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Overdrive Extra

How to graze in greener pastures

There’s a lot more to running an owner-operator business than chasing the next sweet bonus or an extra penny per mile. With downtime and other matters, the total cost to change carriers can run into thousands of dollars. Don’t let a rash decision force you to repeat the process too soon.

December 22, 2017

Channel 19

A reader on the ELD mandate: Enough is enough

“Having an ELD in our trucks is not going to make anyone safer. This mandate is only going to cause more problems than this industry and the general public need.” –Phylisia P. Compton, G and L Expedited Transport Services

December 8, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

Dealing with hours violations beyond your control in ELDs

Recording hours with ELDs: State and federal law enforcement officials urge drivers to practice blunt honesty in special cases, using annotations on duty statuses and status changes to explain the situation in detail. In many cases, officer leniency could prevail.

December 7, 2017

Channel 19

Roundup: A source of supposed DOT ‘bot attack’; The ‘fatbergs’ clogging the regs swamp

Source of supposed “bot” attack on regulatory reform comments identified. And transport attorney Henry Seaton’s talk at NASTC’s annual meeting identifies safety-rating, hours and other issues as principal fatbergs to clear in regs-reform efforts.

November 21, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

FMCSA delays ELD compliance for ag haulers for 90 days

Truckers hauling agriculture loads and livestock will receive an additional 90 days to comply with the U.S. DOT’s electronic logging device mandate, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Monday. The waiver gives such haulers until mid-March to adopt an ELD.

November 20, 2017

Business

And just what a-‘bot’ that amateur-hour advocacy group

As reports surface of “bots” commenting on regs, Wendy expresses doubt, with humility: “I’m just part of that ‘amateur-hour’ advocacy group who didn’t nonetheless make a ‘rookie mistake’ by encouraging ‘bots’ to do a job people need to be doing themselves with genuine, applicable, relevant information to have any credibility.”

November 15, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

Texas rep Babin requests ELD delay directly from Trump, grassroots group launches letter-writing campaign

The Texas representative who has been the principal sponsor of the H.R. 3282 ELD Extension Act of 2017 two-year ELD mandate delay has written a letter requesting President Trump issue an executive order to delay the December 18 mandate enforcement deadline at least until April Fool’s Day next year.

November 9, 2017

Business

Following along with the FMCSA

“Hi kids, and welcome to the first and only episode of ‘Following along with the FMCSA.’ Today our host, Dilly McDoodle, will talk about a few new rules and regulations the gubmint makes the general public believe increase productivity and safety on the highways of North America!”

October 23, 2017

Business

DOT allows another major fleet to let pre-CDL operators drive team

FMCSA says opposition stated the CLP holders who had passed the CDL skills test were too inexperienced and are safer with CDL holders in the front seat. The agency argues that had the drivers been in their home state when they passed the skills test, they would have already obtained a CDL, and could drive on their own with no one in the truck with them.

October 20, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

New ELD with no monthly fee

The Switchboard company has released its free mobile application, which with a onetime $250 investment in an ECM connecting device allows truck drivers to comply with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s electronic logging device mandate.

October 18, 2017

Channel 19

Truckers converge on Washington, D.C., for events this week

Scenes from Doswell, Va.: Among other efforts, the “ELD or Me” anti-ELD mandate group’s planned D.C. activities have gotten under way today, after things got started in earnest as the group members set up shop at the Doswell Truck Stop in Doswell, Va.

October 3, 2017

Overdrive Radio

14-hour, ELD reform should be top priority for new FMCSA administrator, readers say

Readers delivered on our call for viewpoint on just where the next FMCSA administrator’s priorities should sit — the electronic logging device mandate stood out, with views toward hours of service reform with an emphasis on greater split-sleeper flexibility a primary theme.

September 29, 2017