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Tag: FMCSA: Page 34
Voices
8 in 10 readers view behind-the-wheel minimum hours crucial for training rule
Recent Overdrive polling makes clear: Most owner-operators believe the 30 hours originally proposed for, though not included in, FMCSAâs final training is insufficient as a minimum, and overall 78 percent believe a minimum of 30 or more is necessary.
February 13, 2017
Business
Former small fleet owner gets prison time in âchameleon carrierâ case
Volodymyr Kurylo, former owner of Pennsylvania-based VN Trucking and AV Trinity, was sentenced to 10 months in prison and 36 months supervised release and was ordered to pay a $3,000 fine.
February 9, 2017
Business
FMCSA will leverage driver training data to gauge behind-the-wheel minimum, CVTA says
Recent hurdles aside, including calls from various groups for FMCSA to issue a supplemental rule to add a time-based behind-the-wheel requirement, the rule likely will remain as-is through its 2020 implementation date, says Don Lefeve, head of the Commercial Vehicle Training Association.
February 7, 2017
Channel 19
North Dakota contemplating 80-mph speed limit
How fast is fast enough? Revisiting the question in light of a potential boost in speed limits to 80 mph in North Dakota, and more on Trumpâs two-for-one out/in regulatory order âŚ
February 6, 2017
Business
FMCSA shuts down trucker following two alcohol-related arrests in four-day period
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration effectively shut down Eric Ronald Scott after he was arrested twice in a four-day period for alcohol-related incidents.
February 2, 2017
Channel 19
PTDI, others: A behind-the-wheel minimum is âcriticalâ for effective training rule
Just why did FMCSA exclude a behind-the-wheel minimum from its entry level training rule? Answers explored here, with views from another call for the agency to reconsider the rule to include a BTW minimum.
February 2, 2017
Business
Per Trump order, FMCSA delays new driver training rule
Prompted by a Jan. 20 order issued by President Trump, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will publish a notice Feb. 1 officially delaying the effective date of a new rule establishing national truck driver training standards.
January 31, 2017
Business
Trump calls on agencies to remove two regulations for every new one
President Trump in his second full week in office continues his crusade against new and existing federal regulations. Trump signed an executive order Monday directing federal agencies to eliminate two âprior regulationsâ for âevery new regulation issued.â
January 30, 2017
Business
Transportation unions look to delay carriersâ driver drug testing request
The Transportation Trades Department, part of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), has requested an extra 60 days to comment on the request beyond the current Feb. 21 deadline.
January 26, 2017
Business
California bill would add behind-the-wheel training minimum for new truckers
The bill would require 30 hours of driving for a Class A CDL. The bill would restore the requirements proposed by FMCSA last May but not adopted in the agencyâs final driver training standards rule published in December. But theyâd only apply to California-based applicants.
January 26, 2017
Hours of Service
Severe weather prompts another hours of service suspension in GA
The order loosens hours-of-service regulations for drivers in 16 counties in the state hauling fuel or loads helping the relief effort.
January 26, 2017
Business
Trumpâs regulatory freeze could delay FMCSA driver training rule published in December
A January 20 order issued by President Trump to federal agencies directing them to halt publication of new and pending regulations could affect a freshly published rule setting training standards for new truck drivers.
January 25, 2017
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