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Agency shuts down Atlanta trucking company
Atlanta-based carrier Southern Transportation Inc. has been ordered by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to shut down its operations.
April 1, 2013
Regulations
Inconsistent enforcement: Know your vulnerabilities
Inspectors around the nation know well the low-hanging fruit for violations in certain industry segments.
March 29, 2013
Business
ATRI seeking driver feedback on CSA
For the third year in a row, the American Transportation Research Institute wants to hear from drivers about their experiences CSA.
March 28, 2013
Business
Inconsistent enforcement: Insist on inspection, not citation
The way the DataQs challenge system is working suggests conventional wisdom about citations and CSA scores is flawed, with the issue of unfinished clean inspections looming larger for carriers looking to improve CSA scores.
March 27, 2013
Regulations
Committee to finalize work on driver training April 8-10
The full MCSAC committee will meet Aprli 8-10 to issue recommendations on entry-level driver training regulations as well as hear briefings on a bevy of subjects from CSA to in-cab video monitoring.
March 26, 2013
Hours of Service
Hours of service delay backed by members of Congress
Transportation leaders from Congress have sent FMCSA a request to delay hours of service rule implementation until a final ruling in court has been made.
March 26, 2013
Business
FMCSA hears testimony on entry level driver training
Driver training standards were the subject of a four-hour regulatory listening session held at the Mid-America Trucking Show. Find highlights and links to full video in this story.
March 26, 2013
Business
Inconsistent enforcement: CSA’s heat index
State inspection intensity ratings range from Maryland, where 32 inspections per lane-mile of National Highway System were conducted during CSA’s first two year, to Idaho, where only two inspections per lane-mile were done.
March 25, 2013
Channel 19
Owner-operator walk-and-talk with Anne Ferro
Several operators took the opportunity the Trucking Solutions Group’s health walk at MATS represented to walk-and-talk issues with FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro.
March 23, 2013
Business
Agency orders shutdown of two carriers, one driver
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ordered Oak Park, Mich.-based Highway Star Inc., one of its drivers, and Atlanta-based General Trucking Inc. to immediately cease operations.
March 22, 2013
Hours of Service
ATA, OOIDA fight hours of service in court
A three-judge panel heard oral arguments Friday, March 15, from ATA and FMCSA, with ATA arguing against upcoming hours of service rule changes.
March 18, 2013
Business
Prompt updates to fleet data can help scores
Use the MCS-150 form to update annual vehicle-miles-traveled and total power unit data for your fleet, measurements you have control over and which figure in Unsafe Driving and Crash Indicator BASIC measures.
March 18, 2013
Electronic Logging Devices
Electronic log rule on the horizon, says FMCSA admin
A new electronic log rule could be proposed by September, said Administrator Anne Ferro Thursday, March 14, at a congressional hearing, testifying to a House subcommittee.
March 14, 2013
Business
Inconsistent enforcement: CSA vs. the independent
In the two years since CSA’s advent, the smallest carriers have had a much greater chance of getting inspected and put out of service than drivers and trucks of the largest carriers.
March 14, 2013
Business
Agency makes GPS training standard for new entry-level drivers
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued recommendations on Global Positioning Systems and will require entry-level CDL holders receive training on use.
March 13, 2013
Business
Maryland House bill proposes fuels-tax changes
Maryland bill HB 1515 would generate an additional $3.4 billion for state highway and transit projects in part with a new 2 percent motor fuel sales and equivalent use-tax rate on retail gas price.
March 11, 2013
Business
Two-day blitz places 109 drivers out of service
Nearly 100 of those drivers were sidelined for log violations during the two-day blitz on I-10 in Eastern Arizona.
March 7, 2013
Business
TCA coverage round-up: Hours of service, driver shortage, EOBRs, drug testing
Panels at speakers at TCA’s convention in Las Vegas talked EOBRs, hours of service, driver shortage and drug testing policies.
March 6, 2013
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