Tag: regulations: Page 32

Voices

Readers: ‘No’ to truck size/weight increase

Six in 10 driver respondents to a poll about increases to truck sizes and weights favor no change to limits, citing concerns about current repair of roads and bridges, competition and limited benefit otherwise.

April 22, 2014

Business

FMCSA extends comment period on driver database rule, per OOIDA request

The public comment period for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposed Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse rule has been extended a month to May 21, spurred by a request from the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association.

April 22, 2014

Electronic Logging Devices

ELD mandate: Independents’ final straw?

An Overdrive survey shows between 50 and 70 percent of respondents threatening to exit the industry over the electronic-log mandate — the highest percentages are among independents/small fleets.

April 17, 2014

Business

Driver coercion mitigation rule projected to be published this month

FMCSA is working on a rule to mitigate potential coercion of drivers by shippers, receivers and carriers when crafting new rules. A speed limiter rule and Safety Fitness Determination rule could see action soon too.

April 16, 2014

Business

Agency committee meeting to form recommendations for CSA changes

FMCSA’s subcommittee for its Compliance, Safety, Accountability program will meet April 29-30 to develop recommendations for changes to the program, its scoring system and the intervention process.

April 14, 2014

Channel 19

Docs’ sleep apnea approach getting aggressive — and confused?

The story of a driver denied medical certification because of his successfully treated sleep apnea.

April 8, 2014

Hours of Service

ATRI looking for driver input on hours rule effects, detention time

The American Transportation Research Institute announced this week it’s looking for input from truck operators on the impacts of the current hours of service rule and about detention time for two separate studies it’s working on.

April 8, 2014

Business

NTSB pushing for blind spot systems, trailer guards, better data collection

The National Transportation Safety Board recommends regulations be put in place to require new trucks to be equipped with systems to boost blind spot awareness and side and rear underride guards and to require that better data be collected on trailers involved in crashes.

April 7, 2014

Voices

ELD rule public comments mixed, with renewed focus on hours rule

Among others, Mark Olsen of Clinton, Utah, echoed the overall mixed nature of the comments all told. However, he rejoined arguments in favor of the need for ELDs with a message heard increasingly — that the hours of service rules in general are the bigger problem as regards true safety.

April 4, 2014

Business

OOIDA pushing driver training, FMCSA reform for highway bill items

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association announced this week the two main items it is pushing Congress to include in its next highway bill: Bolstering training for new drivers and reforming the federal trucking regulatory process.

April 3, 2014

Business

Safety will be the death of us

“Progress of the species is retarded when there is no failure. You can’t keep someone safe from themselves: no matter how many rules you impose, there are human beings out there who will continue to test the limits. “

March 26, 2014

Channel 19

Take advantage of CARB’s comment period by April 21

“This is by no means a ‘done deal,'” notes Joe Rajkovacz of the CCTA. “Truckers need to participate in the public-comment process – even show up at the Board meeting [April 24] if they can.”

March 25, 2014