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Business
CSA’s Fallout: ‘Ugly little secret’ — severity weights, peer groups need work
The draft report issued April 30 from the CSA Subcommittee of FMCSA’s MCSAC advisors included a large section on potential methods of improving the scoring system.
June 6, 2014
Hours of Service
Groups praise amendment to suspend 2013 restart changes
Groups representing segments of the trucking industry have been quick to praise passage of an amendment to the Transportation Department funding bill that would suspend the 2013-imposed restart provisions in hours-of-service regulations for one year.
June 5, 2014
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Hours of Service
Bill in Senate would suspend hours rule’s restart provisions and require further study
A bill making its way through the Senate now includes an amendment to undo some provisions of the hours of service rule changes implemented in July 2013 for at least a year and require a study by the DOT.
June 5, 2014
Hours of Service
Trucking leaders push for suspension of 34-hour restart provisions in DOT funding bill
Trucking industry stakeholders and lobbyists are asking Congress to suspend for a year two of the key changes implemented to hours of service rules for truck operators.
June 4, 2014
Business
CSA’s Fallout: SMS/safety rating system disconnect compounds problems
While official safety rating element of FMCSA’s enforcement program remains, the CSA SMS runs alongside it, giving a more real-time window into inspections, violations and crashes. However, the difference between results produced by each is marked.
June 4, 2014
Business
FMCSA finalizes changes to data collection to account for due process in roadside citations
Starting Aug. 23, FMCSA will implement changes to data collection system to account for any legal processes that happen after citations are issued in a roadside inspections that could result in removal of the violation from a driver’s or carrier’s record.
June 3, 2014
Business
CSA’s Fallout: Scoring reliability woes dominate independents’ concerns
Overdrive’s 2014 CSA survey shows independents are most concerned about reliability of scores, but the system’s many flaws haven’t halted third-party use of the rankings in business decisions.
June 3, 2014
Business
72-hour inspection spree happening this week
CVSA says roughly 10,000 inspectors from state, local and federal enforcement agencies will during the 72-hour period be stationed at 1,500 inspection points across the U.S. to do roadside inspections of trucks and buses.
June 2, 2014
Voices
The scrum over mandatory detention pay
Following the Obama administration’s nod to the notion of mandatory detention pay in its draft highway bill, debate has intensified over whether the federal government ought to be involved in detention at all.
May 30, 2014
Overdrive Radio
Podcast: Due diligence on the drug testing consortium
Any problem with drug or alcohol use by drivers among carriers large and small can ensure that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will be “watching you for a long time,” says regulatory consultant.
May 29, 2014
Business
Clearinghouse rule comments: OOIDA wants protection in reporting, carrier groups want expansion
OOIDA says the rule needs safeguards against carrier reporting measures, while groups like ATA are pushing for an expansion of the ability of carriers to report drug or alcohol violations to FMCSA’s database.
May 28, 2014
Business
Citing registry growth, FMCSA denies OOIDA request to delay med examiner rule
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has denied the Owner-Operator Independent Driver Association its request for a delay in the effective date of the agency’s National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners rule.
May 27, 2014
Hours of Service
ATA pushing for exemption to 14-hour rule for extraction site haulers
ATA is seeking an exemption to wait-time rules for drivers who service oil and natural gas extraction sites, and FMCSA is accepting public comment on the group’s request.
May 27, 2014
Channel 19
Think you’ve got inspection frustration?
It could be worse: While Overdrive’s CSA survey shows continuing concern for deteriorating law-enforcement/driver relations, be thankful you’re in America and not Argentina, as a recent case illustrates…
May 26, 2014
Business
Legislation introduced to clarify broker/shipper carrier-selection requirements
TIA believes H.R. 4727 would remove the “confusing and conflicting vagaries” of CSA BASIC data as it relates to charges of the negligent selection of a carrier,
May 23, 2014
Business
Overdrive’s Truckers Tools offers easy access to FMCSA registry of med examiners
In line with the effective date of the federal rule requiring drivers to see an FMCSA-approved medical examiner for DOT physicals, Overdrive has released in its Trucker Tools smartphone app a new function to help drivers find medical examiners based on their location and via search.
May 21, 2014
Business
Med examiner rule takes effect: Drivers must now use FMCSA-approved docs
Despite recent attempts by trucking trade groups to delay the effective date of the rule, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s rule to require drivers to be medically certified by examiners approved by the agency became effective May 21.
May 21, 2014
Electronic Logging Devices
OOIDA questions agency’s e-log study, says it ignores small carriers
OOIDA says the study lacks relevant data to prove its point that ELDs lower crash rates and lower preventable crash rates. OOIDA also contends that, not only is the data incomplete, it may have errors.
May 20, 2014
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