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Hours of Service

FMCSA administrator hits a buzzsaw of criticism and frustration at MATS listening session

The good news: Martinez and other officials are for once at least seeming to understand owner-ops’ principal problem with the hours of service rule. And the 14-hour conversations keep on keeping on.

March 24, 2018

Electronic Logging Devices

As hard enforcement of ELD mandate looms, FMCSA details return-to-duty procedure

In two weeks, truckers cited for ELD non-compliance will be placed out of service for 10 hours. Here’s FMCSA’s expected return-to-duty protocol. The agency says since December 18, only four percent of inspections have yielded an ELD infraction.

March 15, 2018

Electronic Logging Devices

Group seeks ELD compliance waiver on short-term rental trucks through end of year

TRALA says its 90-day waiver isn’t sufficient to address the ELD issues that have arisen with short-term rentals. The group says when fleets rent trucks to meet short-term demands, the ELD platform a fleet uses is often times different from the ELD platform in a rental truck.

March 14, 2018

Business

Former trucker gets 55 years in prison after 2015 crash that killed six

According to a report by Knoxville, Tenn., news station WBIR, Brewer was found guilty on six counts of vehicular homicide by intoxication, four counts of reckless aggravated assault, DUI and speeding.

March 13, 2018

Business

Highway robbery: Combating dishonest brokers

Even with more broker-checking services available, some dishonest freight middlemen continue to deceive or steal from owner-operators. Things are in play for a technical change long in process at the level of FMCSA to help combat the ‘worst of the worst’ among fraudulent operations.

March 6, 2018

Business

OOIDA wants court to rehear case over sleep apnea guidelines for truckers

Following a court’s dismissal of the case in January, OOIDA has filed a motion for the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear its argument that FMCSA illegally altered sleep apnea screening guidelines for truck drivers. FMCSA refutes OOIDA’s assertions, and the court sided with FMCSA in January.

March 1, 2018

Business

Martinez takes the helm at FMCSA

Raymond P. Martinez, the new administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, has officially assumed the role as boss of the U.S. DOT’s trucking and bus regulatory agency, FMCSA announced late Wednesday. Martinez was selected last fall by President Trump to head FMCSA. He was confirmed by the Senate in February.

March 1, 2018

Business

Oakley Trucking adds CSA score-based per-mile pay increase

The North Little Rock, Ark.-based dry bulk hauler will pay all new lease owner-operators an additional 10 cents-per-mile on both loaded and empty miles on top of their base pay. Drivers can keep that top bonus by not having points added to their CSA scores while leased to the company.

February 27, 2018

Business

Search returns to certified medical examiner site; FMCSA mum on hack details

Truckers can now search the DOT’s online registry for certified examiners by zip code, says the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, but the full registry remains offline three months after a hack prompted its outage.

February 23, 2018

Business

Alabama chiropractor arrested for falsifying driver med certs

According to the indictment, Edwards and his staff “orchestrated a scheme to submit false documents” to the USDOT. The indictment alleges Edwards and his staff didn’t perform proper DOT physicals and sent forms to the DOT that falsely certified that truckers had passed the DOT physical exam requirements.

February 22, 2018

Business

FMCSA grants waiver to help hurricane-displaced Puerto Ricans obtain CDLs

FMCSA has issued a 90-day waiver from proof of U.S. citizenship or legal permanent residence and domicile requirements for Puerto Rican citizens relocating to the U.S. in the aftermath of hurricanes Irma and Maria. The agency is also seeking comments on a longer exemption with the same terms.

February 21, 2018

Electronic Logging Devices

Use DataQs to contest 395.8(a) violations written for not having an ELD prior to April 1

If you incurred a 395.8(a) prior to April 1 simply for not having an ELD record and you were keeping paper logs, challenge it through the FMCSA DataQs process to remove it from carrier records.

February 21, 2018