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Overdrive Extra
Hours of services changes: Sooner and later
If you have any doubt about whether the bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., are getting the message about needed flexibility in the hours of service revision, worry no longer. I attended part of the fifth hours of service public hearing last week in Louisville, Ky., and the calls for a more sensible approach to sleeper berth […]
March 30, 2010
Business
Drivers call for hours changes
Drivers and others in trucking called for more flexibility in sleeper berth regulations.
March 27, 2010
Business
Another Hours session set
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will hold the session March 26 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Louisville.
March 22, 2010
Business
Safety belt use grows
New data show 74 percent of commercial truck and bus drivers now are using their safety belts.
March 22, 2010
Business
White House reviews cell phone use rule
The U.S. Department of Transportation has drafted a proposed regulation that would ban text messaging and restrict cell phone use.
March 19, 2010
The U.S. transportation department has proposed a ban on texting while driving.
Business
White House clears EOBR rule
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is expected soon to publish the electronic onboard recorder rule.
March 19, 2010
Overdrive Extra
Distracted driving needs uniform restrictions
It’s a pity that it takes the heavy hand of government to ban practices that common sense would say are stupid, if not deadly. Such is the case with text messaging while driving, which the U.S. Dept. of Transportation recently outlawed for commercial drivers. Studies show that texting and related behaviors – talking on a […]
March 9, 2010
Channel 19
CSA 2010 — questions of accountability, fairness
A video interview with driver Steve Bugg about this Georgia-based carrier’s experience in the CSA 2010 pilot test program. CSA 2010, set to go online nationwide, changes the model for safety rating and enforcement in many ways for both carriers and drivers. Bugg questions the very basis of the program, at the same time acknowledging the legitimacy of his carrier’s new strict approach to driver speeding warnings, tickets and more, given the new regime.
March 4, 2010
Business
States may collect UCR fees
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced that states may go ahead and collect 2010 UCR fees at the current fee structure.
March 3, 2010
Business
FMCSA opens driver screening website
Carriers can register to access a safety database that will be set up for screening applicants for driving jobs.
February 25, 2010
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FMCSA may schedule March hours-of-service session
The head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said in future years, the agency may consider driver safety ratings in its Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 program and could have a fifth hours-of-service listening session next month. In a Feb. 5 speech to the Mid-West Truckers Association Annual Convention, FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro said CSA […]
February 10, 2010
Business
FMCSA may schedule March hours-of-service session
The agency may consider driver safety ratings in its Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 program.
February 10, 2010
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