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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
Business
DOT adds raising carrier insurance minimums to regulatory calendar, pushes Safety Fitness rule back
An official timeline for FMCSA’s push to raise liability insurance minimums for carriers has been released by the Department of Transportation, and it signals the agency plans to begin work on the regulation quickly in hopes of publishing a proposed rule in November.
May 19, 2014
Business
Med examiner rule update: ATA requests six-month delay, FMCSA boosting numbers
ATA has joined the chorus asking the FMCSA to push back the effective date of its National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners until more examiners have been added to its rolls.
May 19, 2014
Business
CARB fines for trucking companies total $2.2 million last year
California’s Air Resources Board Diesel penalized truck and bus fleets a total of $2,177,813 last year for non-compliance with state diesel risk reduction programs.
May 16, 2014
Overdrive Radio
Podcast: STAA driver-whistleblower protections explained
With the proposed anti-driver-coercion rule from the FMCSA now in a public comment period, the added legal protections it would bring for those blowing the whistle on unscrupulous motor carriers brought to mind the sometimes overlooked protections that already exist in the STAA.
May 15, 2014
Electronic Logging Devices
E-log mandate: Agency extends public comment period to June 26
Following a request by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, FMCSA has extended the comment period for its proposed electronic logging device mandate, pushing back the comment period 30 days to June 26.
May 15, 2014
Business
What to expect during Roadcheck 2014
During the 72-hour Roadcheck program, in operation now for more than two decades, a motor carrier is three times more likely than usual to see one of its trucks/drivers inspected in the U.S. and Canada.
May 14, 2014
Electronic Logging Devices
Agency clarifies roadside inspection rules for older e-log devices
FMCSA has issued guidance clarifying the roadside inspection regulation for trucks equipped with automatic on-board recording devices (AOBRDs).
May 14, 2014
Electronic Logging Devices
More hours flexibility could ‘ease e-log angst’?
Overdrive Equipment Editor Jack Roberts asked the question in the title of a blog post on the CCJ website in which he discusses the hours flexibility issue relative to the proposed electronic logging device mandate.
May 14, 2014
Electronic Logging Devices
FMCSA: Study shows lower crash rates with e-logs, but ‘skewed’ to bigger carriers
Electronic logs have a beneficial impact on truck safety, according to a study posted Monday by FMCSA. The agency does, however, say the study is “skewed” toward large, for-hire carriers.
May 13, 2014
Business
Judge consolidates OOIDA lawsuits against agency’s violation appeals process
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association’s two lawsuits against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s DataQ’s violations appeals system have been consolidated after the association filed a motion in court seeking consolidation.
May 13, 2014
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