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Overdrive Extra
How recorders can protect you
If it seems electronic onboard recorders are becoming much more prevalent, it’s because they are. Thousands of units are in place in major carriers. The recent final rule from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration means that thousands more are on the way for fleets that rack up too many hours-of-service violations. The May Overdrive […]
April 9, 2010
Business
CSA data to be posted April 12
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said this preview is in advance of full implementation on Nov. 30.
April 8, 2010
Channel 19
Amid industry discussion of EOBR rule, smartphone logging apps proliferate
Though the FMCSA’s just-published limited-mandate and performance-standards rule for electronic onboard recorders (EOBRs) for logging did next to nothing to open up the market for tools beyond the paper log and expensive devices tethered to the truck’s ECM, smartphone applications with similar functionality continue to proliferate. The UDrove app and online storage service, released earlier this year (functional […]
April 8, 2010
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Channel 19
In praise of a good scale
A scale can be the bane of a truck driver’s 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
Kenyan weighbridge; Photo by Anthony Kamau
Channel 19
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 […]
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
Business
FMCSA adjusts recorder mandate
FMCSA’s rule requires onboard recorders for carriers shown in a single audit to be in serious hours-of-service noncompliance.
April 2, 2010
An electronic on-board recorder like this Qualcomm MCP200 may be mandated for thousands of carriers. (Photo Mike Roemer)
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
Business
LogBook
The cross-border trucking program with Mexico, a driver screening Web site, the Illiana Expressway, IdleAire and truck-only toll lanes in Florida are among the issues featured.
April 1, 2010
Trucking and trade groups have been split on allowing Mexican truckers beyond the border zone.
Business
FMCSA proposes rule to ban texting by truckers
The proposal would impose sanctions on drivers and bar motor carriers from allowing their drivers to text while driving.
March 31, 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 […]
March 31, 2010
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