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Hours of Service

As Congress preps spending bills, lawmakers back another ELD waiver for livestockers

A block of 63 lawmakers in the U.S. House has penned a letter to transportation appropriation leaders asking them to allow drivers hauling livestock and bees to remain exempt from compliance with the federal electronic logging device mandate through the 2020 fiscal year — Sept. 30, 2020.

April 15, 2019

Hours of Service

Railroad companies seek hours reprieve for drivers responding to emergencies

The companies say the employees who would be covered by the exemption clear derailed or disabled trains or debris blocking tracks or railroad rights-of-way when they respond to unplanned events that affect interstate commerce, service, or the safety of railway operations.

March 8, 2019

Business

Five groups file for hours exemptions for emergency response situations

The American Bakers Association and International Dairy Foods Association, Association of American Railroads and American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association, and North Shore Environmental Construction filed exemption requests with FMCSA from certain hours of service provisions when responding to emergencies.

December 18, 2018

Business

Mobile crane operators get 30-minute break exemption extended

The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association has held the exemption since October 2016 for carriers and drivers operating mobile cranes with a rated lifting capacity of more than 30 tons. The exemption applies to approximately 65,000 mobile crane operators.

November 29, 2018

Hours of Service

Mobile shower, catering group seeks hours relief to better aid firefighters responding to disasters

The National Mobile Shower and Catering Association is requesting the regulations relief for its member companies’ drivers who are responding under a “Resource Order,” an order issued by a federal agency directing firefighters and supporting personnel to respond to forest fires and similar emergencies.

November 29, 2018

Hours of Service

Fleets seek waivers from 30-minute break, short-haul exemption restrictions, more

Each of these four trucking companies is looking to exempt out of certain hours of service regulations. More information here on Overdrive.

October 18, 2018

Hours of Service

Comment period ends today on potential hours of service reforms

Deadline to file comments on the FMCSA’s process to evaluate hours of service regs is approaching. Get more information and other industry news on Overdrive.

October 10, 2018

Hours of Service

One week left to comment on HOS reform; another listening session set for next week

The next listening session on hours of service reform, hosted by the FMCSA, will be held Oct. 10, 2018, at the U.S. Department of Transportation headquarters.

October 3, 2018

Hours of Service

Hours of service comment period extended to Oct. 10

The FMCSA has extended the deadline to Wednesday, October 10, 2018, for feedback from truckers regarding Hours of Service. Get the details here on Overdrive.

September 19, 2018

Hours of Service

Second HOS listening session set for next week in D.C.

FMCSA said it is seeking feedback from drivers and other industry stakeholders on four key areas when it comes to hours reform. Details here on Overdrive.

September 5, 2018

Overdrive Radio

Podcast: ELDs, truck automation and hours of service through FMCSA’s Martinez’s lens

Ray Martinez opens up about issues plaguing the trucking industry and what he hopes to accomplish as FMCSA's administrator in an interview with Overdrive.

August 22, 2018

Electronic Logging Devices

Hours of service violation rate cut in half under ELD mandate, FMCSA says

In the months leading up to the December 18, 2017, deadline for adoption, the percentage of inspections including an hours violation fell slightly to 1.2 percent. In the most recent two full months, since so-called hard enforcement of the ELD mandate began, that percentage has dropped to 0.69 percent (April) and 0.64 percent (May), according to FMCSA’s figures.

June 25, 2018