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FMCSA speeds work on raising carrier insurance minimums, slows on Safety Fitness scoring rule
The prospect of a proposed Safety Fitness Determination rule coming this year seems to have diminished, as the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has made its work on producing a rule raising the minimum amount of liability insurance for carriers a higher priority, according to projected rule publication dates in a recent DOT report.
July 15, 2014
Hours of Service
Suit against Walmart in Tracy Morgan crash claims carrier violated hours rules, ‘negligent’ in oversight
Four survivors of the June 7 New Jersey Turnpike truck crash that left comedian James McNair dead and actor Tracy Morgan in critical condition are suing Walmart Transportation, claiming the private carrier was “careless and negligent” in its oversight of drivers and equipment, which led to the crash, the lawsuit alleges.
July 14, 2014
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Electronic Logging Devices
Computer-assisted logs: To print or not to print
If you’re using a mobile-device logging app or a laptop-based program for hours of service, don’t leave those printers at home just yet.
July 11, 2014
Electronic Logging Devices
Smartphone, tablet logging apps no longer require printing or manual signatures, FMCSA says
Digital logs produced by smartphone, tablet or computer apps no longer have to be printed and signed manually by drivers, according to new guidance on digital logs issued by FMCSA.
July 10, 2014
Business
Cross-border update: Mexican carrier denied program entrance, FMCSA committee to evaluate program
An agency subcommittee meets this month to determine whether FMCSA met its objectives with the cross-border pilot program with Mexico. The agency also said this week the latest applicant to the program failed the pre-authorization safety audit.
July 8, 2014
Channel 19
Part 2 of Mark White’s story
Mark White continues his story of how Old Time Express got out from their Conditional rating, truly earning the reinstatement to Satisfactory, he says.
July 8, 2014
Business
CSA’s Fallout: ‘Play the game’ to get out of the lockup
How the team at Old Time Express turned the lock open out of ‘safety jail,’ reversing its Conditional rating and winning back business.
July 8, 2014
Channel 19
Old Time Express’ Mark White — a two-year regulatory odyssey, in his own words
White tells his story — featured in the July 2014 issue of Overdrive — of two years spent under the Conditional safety rating and the aftermath. Today, the Satisfactory-rated small fleet is running electronic logs.
July 7, 2014
Business
CSA’s Fallout: Trapped in a CSA nightmare
Part 1 of this story of how one small fleet operator got stuck in “safety jail” as a Conditional safety rating, a high BASIC score in hours and violations compounded and business vanished.
July 7, 2014
Electronic Logging Devices
In formal comments, OOIDA says e-log mandate not worth the cost, other trade groups supportive of rule
Trucking trade groups held their formal public comments on the proposed federal electronic logging device mandate until the waning hours, and each of the major ones fell as expected in terms of support or opposition.
June 30, 2014
Business
Medical registry now has 30,000 examiners, FMCSA says, with 22k more in queue
Another 8,000 health professionals have been added to the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners since the new system for USDOT medical examinations launched last month with an initial roster of 22,000 providers, FMCSA said last week.
June 30, 2014
Channel 19
‘Perfect storm’ for driver issues afoot?
In the words of driver Allen Smith: “with all that has just happened in just the last 3 weeks, we have the momentum and leverage needed to encourage the FMCSA to listen intently, while everything is out on the table from all sides.”
June 28, 2014
Electronic Logging Devices
Analyst: E-logs drove 2013 carrier bankruptcy spike
2013 didn’t follow the typical seasonality of trucking bankruptcies. When analyst Donald Broughton researched the situations of newly bankrupt carriers, a pattern of FMCSA audit, implementation of e-logs and business failure was found.
June 27, 2014
Hours of Service
Former FMCSA administrator supports suspension of restart restrictions
Annette Sandberg comes out in support of suspending restart restrictions introduced in 2013; nearly six in 10 Overdrive readers believe doing so would positive impact highway safety.
June 26, 2014
Business
Consultant: New CSA wave washing ashore
Regulatory compliance expert Jeff Davis says a virtual tsunami of regulations directly or indirectly related to CSA has begun to hit the trucking industry.
June 25, 2014
Business
BigRoad plans 395.15 compliant e-log, integrates with Sylectus
BigRoad COO and cofounder Terry Frey estimates end-of-summer for the e-log, while Sylectus TMS integration with the BigRoad logging app is live today.
June 25, 2014
Electronic Logging Devices
E-log proposed mandate comment period nearing end
Following the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s extension of the public comment period on its proposed electronic logging device (ELD) mandate, comments close finally on June 26.
June 24, 2014
Channel 19
Trucker-cycler Scott Grenerth relocates: To Grain Valley
A walk through memory of recent years following the day I met Grenerth running on a Nashville road with Jasmine “Jazzy” Jordan in 2010; Grenerth is now OOIDA’s regulatory affairs director.
June 24, 2014
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