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FMCSA adds phone use violations to CSA
Five texting and cell phone use violations will now contribute the highest (10 points) weighted severity to carriers’ numerical rankings.
February 3, 2012
Business
LogBook
Three compete for Owner-Operator of the Year, cross-border program lawsuits advance, turnpike rates rise, Baltimore bridge tolls rising and many more industry news items are featured.
February 1, 2012
Channel 19
What you may not know about the EOBR bill
Since I reported on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s attempts to gain new regulatory authority over interstate drivers relative to the Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) program’s now-internal Driver Safety Measurement System last summer, new wrinkles have emerged in Senate bill S.1950. This bill caused an uproar over the fact that it would, among other […]
January 31, 2012
Business
FMCSA medical certificate rule begins
Truckers must keep paper copies of their medical examiner’s certificate with them for another two years until Jan. 30, 2014.
January 30, 2012
Business
Is FMCSA putting back in the air what EPA takes out?
New FMCSA rules require truckers to take a 30 minute break. What effect will this have on air quality?
January 30, 2012
Business
Court sets new FMCSA deadline on recorder motion
Court granted extension to Feb. 21 for the FMCSA’s response to the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association’s motion.
January 27, 2012
Business
Groups want hours of service case dismissed
Previous settlement agreement wanted to change 2008 hours of service rule.
January 24, 2012
Business
FMCSA meeting to address sleep apnea
Feb. 6 meeting will finalize recommendations of the joint subcommittee on obstructive sleep apnea.
January 23, 2012
Channel 19
Rich Wilson’s ‘state of the industry’; and MCSAC apnea update
You’re likely to remember Rich Wilson (pictured), former owner-operator and current regulatory manager with the Trans Products/Trans Services company, for his part in the Truck Driver Social Media Convention last fall, where he urged the drivers and owner-operators in attendance really be a part of the regulatory process — on the front end, in the […]
January 13, 2012
Business
Focus on health coming
Recommendations that could help frame a final rule regulating obstructive sleep apnea are in the works.
January 12, 2012
Business
Court combines cases opposing cross-border plan
FMCSA has granted operating authority to a second Mexican carrier.
January 12, 2012
Channel 19
Intent v. interpretation: Questions raised by new hours rule
The intent is not living up to the interpretation of language in the hours of service final rule, Rich Wilson of Trans Products / Trans Services told me this morning. Just one example of the disconnect (notwithstanding the one I wrote about last week) was noted by owner-operators Linda Caffee and Henry Albert of […]
January 6, 2012
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