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Electronic Logging Devices

ELDs up the ante on parking

Check out the unintended effect of the ELD mandate on parking and what truckers are saying about the parking situation across the U.S. on Overdrive.

May 30, 2018

Business

Fatal truck-involved crashes increased in 2016, FMCSA says

There were 104,000 crashes involving large trucks that resulted in 145,000 injuries in 2016. That is a significant increase over 2015. More here.

May 15, 2018

Business

Achieving a dream: Deaf Alabama man overcomes hurdles to earn Class A CDL

Joey Woodle's childhood dream of being a truck driver came to fruition after receiving a hearing exemption from the FMCSA and earning his Class A CDL in AL.

May 10, 2018

Channel 19

So much for the ‘hope for leniency’: One owner-operator’s hours out-of-service experience in the ELD era

After forgetting to log off-duty, Tom Werner explains his steps to rectify the issue on his ELD were insufficient to avoid out of service time in Oregon.

May 10, 2018

Business

Attempted malware attack the root of FMCSA examiner registry outage

After an attempted malware attack on the FMCSA's medical examiners registry, the FMCSA has taken the system offline until a more secure system can be deployed.

May 7, 2018

Business

Outage of examiner registry prompts FMCSA to postpone implementation of electronic medical certificate rule

Due in part to the ongoing outage of the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners, FMCSA says it will postpone the requirements that FMCSA submit information to state-licensing agencies — and the requirement that state agencies send information to the CDLIS — for three years, until June 2021.

May 2, 2018

Business

Hotshot carrier asks FMCSA to let him install sleeper berth in pickup truck bed

A sleeper berth in the bed of a pickup do not meet the access, location, exit, communication or occupant constraint requirements in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). Castignoli Enterprises argues that because he is a solo owner-operator, these requirements are not applicable to his operation.

April 27, 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

Business

‘Chameleon carrier’ shut down after bevy of violations

According to FMCSA, Daya was formerly known as Ekam Truck Line. In 2017, Ekam agreed to enter a Consent Order in order to upgrade its safety rating from Unsatisfactory to Conditional. The fleet’s Unsatisfactory rating was the result of a number of safety violations, FMCSA says.

April 24, 2018

Electronic Logging Devices

Fireworks haulers seek ELD exemption for Independence Day period

If granted the exemption, APA members that already hold the 14-hour HOS exemption would be able to continue using paper logs instead of ELDs. Approximately 51 of APA’s 250-plus member companies hold the exemption.

April 23, 2018

Business

FMCSA updates CSA SMS with new ELD violations, releases severity weights

Several middle-severity weightings have been assigned to some ELD violations for CSA SMS rating purposes, though most come with very low weights. New variations of the 395.8(a) violation now distinguish between carriers required, or not, to have an ELD in the data.

April 17, 2018

Business

Updates on online carrier registration system, more on agenda for UCR meeting this week

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced in the Federal Register this week’s meeting will be held Thursday, April 19, from noon to 3 p.m. Eastern time.

April 16, 2018