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Fleet shut down after bridge strike | Volvo's new CARB-compliant engine
A 7-truck fleet was shut down as Canada's British Columbia cracks down on bridge strikes. Also: Volvo has introduced its new D13 engine, compliant with CARB 2024 Omnibus regs; fleet's HOS waiver request denied by FMCSA.
July 19, 2024
Trucking Law
Trucking Law: Marijuana rescheduling impact for pro truckers
Comments on the federal effort to reschedule marijuana are due July 22. While nothing is changing short-term about cannabis-derived products for owner-ops and other truckers, dig into a shifting legal landscape in this video.
July 18, 2024
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Regulations
Timeline for AEBs, broker transparency, other rulemakings in the works
The 2024 Spring Regulatory Agenda, published this month, updates the timeline on a number of potential rulemakings from FMCSA and NHTSA affecting trucking.
July 17, 2024
Business
Why brokers don't want to give owner-ops transparency in freight transactions
A third-generation broker, Jeff Tucker, explains why he doesn't want carriers to see his margins and contracted rates, and how small trucking businesses, with broker partners, could better fight against the mega fleets when markets turn down.
July 17, 2024
Life
Where Trump's VP pick J.D. Vance stands on speed limiters, brokering fraud, parking
Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance supported additional truck parking and opposed speed limiters and EPA emissions regulations. Also: Landstar owner-op wins keys to '25 Cascadia, as another earns Lifetime Achievement Award; Ryder acquiring mobile repair service.
July 16, 2024
Regulations
NHTSA denies petition to strengthen rear underride guards
The denial follows a recently-released advisory committee report recommending stronger rear guards, along with side and front guards. Also: New penalties for violating wind restrictions in Wyoming; fleet using renewable diesel in S.C.
July 15, 2024
Business
Big change for Carrier Assure? Vetting tool acknowledges shortcomings
Carrier Assure acknowledged some of its service's shortcomings with respect to grading specialized companies, yet some fleets who've been marked with a scarlet letter 'F' in the platform report no change in brokers' approach to their businesses.
July 15, 2024
Life
Cargo theft numbers dropped, finally, in second quarter
However, theft activity was significantly higher in the second quarter of 2024 than the same period a year ago. Also: Truck busted 100K pounds overweight; Cummins gets $75M to expand "zero-emission" production; latest Highway Angel.
July 12, 2024
Regulations
EPA wants feedback on CARB diesel ban | Speed limiter block still alive in Congress
The House Appropriations Committee approved a bill Wednesday that includes a speed limiter mandate block and more. Also: EPA considering waiver for CARB's Advanced Clean Fleets rule; DAT offering free temporary subscription upgrade.
July 11, 2024
Regulations
'Doomed' underride committee under fire | Southeastern cargo theft ring busted
OOIDA penned a letter Wednesday to Congressional transportation leaders voicing concerns over the underride guard committee's redefinition of "consensus" with new report. Also: Cargo theft ring members get prison time; FMCSA names new Chief Counsel.
July 10, 2024
Equipment
EPA's Diesel Emissions Regulations: Truck pricing, reliability impacts over two decades
In early 2024 Overdrive readers weighed in on pricing and reliability of their owned trucks, representing the variety of emissions specs over decades. How much has truck pricing outpaced the broad inflation rate? Download the survey report to find out.
July 8, 2024
Regulations
Heated debate over recommendations for improving underride guard regulation
A biennial report from the Advisory Committee on Underride Protection, not yet final, shows big division among committee members, yet offers a bevy of recommendations for regulators to improve safety in underride crashes involving trucks.
July 9, 2024
Regulations
FMCSA kicks the can on speed-limiter rule | Tie rod-related recall hits more trucks
The agency is now projecting that a rulemaking proposal will be published in May 2025, after missing its previous May 2024 projection. Also: More trucks caught in growing tie rod recall; fleet's under-21 waiver request comment period extended; more.
July 9, 2024
Regulations
Big meth shipment found in load of veggies | Baltimore emergency declaration extended again
Border officers seized $5.1 million of meth found in a load of cucumbers and bell peppers. Also: FMCSA extends Baltimore bridge collapse emergency; I-40/U.S. 93 interchange project to begin; X-ray truck scanner added at I-35 border checkpoint.
July 8, 2024
Equipment
EPA 2027 diesel emissions regs: Class 8 truck price hikes in the offing
How high could new-truck prices go? Findings from Overdrive's early-2024 reader survey and analysis of past EPA emissions changes prove instructive, as the latest emissions regs loom.
July 8, 2024
Regulations
California again advances anti-autonomous truck bill | Maintenance, labor costs falling
The bill has passed the state Assembly and is making its way through the Senate. The same bill last year passed both chambers and was vetoed by the governor. Also: Trucking maintenance, labor costs falling; Wisconsin troopers hopping in trucks next week.
July 5, 2024
Regulations
FMCSA's confusing excuse for not enforcing its own rules
FMCSA has been citing a judge's 2019 decision as blocking its ability to penalize bad actors among brokers and carriers for so-called "commercial" violations, but now they seem to admit that's not true.
July 3, 2024
Regulations
Carrier lease-purchase programs should be 'outlawed': FMCSA task force chairman
FMCSA's Truck Leasing Task Force chairman Steve Rush is not the only member whose mind seems made up on the future of the carrier lease-purchase. The next task force meeting, July 18, takes up opportunity in "equitable leasing agreements."
July 3, 2024
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