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Voices
POLL: Do you support OOIDA’s call for Anne Ferro’s resignation?
OOIDA’s June 6 letter to the DOT secretary alleged a “bias against truckers” that precluded Ferro’s impartial conduct in her job as the FMCSA’s chief regulator. Where do you stand on the call for her resignation?
June 6, 2014
Ferro-2
Business
Citing ‘bias against truckers,’ OOIDA calls for resignation of FMCSA head Anne Ferro
OOIDA has sent Anthony Foxx a letter asking for FMCSA head Anne Ferro to resign, saying she has a “clear bias against truckers and the trucking industry” and that the agency “can no longer perform its regulatory and enforcement duties impartially.”
June 6, 2014
Anne Ferro
Business
CSA’s Fallout: ‘Ugly little secret’ — severity weights, peer groups need work
The draft report issued April 30 from the CSA Subcommittee of FMCSA’s MCSAC advisors included a large section on potential methods of improving the scoring system.
June 6, 2014
Keep tuned to OverdriveOnline.com through the summer for more of this yearlong series on real-world fallout from the CSA carrier safety ranking program. Access all of our past special coverage of CSA via this page.
Hours of Service
Groups praise amendment to suspend 2013 restart changes
Groups representing segments of the trucking industry have been quick to praise passage of an amendment to the Transportation Department funding bill that would suspend the 2013-imposed restart provisions in hours-of-service regulations for one year.
June 5, 2014
ELD grid
Hours of Service
Trucking leaders push for suspension of 34-hour restart provisions in DOT funding bill
Trucking industry stakeholders and lobbyists are asking Congress to suspend for a year two of the key changes implemented to hours of service rules for truck operators.
June 4, 2014
hours night truck stop
Business
CSA’s Fallout: SMS/safety rating system disconnect compounds problems
While official safety rating element of FMCSA’s enforcement program remains, the CSA SMS runs alongside it, giving a more real-time window into inspections, violations and crashes. However, the difference between results produced by each is marked.
June 4, 2014
Keep tuned to OverdriveOnline.com for more from Part One of this yearlong series on real-world fallout from the CSA carrier safety ranking program. Access all of our past special coverage of CSA via this page.
Overdrive Extra
CSA’s mad math: Readers right on lack of reliability
Clearly the “A” in CSA isn’t working when the data being accounted for paint a distorted picture. The result is a system where too many small carriers are assumed guilty until proven innocent.
June 3, 2014
When a clean inspection can hurt an independent’s rating, something’s wrong with the system.
Business
CSA’s Fallout: Scoring reliability woes dominate independents’ concerns
Overdrive’s 2014 CSA survey shows independents are most concerned about reliability of scores, but the system’s many flaws haven’t halted third-party use of the rankings in business decisions.
June 3, 2014
CSAs Fallout logo — Reliability
Business
72-hour inspection spree happening this week
CVSA says roughly 10,000 inspectors from state, local and federal enforcement agencies will during the 72-hour period be stationed at 1,500 inspection points across the U.S. to do roadside inspections of trucks and buses.
June 2, 2014
inspection
Business
Citing registry growth, FMCSA denies OOIDA request to delay med examiner rule
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has denied the Owner-Operator Independent Driver Association its request for a delay in the effective date of the agency’s National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners rule.
May 27, 2014
med doc exam forms
Business
Overdrive’s Truckers Tools offers easy access to FMCSA registry of med examiners
In line with the effective date of the federal rule requiring drivers to see an FMCSA-approved medical examiner for DOT physicals, Overdrive has released in its Trucker Tools smartphone app a new function to help drivers find medical examiners based on their location and via search.
May 21, 2014
trucker tools med 4
Business
DOT adds raising carrier insurance minimums to regulatory calendar, pushes Safety Fitness rule back
An official timeline for FMCSA’s push to raise liability insurance minimums for carriers has been released by the Department of Transportation, and it signals the agency plans to begin work on the regulation quickly in hopes of publishing a proposed rule in November.
May 19, 2014
Roll-over crash scene
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