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Business

Unclear how Trump’s freeze on regs, Obamacare relaxer will impact trucking

An FMCSA spokesperson said the impact of Trump’s memo on pending regulations is “being assessed.” But regulations already made law, like the electronic logging device, are likely to be untouched.

January 23, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

ELD mandate sees another court victory, OOIDA plans to appeal to Supreme Court

A three-judge panel for the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has denied OOIDA’s request for the court to rehear its case against the U.S. DOT’s electronic logging device mandate, which takes effect later this year. OOIDA says it plans to appeal to the decision to uphold the mandate to the U.S. Supreme Court.

January 13, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

OOIDA asks court to toss ELD decision and rehear case

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has asked the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear its case against the U.S. DOT’s rule to mandate the use of electronic logging devices.

December 15, 2016

Parking

ATRI ‘parking diaries’ reveal ELDs make finding parking more difficult

Parking diaries kept by nearly 600 truck drivers for two weeks this year revealed truckers spend an average of 56 minutes per day searching for parking, costing them nearly $5,000 a year in wages. The report also showed truckers using ELDs spend more time searching for parking than those using paper logs.

December 14, 2016

Electronic Logging Devices

OOIDA to ask for new hearing on ELD challenge

If the 7th Circuit denies OOIDA’s request for a rehearing, the group will likely appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, OOIDA Executive VP Todd Spencer says.

November 16, 2016

Overdrive Radio

‘Keep fighting’: One reader’s reaction to the 7th circuit’s ELD decision

In this Overdrive Radio ‘mailbag’ series podcast, more than one trucker strikes a defiant yet hopeful tone in response to yesterday’s Halloween decision by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upholding the FMCSA’s ELD mandate final rule.

November 1, 2016

Electronic Logging Devices

OOIDA considers further legal challenge to ELD mandate

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, which filed the lawsuit in March, said it is disappointed, but looking ahead to continue challenging the rule.

November 1, 2016

Electronic Logging Devices

PIT Group to offer independent ELD testing, verification

The independent testing will follow the latest version of the ELD Test Plan and Procedures issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

October 24, 2016

Electronic Logging Devices

Trucking attorney: Court appears likely to side with FMCSA in ELD court challenge

“The [three-judge] panel was very suspect of the arguments that OOIDA was making and seemed to be much more in favor of the attorneys of the agency,” said transportation attorney Tim Wiseman of the Sept. 13-held oral arguments made in the ELD court challenge.

September 14, 2016

Electronic Logging Devices

E-log announced by Isotrak

Isotrak has announced the release of its new hours-of-service compliance app, which the company says has an intuitive and easy-to-use interface for drivers. Correction: The e-log is not listed among FMCSA’s certified and registered ELDs.

September 2, 2016

Electronic Logging Devices

Brokers see ELD data as opportunity to find trucking capacity

As electronic logging device adoption grows ahead of the December 2017 effective date of the U.S. DOT’s ELD mandate, brokers and other third-party logistics providers see an opportunity to use hours-of-service data gleaned from the devices to find available trucks and drivers.

July 15, 2016

Electronic Logging Devices

ELD privacy concerns an ‘illogical extreme,’ groups argue in court filings

The court battle over a federal rule to mandate electronic logging devices for truck drivers saw two carrier-backed parties file briefs in support of the mandate this week, with both filings touting the perceived benefits of the rule and dismissing claims brought by trucker-backed groups about the rule’s efficacy.

June 24, 2016