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Channel 19
Rate undercutting getting worse?
Independents are feeling the pinch in certain quarters — some contend rate undercutting by other carriers without the business sense to make a healthy profit are a sizable part of the problem.
September 26, 2013
Recognize this 1978 Mack R-767ST? It’s a replica owner-operator Robert Steele put together of the Rubber Duck 1978 RS700L used in Sam Peckinpah’s class “Convoy” film. The truck, powered by an old 500 Cummins, Steele says, shows but one difference from the 1978 RS700L used in the film — the top of the hood is not quite as tall. Steele had to modify the RS700L grille to fit the 767. Steele uses the rig only sparingly, but says it’d look great at the head of a convoy. Read his letter appealing for greater industry unity in our Voices section here.
Business
Agency shuts down Texas fleet for disregarding hours of service regs
A Laredo, Texas-based fleet has become the 10th trucking company this year to be issued an out-of-service order after it was discovered the company was not ensuring its drivers complied with federal hours of service regulations.
September 24, 2013
Business
FMCSA scraps old training proposal, embarks on new rulemaking
FMCSA withdraws its 2007 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Entry Level Driver Training in favor of developing another proposal.
September 20, 2013
Western Express driver Derek Dorsey, on Monteagle Mountain, I-24
Business
FMCSA says it’s researching crash weighting in CSA scores
FMCSA is studying the feasibility of incorporating crash accountability into Compliance, Safety, Accountability scores and plans to release its Crash Weighting Research Plan sometime this year, the agency says.
September 10, 2013
truck crash
Voices
Readers split on government, industry solutions to detention
Though all recognize the problem, grown ever more onerous with further restrictions on drivers’ hours with the new rules. Here, find a round-up of views and some examples of detention success.
September 6, 2013
Detention time
Business
Agency trying out remote safety audit program for new carriers
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has started testing a new way to perform safety audits on new entrant carriers in an attempt to better focus resources on what it deems high-risk carriers.
September 5, 2013
Clean inspection
Business
FMCSA issues final Unified Registration System rule
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will begin operating the Unified Registration System in 2015, but has set a Nov. 1 compliance date for biennial updates. The agency published the URS final rule Aug. 23 establishing the new electronic system. The URS is intended to streamline registration, act as clearinghouse and depository of information and […]
August 23, 2013
Business
How to prepare for a safety audit
Safety consultant Leon Feazell detailed audit prep procedures and processes with recommendations for small carriers at the Great American Trucking Show.
August 23, 2013
Roadside inspection data drivers driver-audit selection during carrier reviews.
Business
FMCSA’s enforcement authority growth spurt
With the Unified Registration System at final rule status and in implementation phase, some watchers see a future powerful tool for FMCSA in its efforts to target noncompliant carriers.
August 23, 2013
Hours of Service
Was trucking wrong about hours of service?
Forecasts on the impact the new hours of service rule will have on the industry may have been overstated, a recent studies say. The research, however, makes a major presumption.
August 15, 2013
hours night truck stop
Channel 19
CSA: DataQ opportunity with lights, generic speeding violations
The most common lighting-related violation — top 20 states for “Inoperative required lamp” prevalence ranked here — may be basis for a DataQ challenge if the light is not required by regulation.
August 15, 2013
Follow this link for further diagrams and information on all required lamps as specified in FMCSA regulations.
Overdrive Extra
Will DVIR relief give you a piece of $1.7 billion?
The new DOT chief, Anthony Fox, to his credit announced a proposed rule this week that would eliminate the requirement for filing a Driver Vehicle Inspection Report when no defects are found with truck or trailer. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration says no-defect DVIRs account for 95 percent of the filings. Anything that reduces […]
August 1, 2013
DOT estimates the industry will save 46.7 million hours a year by not filling out DVIR forms when no defect is found.
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