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In praise of a good scale
A scale can be the bane of a truck driverâs existence, turning a long-held friendly rural-shipper relationship sour when an inaccurate estimation of cargo weight is found faulty 50 miles down the road at the nearest weigh point.
April 6, 2010
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Trucking through hours-of-service flexibility and EOBRs
With a new rule mandating electronic on-board recorders for a boosted number of hours-of-service (HOS) noncompliant carriers, the ongoing HOS listening sessions and FMCSA review of the current hours rule and the expectation among industry parties that an across-the-board EOBR mandate may be in the offing several years down the road, the issue of work time [âŚ]
April 5, 2010
Business
Court: California reefer regs OK
An appeals court rejected a challenge by the American Trucking Associations and the Truckload Carriers Association.
April 5, 2010
Business
Pennsylvania to exempt farm trucks from safety rules
Pennsylvania updated its safety regulations to comply with federal law after a federal audit cited non-compliance issues.
April 4, 2010
Business
HOS waiver for hauling anhydrous ammonia
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is waiving hours-of-service rules until June 21.
April 4, 2010
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Mack plant on âAmerican Loggersâ tonight
The Discovery Channelâs âAmerican Loggersâ series, as you may remember, features in part the Pelletier Logging family, whom I last wrote about here when their friendly business rivals the Crawfordsâ played one particularly funny battery-powered prank on them of an early March morning. Before that, I happened upon pictures from the Discovery crewâs filming at [âŚ]
April 2, 2010
Business
FMCSA adjusts recorder mandate
FMCSAâs rule requires onboard recorders for carriers shown in a single audit to be in serious hours-of-service noncompliance.
April 2, 2010
Business
CSA 2010 rollout partially delayed by a year
Full implementation of CSA 2010 will be delayed to 2011, says the American Trucking Associations.
April 2, 2010
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New play brings ârespectâ for drivers to the stage
âItâs been more than 30 years since Hollywood had White Line Fever,â wrote Denver Post Theater Critic John Moore in this article, ââDieselsâ Fuels Respect for Truck Drivers,â about the Denver Center Theatre Companyâs production of their in-house-written new play, âMama Hated Diesels,â that premiered March 25 and is running through early May at the Stage Theater in Denver. And, Moore [âŚ]
April 1, 2010
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Drivers call for hours changes
Drivers and others in trucking called for more flexibility in sleeper berth regulations Friday, March 26, during the fifth public hearing on revising the hours of service rule. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration held the day-long meeting at a convention center in Louisville, Ky. FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro, who has attended some of the [âŚ]
March 31, 2010
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J marks the spot: Running with Jazzy in Nashville, Tenn.
Or, actually, Donelson and Hermitage, both part of Metro Nashville, and then into Mt. Juliet briefly on a trek that was a personal best for me in terms of uninterrupted, long-distance running. I achieved 4.6 miles over the course of the first 50 minutes Jasmine âJazzyâ Jordan ran Tuesday morning. The 17-year-old is on her way [âŚ]
March 31, 2010
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11 die in I-65 collision
A March 26 accident on Interstate 65 in Kentucky left 11 dead after a tractor-trailer crossed the median, then collided with a passenger van before it crashed into a rock wall and caught fire. Investigators do not yet know why the truck crossed the median, said Trooper Charles Swiney of the Kentucky State Police. Two [âŚ]
March 31, 2010
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