMCSA’s Ferro, trucking groups square off in Senate over hours, agency priorities
At a Senate hearing this week, regulators and trucking groups offered testimony to lawmakers about what could be done to improve truck safety in the U.S. Here are some highlights.
July 31, 2014
Business
New study highlights state truck enforcement disparities
The new report, from ATRI, stresses that the different priorities and violation issuance rates across states dramatically undermine the uniformity of CSA.
July 31, 2014
Business
FMCSA, OSHA to collaborate on employer retaliation claims made by truck drivers
In an attempt to ensure truck drivers’ protections under federal anti-retaliation laws, FMCSA and OSHA have agreed to begin sharing information with one another when drivers claim their employers violate labor laws.
July 30, 2014
Voices
Sharing the road: Some common sense on regulations to reduce crashes
From owner-operator Pete Zimmer: “Put the safety where needed. Educate auto drivers. Increase fines to make an impact. Put regulations where the biggest problems lie. Make fines equal for all. We are all on the same highways.”
July 30, 2014
Business
Number of truck border-crossings continues string of increases in 2013
Data released last week by the Department of Transportation shows that for the fourth straight year the number of truck crossings into the U.S. from Canada and Mexico rose, with 2013’s crossings climbing to 10.8 million — 1.1 percent higher than 2012’s.
July 28, 2014
Business
Trucking’s future looks great — for those who can adapt
Freight’s going to be moving in 2025, and there will be money behind it: The question is will you be one of the ones hauling it?
July 28, 2014
Business
Anne Ferro out as FMCSA administrator
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration head Anne Ferro will be stepping down from her position as administrator of the agency, the Department of Transportation announced July 25.
July 25, 2014
Business
OOIDA gets behind drivers’ class-action lawsuit against FMCSA, pre-employment reports
OOIDA this week expressed its support for the six truck drivers who filed a class-action lawsuit against trucking regulators, claiming they divulged to potential employers too much information about their prior violations.
July 24, 2014
Business
CSA’s Safety Measurement System site getting redesign, new features in August
One of the key goals of the redesign is to better highlight elements of the SMS that actually correlate with crash risk, FMCSA says.
July 23, 2014
Business
Drivers sue FMCSA over pre-employment report information
Six drivers have filed a class-action lawsuit against FMCSA claiming the agency “disparaged” their safety records and diminished their value as truck drivers by oversharing information on the drivers’ Pre-Employment Screening Program reports.
July 21, 2014
Channel 19
CARB’s ‘loan denial provision’ less appealing by the minute
Details on proposed changes to amendments to CARB’s Truck and Bus Rule adopted earlier in the year — owner-operators have through Thursday, July 17, to comment on the changes.
July 15, 2014
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