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Business
Big CSA reform highlights Senate highway bill that moves closer to passage
A Senate committee stamped approval on a package that would remove CSA’s carrier percentile rankings from public view, allow some under-21 CDL holders to operate interstate and allow carriers to use hair tests for driver drug screening.
July 16, 2015
CSA’s SMS percentile rankings would, under the DRIVE Act provisions, be removed from public view until FMCSA implements fixes to the program, its data quality woes and its ability to judge carriers effectively.
Business
10,000 vets have earned CDLs through FMCSA’s military waiver program
More than 10,000 veterans and active duty personnel have taken advantage of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Military Skills Test Waiver Program, the agency recently announced.
July 9, 2015
Active duty and veteran military members with at least two years of safe driving experience operating a military truck or bus are eligible for the Military Skills Test Waiver Program.
Business
FMCSA’s diabetes rule comment period closes soon, here’s what’s been said so far
The comment period for FMCSA’s proposed rule to change how diabetes is handled relative to drivers’ medical certification ends Monday, July 6.
July 2, 2015
doctor medical
Business
Audit of FMCSA shows agency needs to make improvements to CSA, carrier intervention
The DOT’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program is out of sync with real-word crash risk and needs to be realigned to better predict carrier safety, says a report made public this week.
June 30, 2015
Fmcsa Will Use Roadside Inspection Data, Among Other Sources, To Produce Absolute Scores For Carriers Once The Final Version Of The Safety Fitness Determination Rule Is Implemented
Business
Senate introduces bill to reform FMCSA, review existing trucking regulations
Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) last week filed a bill aimed at reforming the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration including making its rule-making process more open to industry stakeholders and Congress and more transparent to the public.
June 29, 2015
trucks on highway
Hours of Service
Government radioactive material haulers get hours exemption
The FMCSA has granted an exemption of its 30-minute hours-of-service break requirement to the U.S. Department of Energy for the department’s contract motor carriers transporting security-sensitive radioactive materials.
June 23, 2015
K5633
Business
Bad ideas and agendas
“We’re from the gubmint, and we’re here to help.” –FMCSA (apocryphal) … Wendy: “No thanks. Your kind of ‘help’ is what will destroy us all.”
June 12, 2015
From the gubmint and here to help
Business
Roadcheck 2015 inspection spree set for next week, here’s CVSA’s checklists for drivers, carriers
Roadcheck, the annual inspection blitz done by a joint effort of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and others, is scheduled for next week.
May 28, 2015
Kentucky inspection photo — testing steering
Channel 19
‘Don’t run into stuff’: FMCSA chief’s should-be No. 1 message
Who’s leading the dance between the driver and technology in advocates’ safety focus in today’s world? One owner-operator emphasizes a simple safety message for the next administrator.
May 26, 2015
Truck being towed on highway
Overdrive Radio
Hours of service wish list: ‘We are people, not machines’
Results: Readers sound off in podcast, survey toward a more perfect hours rule.
May 23, 2015
rest area hours
Business
Speed limiter mandate one step closer to publication, sent to White House for approval
A proposed federal rule to require the installation and use of speed limiters on heavy trucks has been sent from the DOT to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget for its approval.
May 19, 2015
The speed to which trucks will be limited is still unknown, though it likely will be 65 mph or less.
Business
Bill would put the brakes on Wireless Roadside Inspection
As with truck systems, inspections could see in relatively short order a future in which more happens with less human involvement. Recent draft DOT appropriations bill item seeks to curb “Wireless Roadside Inspection” pending DOT’s addressing of industry, enforcement concerns.
May 18, 2015
Lieutenant Lee Robertson GA scales
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