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It’s complicated: Channel 19 year in review, part 3

Part 3 in this year in review, in which the “real Leroy Mercer” reared his head (sort of — yeah, it’s complicated), and Elves Trucking’s time-card hours compliance strategy didn’t look well in light of compliance-review waterboardings, and …

December 30, 2016

Thursday round-up: Supply chain mandating ELDs?, Wal-Mart moving toward cab cameras, nolo contendere for operator

Reporting out of Arkansas: Wal-Mart’s private fleet begins to test in-cab camera systems. Howard Salmon pleas out from under a following-too-close citation. And: one regular reader calls foul on the notion that brokers/shippers will require ELDs in contracts for exempt truckers post-mandate.

December 15, 2016

The forward-facing camera, mounted just left of center at the top of the windshield, in independent Howard Salmon’s 1999 KW.

Speed limiters will hurt truckers’ bottom line and cause more accidents, operators argue in formal comments

Upwards of 4,500 comments were received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration over the last three months on the agency’s proposed rule to mandate speed limiting devices on heavy trucks, and most trucker commenters railed against the rule and its potential effects on small business truckers.

December 8, 2016

The comment period for FMCSA’s and NHTSA’s proposed rule to mandate speed governors on heavy-duty trucks ended Dec. 7.

POLL: What should be priority No. 1 for a new DOT Secretary in the coming year?

What would you tell a new DOT secretary — indications are Trump will nominate former DOL Secretary Elaine Chao — to make the No. 1 priority in the coming year?

December 7, 2016

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Minute to midnight: Clock running out for speed limiters’ first public comment

“It is obvious to me that the majority of [speed-limited] drivers use the speed limiter setting to determine their minimum driving speed,” not the maximum. –Owner-operator Gary Buchs in his comment to the speed-limiter rule proposal docket, which closes Dec. 7 at 11:59 p.m — late Wednesday night.

December 6, 2016

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Regs outlook: Change is in the air

Between hope and a hard place: The potential import for owner-operators of a new federal administration as regards ELDs, speed limiters, CARB’s pursuit of an Ultra-Low NOx emissions standard and more, from Western States Trucking Association rep and former O/O Joe Rajkovacz at NASTC’s annual meeting.

November 22, 2016

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Two weeks remain to formally comment on speed limiter rule proposal

If the rule were to be made final, all new trucks would be required to use electronic speed governors. There is also a possibility it will require all trucks with factory-equipped speed limiters to be governed as well.

November 22, 2016

Comments on the DOT’s proposed speed limiter rule are due in two weeks by the end of the day Wednesday, Dec. 7.

Overdrive Radio

Trump promises big on highway funding, could open door to more tolls and privatization

Trump said on the campaign trail he wants $1 trillion invested in U.S. infrastructure. Though he was mum on specifics, he did say he intends to incentivize private businesses to invest in infrastructure projects by offering them tax breaks. Such privatization of U.S. roads could lead to more tolls, says OOIDA’s Todd Spencer. And: Readers react on regs promises.

November 14, 2016

Trump says he wants $1 trillion invested into U.S. infrastructure during his presidency. Some of that would come from private initiatives that may rely on tolls for funding.

‘Please Trump don’t let us down’: Truckers sound hopeful but wary in reaction to election victory

Views on Trump’s win were cautiously optimistic when came to potential easing of regulatory burden and the economy, more wary on road privatization and tolls. Conciliatory notes stressed the country’s direction “isn’t just up to Trump. We all have a hand in it.”

November 9, 2016

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Another study shows speed limiter usage prevalent among fleets as fuel saving devices

Speed limiting devices like those proposed for an industry-wide mandate by the U.S. DOT are one of the most used fuel-savings devices used by carriers, according to a study released last month by the American Transportation Research Institute.

November 7, 2016

ATRI’s report on fuel economy echoed a report issued by the group earlier this year, with both reporting speed limiter usage prevalent among large fleets.

Owner-operators have one more week to comment on DOT’s speed governor rule

Barring a late extension, owner-operators and other industry stakeholders have just a week left to offer formal feedback to the U.S. DOT regarding its proposal to electronically govern truck speeds.

October 31, 2016

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Two weeks remain to comment on proposed speed limiter rulemaking

The comment period for the rule expires at the end of the day Monday, Nov. 7. The rule would require trucks weighing more than 26,000 pounds to use speed limiting devices, but it didn’t specify a speed to which the trucks would be governed.

October 24, 2016

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