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Business
Guilty until proven innocent: Answering key sleep-apnea questions
As new medical certification processes come into play, more drivers are being asked to get sleep apnea testing. Some are asking questions, getting varied answers â and being taken off the road prematurely.
September 4, 2014
Channel 19
Speed limiters not âworth the hassleâ: More voices on potential mandate
Michael Goodman, among others: âForcing speed limiters will make roads less safe and be another unnecessary cost to the millions of truck owners in the United States.â
August 29, 2014
Business
Agency to study driver pay connection to safety
Does driver pay correlate with safety? FMCSA announced Aug. 28 it hopes to find an answer to that question.
August 28, 2014
Channel 19
Will FMCSA âun-ringâ the CSA alarm?
Reader Thomas Little may best have paraphrased the thoughts of many: With CSA, âFMCSA fully intendedâ to âlet the industry do their policing for them. Spoon-feed the detailed data into the marketplace to drive consumer choice of motor carrier ⌠and then stand back and pretend that wasnât how CSA was supposed to be used⌠They wonât be able to unring that bell.â
August 27, 2014
Business
Coercion rule comments: Hours still the problem, âcoercionâ needs definition
Common themes of regulatory criticism popped up often in the public comments offered on DOTâs proposed driver coercion prohibition rule, like the new pressures and restrictions caused by the agencyâs 2013 hours-of-service rule and holding shippers, receivers and brokers accountable.
August 26, 2014
Business
Inspections, natural-gas vehicles probed at GATS
An analysis of Vehicle Maintenance BASIC violations shows the driver is in control of carrier scores; And natural gas, according to some, is ready to âRide onâ indeed.
August 22, 2014
Business
What will be outgoing FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferroâs lasting legacy?
The administratorâs responses to a variety of questions the morning of Aug. 14 suggested that, among her main hopes for the future of the industry, improved driver compensation ranks certainly at or near the top.
August 14, 2014
Business
Changes to CSAâs SMS site go live, aim to better illustrate scoresâ relationship to crash risk
The Compliance, Safety, Accountability programâs carrier rankings site â the Safety Measurement System â has been redesigned and has some new features, which went live Aug. 2. Hereâs whatâs changed.
August 4, 2014
Business
FMCSA, OSHA to collaborate on employer retaliation claims made by truck drivers
In an attempt to ensure truck driversâ protections under federal anti-retaliation laws, FMCSA and OSHA have agreed to begin sharing information with one another when drivers claim their employers violate labor laws.
July 30, 2014
Business
FMCSA speeds work on raising carrier insurance minimums, slows on Safety Fitness scoring rule
The prospect of a proposed Safety Fitness Determination rule coming this year seems to have diminished, as the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has made its work on producing a rule raising the minimum amount of liability insurance for carriers a higher priority, according to projected rule publication dates in a recent DOT report.
July 15, 2014
Business
Agency extends CDL skills test waiver for former military members
Former military members who operated commercial-type vehicles in the service can now obtain their commercial driverâs license in any state without having to take a skills test within the first year of their separation from the military, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced this week.
July 9, 2014
Channel 19
Part 2 of Mark Whiteâs story
Mark White continues his story of how Old Time Express got out from their Conditional rating, truly earning the reinstatement to Satisfactory, he says.
July 8, 2014
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