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Business
House passes bill with directives on driver breaks, criteria for brokers/shippers selecting a carrier
Two trucking policy riders made their way into a House bill passed Friday: One to protect carriers from litigation from drivers seeking wages for state-mandated meal and rest breaks, mostly isolated to California currently. The other is a policy provision that would protect brokers and shippers from liability when selecting a carrier to move their loads.
April 30, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Will FMCSA Administrator Ray Martinez thread the needle toward hours change?
Colleagues James Jaillet and Davis Hollis joined me for this special edition Overdrive Radio podcast about their interview of FMCSA Administrator Ray Martinez at MATS. Full audio of that interview is included, with further thoughts on hours-change potential in light of recent Congressional moves to grease the skids for it, so to speak, on tap for withdrawal, according to aides. …
April 26, 2018
Voices
Report: Truckers take to D.C. streets (one Tased and arrested) and engage FMCSA, Congress on hours change, more
Grassroots groups of owner-operators and drivers returned 30-40 power units to Constitution Ave. between the White House and Washington monument yesterday, April 9, to press concerns to the public, lawmakers and regulators over the ELD mandate and hours of service flexibility. In an otherwise productive day, according to participants, one owner-op tells a story of use of force gone wrong.
April 10, 2018
Channel 19
Grassroots advocacy, redux — more on last week’s meetings in Congressional offices
Talking with Va.-based HHG-hauling owner-operator Dave McCauley about the meeting he initiated with Senator Ted Cruz, attended by truckers from different groups and locales — he urges drivers to do similar: “Go talk to these people. They put their pants on the same way we do in the morning.”
January 27, 2018
Business
Trump to sign human trafficking bills that institute CDL ban, education for truckers
The two-bill package institutes a lifetime CDL ban for those convicted of human trafficking violations, as well as boosts funding for education and reporting efforts by FMCSA.
January 5, 2018
Business
Trucker breaks and pay, infrastructure bill, FMCSA boss confirmation on tap as Congress returns
Congress could soon take action to block states from enacting laws on driver breaks and pay reforms, take up an infrastructure funding package, further delay ELD compliance for livestockers, confirm a new FMCSA boss and more…
January 3, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
Will enforcement use ELD data for purposes beyond hours of service?
Some in the industry have worried ELD data would be used at roadside or by compliance-review auditors to uncover violations other than hours infractions. If it is, it will be a violation of Congressional directive.
December 6, 2017
Channel 19
‘They better start listening to us’: Brian Babin reiterates need for executive order to delay ELDs
A talk with Congressman Brian Babin, who reiterates need for an ELD delay executive order from Trump if truckers are to get relief at this point from the mandate. More on yesterday’s media-outreach efforts from truckers — results.
December 5, 2017
Voices
POLL: What’s the most important aspect of tax reform?
What would you most like to see Congress achieve with tax reform? With House and Senate attempting to get a tax bill done before the end of the year, choose your most-preferred priority here to weigh in.
November 28, 2017
Overdrive Radio
‘It’s time somebody starts looking out for the little guy’ — more voices from the ELD protests
On Overdrive Radio: As ripples continue to emanate from a renewed sense of camaraderie among many of the ELD-mandate-protest participants in D.C. and around the country, a run through a variety of conversations during protest days 1 and 2 a week and more back, and more from the mailbag.
October 16, 2017
Business
Broad, sweeping statements are all poppycock
After last week’s anti-ELD mandate demonstrations: “‘You can’t get two truckers to agree the sky is blue.’ Honey, hush. I guess that broad, sweeping statement can be put to rest.”
October 9, 2017
Business
Bills in Congress would require FMCSA to implement sleep apnea rule
Following the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s announcement this summer that it had tabled a rule meant to implement screening criteria and treatment protocol regulations for obstructive sleep apnea, Congressional Democrats aim to press the agency to resume working on the rule.
October 3, 2017
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