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Channel 19

Speed limiters: Senate bill to mandate a 65 mph setting a ‘terrible idea’

Voices on the Senate bill from a Georgia Republican that would mandate a 65 mph speed setting for trucks capable of it. And more on the ‘careful what you wish for’ dynamics in regulatory change.

July 10, 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

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

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

Electronic Logging Devices

Canadian ELD mandate looming, registration process could pressure U.S. registry

Though Canada’s ELD mandate — slated for enforcement in June 2021 — is similar to the U.S. mandate, there’s a key difference that likely will impact the U.S. market: Canada’s requirement that devices be certified by a third-party body, rather than the self-certification process in the U.S.

June 27, 2019

Electronic Logging Devices

When ELD data sharing provides too much insight

The possession and use of massive amounts of data can change traditional balances of power in rates, negotiations and direct contracts. There’s potential for carriers’ information to be used against them, should brokers or shippers be able to establish the carriers’ operational patterns, among other drawbacks fueling some semblance of backlash.

June 27, 2019

Electronic Logging Devices

More hopes and hazards: ELD data aggregation for advocacy, predictive maintenance, other uses

Some research organizations and even ELD providers are using aggregate ELD data to advocate for regulatory change or other industry purposes. Other providers are building potentially powerful predictive tools around maintenance, both of users’ trucks and the roads they operate on.

June 26, 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

Electronic Logging Devices

Hopes and hazards in using ELD data: Detention reduction

With wells of data at their fingertips, ELD providers are beefing up offerings to their customers, with potential to reduce wasted time and improve load choices. However, the privacy tradeoffs can cut into an operator’s competitive edge.

June 24, 2019

Business

Gorilla Safety ELD integrates tracking tech

ELD provider Gorilla Safety has integrated the Project44 tracking platform for shippers and brokers to allow Gorilla Safety’s customers to meet increasing load-tracking demand.

June 19, 2019

Overdrive Extra

The disconnects of dollars for your ELD data

The emerging market of ELD data sharing involves business-to-business sharing of highly specialized data that in some cases has value on the individual level. Should you share your data? Editor Max Heine explores the question here…

June 18, 2019

Business

FTR: Spot rates outlook bleak for 2019, new ELD hurdle’s impact likely to be minimal

Per-mile rates on the spot market are forecasted to decline 7 percent in 2019 compared to 2018, FTR predicts, as freight growth has stalled and market conditions have softened over the past 8 months. Also: Notes on ELD enforcement and the looming full compliance date.

June 17, 2019