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Business

The irony of e-logging and coercion: Complaints on a steady rise since mandate

Coercion complaints filed by drivers with FMCSA have gone up every year since the rule prohibiting coercion took effect in January 2016, more than doubling by the third year. That’s in spite of, or because of, another rule that same year, the ELD mandate.

December 10, 2019

Business

Cracks in the system: Blowing the whistle on coercion

In the more than four years since FMCSA’s driver protection rule took effect, results have been indirect at best, minimal at worst, when drivers report they’ve been pressured to violate regs.

December 9, 2019

Business

News roundup, Dec. 5: New My20 ELD version, Canadian tire network now making Michelin retreads …

Konexial has released its My20 DriveLife upgraded version of its ELD software. Denray Tire, with nine locations in Western Canada, is now a Michelin Retread Technologies supplier.

December 5, 2019

Business

News roundup, Dec. 2: CVSA issues update on final e-log deadline, used-truck market turning to buyers’ favor

CVSA’s reminder: No ‘soft enforcement’ period or delay in the offing for the Dec. 17 ELD mandate deadline date. Amid growing buyers’ market for used trucks, a particular source for full maintenance records. Waste collection company seeks expansion of short-haul logging exemption.

December 2, 2019

Overdrive Radio

Occupied vehicle booting: ‘No, it does not happen to cars’; More 10-4 voices

In this Overdrive Radio edition, readers offer some obvious-seeming advice: If you’re at an open location with any no-parking sign within eyesight –- do the reasonable thing and get out and ask a question in-store before you make a $300 or more costly mistake.That only works to an extent, of course. … Some cases here, also, from readers where it most definitely didn’t.

November 21, 2019

Overdrive Extra

Disruptions that will reverberate beyond 2020 — strategies for weathering, or taking full advantage

“The small business owner-operator does have certain advantages navigating market disruptions. An example of this is when natural disasters hit communities it’s the independents who step up to fill the gap, aided and abetted by our ability to make decisions faster, react quickly, tighten our belts and trim unnecessary fixed cost.”

November 12, 2019

Electronic Logging Devices

Omnitracs: ELDs back online after service disruption

Partial service has been restored for 99% of the Omnitracs devices affected by this weekend’s service disruption, says Omnitracs CEO Ray Greer. The temporary software patch is an interim fix until a permanent firmware update can be deployed, Greer said.

November 7, 2019

Business

News roundup, Nov. 6: Drivewyze adds bypass at 10 Oregon stations, trucking jobs numbers reverse course

Truck fleets and operators using Drivewyze PreClear weigh station bypass service will now receive bypasses at 10 locations in Oregon; DOL’s October jobs report shows trucking added 1,300 jobs, an uptick following three months of declines; Donaldson wireless air-filter monitor to be integrated into ELD provider Geotab’s platform.

November 6, 2019

Channel 19

Small group of truckers in Lexington, Ky., today showing Yang campaign support — a little for Trump, too — around President’s rally

In a bid for national attention to driver issues, today a small group of truckers banded together in Lexington, Ky., with support from an Andrew Yang campaign-supporting Super PAC to display Yang support around a Trump rally. They invited Trump-supporting truckers to fly their banners, too.

November 4, 2019

Business

News roundup, Oct. 30: FBI seeks missing-person help; FMCSA IT faces scrutiny; another ELD small-fleet exemption application and suspension petition; Uber Freight expands to Canada

FBI seeks information on missing 14-year-old from Virginia. SBTC group seeking ELD exemption, suspensions. Freight-matching brokerage Uber Freight announced Wednesday it is expanding into Canada, with both domestic and cross-border load options available, the company says. Also, DOT’s Inspector General has opened an audit into the security of FMCSA’s IT infrastructure.

October 30, 2019

Business

News roundup, Oct. 21: Overnight lane closures set for I-20/59 in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Konexial to upgrade Axle AOBRDs, Chain laws the nation over

Alabama DOT crews will close the right lane of I-20/59 at exit 73 in Tuscaloosa each night Tuesday through Thursday this week. Axle Technologies’ roster of AOBRD e-log customers acquired by Konexial, provider of the My20 ELD. Winter chain laws in every state.

October 21, 2019

Electronic Logging Devices

ELDs’ final shift: How poor customer service can cause noncompliance

60 days out from the Dec. 17. AOBRD-to-ELD transition deadline, the latest in this series explores issues of customer service, in part driving some owner-operators’ and fleets’ provider decisions as the adoption of ELD technology proceeds.

October 17, 2019