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The feds’ favorite remedy: Your tax dollars
The annoying part of the logic behind buying EOBRs for Mexican carriers is how it reflects the paternalism and careless spending so rampant in Washington, D.C.
May 13, 2011
Channel 19
‘The center cannot hold’ — FMCSA’s hours quandary
There is a growing feeling among industry watchers that in order to fully settle the decidedly unsettled regulatory situation surrounding the hours of service, Congress is going to have to legislate a solution. That sentiment has come to me from industry executives, consultants, former regulatory types and, in some senses, drivers. Comments from owner-operators and […]
May 11, 2011
Channel 19
Ferro on detention: ‘Shippers should be held accountable.’
If you missed the open call the Trucking Solutions Group’s member owner-operators held with FMCSA administrator Anne Ferro last week, you missed a lot. The wide-ranging conversation ran the gamut of topics from cross-border trucking to hours and detention concerns. About the last of which, it was heartening to hear, Ferro noted that she in […]
May 10, 2011
Anneferro
Business
Hours rule deadline extended
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is extending the comment period and will be unable to meet a July 26 deadline to issue a final rule.
May 6, 2011
Hourglass Od
Business
FMCSA issues CDL amendments
Final rule amends the commercial driver’s license knowledge and skills testing standards.
May 5, 2011
Business
Safety belt usage increases
Data show 78 percent of commercial truck and bus drivers wore safety belts in 2010.
May 3, 2011
Business
3 movers cited in federal enforcement sweep
Three companies are facing fines of $25,000 each after a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration enforcement sweep.
April 29, 2011
Business
Proposal to ban cell phone use by hazmat drivers
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has proposed to restrict the use of all handheld mobile telephones.
April 29, 2011
Channel 19
The great tomato heist — Cargo thieves still operating in plain sight
I missed this report from the New York Times a week and a half back, about a sophisticated cargo-theft ring operating a seemingly legitimate trucking company in Florida, with a twist. The freight targeted wasn’t consumer electronics or cigarettes or pharmaceuticals. “The high price of produce, especially for tomatoes after the deep winter freezes,” reporter […]
April 25, 2011
Business
High-risk carriers reviewed
FMCSA had used SafeStat to measure carrier safety, but replaced it with the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program on Dec. 12.
April 24, 2011
Channel 19
EOBRs controversy over the national airwaves missing extant/emerging solutions
Wednesday, National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition” program ran this piece on the issue of the proposed federal mandate for electronic on-board recorder use for hours-of-service monitoring. If it goes into effect, virtually all interstate haulers will be required to use an EOBR for logs. You can still comment on the proposed EOBR rule, through May […]
April 22, 2011
Terry Button In Truck
Business
DeFazio criticizes cross-border proposal
Congressman said Mexico’s safety standards do not equal those of the U.S. and Mexican carriers operating beyond the border zone will hurt jobs.
April 18, 2011
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