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Voices

POLL: Have detention times improved since the ELD mandate came into play?

What’s been your experience at shippers and receivers since the ELD mandate came into play in late 2017? Have detention times gotten shorter, longer, stayed the same? …

February 27, 2019

Overdrive Extra

No time left for you: Bottlenecks and detention

Due to the recent findings in the ATRI study on the worst freight bottlenecks, it should be no surprise that infrastructure is a hot topic once again.

February 27, 2019

Hours of Service

FMCSA officially confirms it’s proceeding with proposal for hours of service overhaul

The head of the FMCSA confirmed that the agency is planning to propose a rule to overhaul hours of service regulations. Learn more here on Overdrive Online.

February 26, 2019

Overdrive Radio

Further dissection of post-ELD mandate crash rates, and the blues of Watermelon Slim

The Overdrive Radio podcast highlighted a recent study around potential safety-sensitive impacts of the ELD mandate. Get more details on it here on Overdrive.

February 8, 2019

Overdrive Extra

Post-ELD mandate crash data a knock on hours regs, too

Post-ELD mandate crash data is offering even more insight into hours-of-service regulations and their impact on trucking. Get details here on Overdrive Online.

February 7, 2019

Business

Concrete pavers get 30-minute break, short-haul exemption relief

Concrete haulers see relief from the 30-minute break requirement and the 12-hour rule in the short-haul exemption with the ACPA. Details on Overdrive.

February 5, 2019

Business

Driver shutdown afoot? Facebook groups stir controversy over calls to turn off the keys

With some groups of truckers coalesced around a “Truckers Stand as One” moniker and calling for an April 12 “industry-wide shutdown” — and an attendant media blitz in the run-up to that date Feb. 21 — views vary on whether any such action is necessary or even could be effective.

January 22, 2019

Hours of Service

FMCSA suspends hours regs for certain drivers in 12 states ahead of winter storm

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a Regional Emergency Declaration that includes Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.

January 18, 2019

Hours of Service

Though FMCSA operations unaffected, shutdown could delay hours of service revisions

Agency officials hinted in December that a notice of proposed rulemaking offering potential revisions to federal hours regs could come as early as March. But the lingering closure of federal agencies will impede FMCSA’s ability to proceed with the rulemaking process, the official said.

January 16, 2019

Business

2018 in review: A month-by-month look at the year’s top stories

The implementation of the ELD mandate again loomed large as one of the most read topics on Overdrive in 2018. Adjustments to personal conveyance rules, the beginning stages of potential hours of service reform and more also ranked as some of the most-read stories of the year.

December 28, 2018

Electronic Logging Devices

The not-so-long haul: The operational challenges to owner-ops after the ELD mandate

The relatively sudden impact of the ELD mandate, on top of the growing demands of e-commerce, has narrowed haul lengths and challenged owner-operators to maximize productivity around more picks and drops. The short-haul choice is becoming more attractive even as many owner-ops report taking an income hit.

December 28, 2018

Hours of Service

FMCSA scraps split-sleeper berth study amid press for hours reforms

FMCSA has canceled a study meant to gauge the safety aspects of allowing truck drivers to split their on- and off-duty time into segments. The agency’s new — and pressing — move to propose changes to hours of service regulations has rendered the study moot, sources said.

December 20, 2018