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Business

FMCSA begins to explore harassment of female, minority truckers

FMCSA has submitted a request to conduct a study into the prevalence, seriousness and nature of the problem of harassment against female and minority truck drivers.

July 23, 2019

Business

Congress eyes trucking insurance changes, mandating automatic emergency braking

Two trucking-focused bills were introduced in the House this week. One aims to boost the required liability insurance coverage required of trucking companies, and the other would mandate that new trucks come equipped with automatic emergency braking systems.

July 18, 2019

Electronic Logging Devices

FMCSA denies request to exempt small carriers from ELD mandate

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has denied a request from the Small Business in Transportation Coalition that sought to exempt trucking companies with 50 or fewer employees from the electronic logging device mandate.

July 16, 2019

Business

Drivers convicted of human trafficking to receive lifetime CDL ban

Following President Trump’s signature of the No Human Trafficking on Our Roads Act, FMCSA’s new rule will prohibit an individual from operating a commercial vehicle for life if that person uses a commercial vehicle in committing a felony involving severe human trafficking.

July 16, 2019

Business

Sessions on business best practices, ELDs, more set for GATS

A number of educational sessions will be held during the Great American Trucking Show, including Overdrive’s Partners in Business sessions, FMCSA Hot Topics sessions and more.

July 9, 2019

Business

FMCSA opens comment period for proposed CDL testing changes

FMCSA proposed to allow third-party CDL trainers to administer the CDL skills test to applicants trained by the third-party tester. Comments will be accepted through Sept. 9.

July 9, 2019

Channel 19

Martinez heard the message — +flexibility — now will his agency deliver?

To cap the week, here’s a celebration of the spirit of a system in which we can all at least participate by speaking freely. Views on and hopes for the impending hours revision hammer home the central message of a majority of haulers. In the words of one reader: “Quit stalling. Get some relief for us.”

July 5, 2019

Overdrive Radio

40 years of trucking — and surviving — with owner-operator Ingrid Brown (Plus: Three tunes from Trucker Talent finalists)

Owner-operator Ingrid Brown started trucking as a teenager in 1979, and she’s been on the road since. In this edition of Overdrive Radio, hear her reflections on her 40-year career, many of those spent as a single-truck owner-operator, as well as her recent involvement in FMCSA’s Our Roads, Our Safety campaign and her ongoing bout with various forms of skin cancer.

June 28, 2019

Business

FMCSA to host sessions on ELDs, Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse at GATS

Both sessions will be titled, “FMCSA Hot Topics: ELD Implementation and Transition, the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse and more”. FMCSA’s Joe DeLorenzo, director of the Office of Enforcement and Compliance, and Bill Mahorney, division chief of enforcement, will be speaking at the sessions.

June 27, 2019

Business

Sessions on ELDs, regulations, truck parking, more set for GATS

Truck drivers attending GATS later this summer in Dallas will have the opportunity to sit in on presentations on topics including electronic logs, truck parking and more.

June 25, 2019

Hours of Service

Group wants turfgrass sod included as ‘ag commodity’ for hours exemptions

Currently, drivers hauling ag commodities operate under certain HOS exemptions, such as the 150-air-mile radius exemption that allows drivers carrying ag commodities to skip recording duty status if they stay within a 150-air-mile radius of the source of the commodity, among others.

June 19, 2019

Business

UPS seeks reprieve from two driver training rule provisions

In its request, UPS asks for exemptions from the requirement that a driver training instructor have two years of experience and have held a CDL for two years, and the requirement to register each training location for a unique Training Provider Registry (TPR) number.

June 18, 2019