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Business

California driver shut down after failed drug tests, crash

The driver was found to be medically unqualified to operate a commercial vehicle during a May 2015 FMCSA investigation in which the agency discovered he’d tested positive for the use of prohibited controlled substances, amphetamines or methamphetamines, on three separate occasions since 2012.

February 19, 2016

Channel 19

ELD mandate: Is drivers’ time saved by e-logs worth near $2 billion annually?

Just as it’s pretty hard to estimate time saved in a reliable way, it’s pretty hard for paper and pencil to malfunction in the same way a computer can — delving into FMCSA’s ELD mandate cost-benefit analysis.

February 18, 2016

Voices

The 34-hour restart’s complicated limbo

Here’s the latest. Nothing about the 34-hour restart will change until FMCSA issues its certified report on its mandated comparative restart study. If the report says what many truckers have hoped, however, the restart could disappear entirely.

February 17, 2016

Business

Driver training rule expected this month, speed limiter rule delayed again

The latest on rules to mandate speed limiters, institute minimum driver training requirements, survey the industry on sleep apnea and set up a database of drivers who have refused or failed a drug test.

February 16, 2016

Business

Carrier asks FMCSA for exemption from short hauler log-keeping rules, blames detention time

The request would exempt Farruggio’s drivers who stay within the 100 air-mile radius but occasionally exceed the 12-hour limitation from having to complete a daily record of duty status. The company says approximately 12 percent of its drivers exceed the 12-hour limitation on a weekly basis, primarily due to waiting times at rail yards and piers.

February 11, 2016

Business

NTSB investigators blame significant hours violations, false logs and scant FMCSA oversight for deadly 2014 crash

NTSB investigators presented their findings to the full Board, determining that trucker fatigue and logbook falsification contributed to the crash, as well as “inadequacy of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration efforts to address the safety deficiencies of high-risk carriers or prioritize action to halt their operations.”

February 10, 2016

Voices

POLL: Do you see a benefit to Wireless Roadside Inspection?

With technology in the test phase, questions remains as to safety credit/violation policy as well as whether any Wireless Roadside Inspection program would be voluntary or not — what’s your take on potential benefits/drawbacks of any future program today?

February 5, 2016

Channel 19

So does FMCSA’s safety rating rule in fact violate Congressional directive?

Another week, another letter to Congress from an ad hoc coalition of groups challenging FMCSA’s new safety rating rule’s release on grounds it violates the FAST Act highway bill.

February 4, 2016

Business

Wireless Roadside Inspection research project’s final phase under way

Though the FAST Act highway bill and late-2015 appropriations bill made future Wireless Roadside Inspection funding contingent on a forthcoming report, bills left open funding streams dedicated to current projects, now under way.

February 2, 2016

Business

Doughnut wars 2020

Wendy offers a vision for the future of trucking: “A ‘one doughnut a week’ mandate, in which all CDL holders will be issued ‘good boy’ credits they can trade for snacks that aren’t offered on the gubmint-approved driver menus.”

February 1, 2016

Business

DOT rule to implement new carrier rating system published, FMCSA seeking comment

FMCSA has published a proposed rule that would reform the way it rates carriers and determines their overall safety fitness to operate, and the agency is accepting public comment on the proposal for 60 days.

January 21, 2016

Hours of Service

Required 34-hour restart study finished, advances to next step, says FMCSA boss

A Congressionally required study of truck operators and FMCSA’s 2013-instituted 34-hour restart regulations has been completed and is now under review by the Department of Transportation’s Office of the Secretary, said Scott Darling, nominated administrator of FMCSA.

January 20, 2016