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Hours of Service

POLL: What do you most want out of an hours rule change?

As an expected release date for FMCSA’s pursed hours remap has come and gone once already, it bears asking again — what’s your main hope of the rewrite? Weigh in here.

June 17, 2019

Business

Trucking reps testify before Congress on driver pay, hours, safety

The testimony from each of the stakeholders, along with their answers to questions from 17 representatives who are part of the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, will be used to help shape the next highway funding bill after 2015’s FAST Act expires in 2020.

June 12, 2019

Hours of Service

Trash, recycling pickup company requests reprieve from certain short-haul exemption provisions

Kimble Recycling & Disposal says its short-haul trash and recycling pickup drivers cannot complete their work day within the 12 hours required by the short-haul exemption and requests to allow its drivers to operate up to 14 hours in a day.

May 30, 2019

Electronic Logging Devices

ELD maker KeepTruckin lands $150 million investment, company valued at $1B

Electronic log provider KeepTruckin, who’s prominent in the owner-operator market, announced April 23 it has received $149 million in Series D investment funding, with the company valued at $1 billion. The company says it will use the latest influx to fund new hires, invest in hardware, form new partnerships and to further its work in machine learning.

April 23, 2019

Business

Trimble’s 3G hardware-recycling partnership

Trimble customers that upgrade to new devices in 2019 and 2020 as 3G networks sunset will be able to ship their uninstalled Trimble equipment to the Cobalt company free of charge, for safe and secure disposal of the hardware, recycling any components when possible.

April 22, 2019

Business

Progressive discounting premiums for ELD data, adds claims process to mobile app

Progressive, whose trucking insurance product is focused on the small fleet and owner-operator market, has updated its claims process and to allow drivers to file claims for single-vehicle accidents within its mobile app. Also, truckers are saving on average nearly $1,400 a year in the company’s ELD data program.

March 30, 2019

Hours of Service

FMCSA boss Martinez: Agency ‘very close’ to deciding on hours proposal

Martinez said the ELD mandate “really put a spotlight on something that hasn’t been looked at in over 15 years. The data generated by ELDs highlights areas of current HOS regulations where adjustments or improvements may be needed. Commerce has changed, technology has changed, and your business has changed in that time.”

March 12, 2019

Hours of Service

FMCSA officially confirms it’s proceeding with proposal for hours of service overhaul

The head of the FMCSA confirmed that the agency is planning to propose a rule to overhaul hours of service regulations. Learn more here on Overdrive Online.

February 26, 2019

Electronic Logging Devices

Fireworks haulers get ELD waiver for Independence Day period

In its decision to grant the exemption, FMCSA says the 11-day exemption would not negatively impact safety. The agency also says it conducted “a comprehensive investigation of the safety performance history” of the 53 companies the exemption would cover.

February 15, 2019

Electronic Logging Devices

Study: Under ELDs, crash rates flat but unsafe driving violations are up

A group of researchers this month issued a report on the effects of the electronic logging device mandate, and they reached two main conclusions: The use of ELDs has not reduced the rate of truck crashes, but it has increased the frequency of speeding violations, particularly among the small carrier segment.

February 4, 2019

Business

2018 in review: A month-by-month look at the year’s top stories

The implementation of the ELD mandate again loomed large as one of the most read topics on Overdrive in 2018. Adjustments to personal conveyance rules, the beginning stages of potential hours of service reform and more also ranked as some of the most-read stories of the year.

December 28, 2018

Electronic Logging Devices

FMCSA announces denial of 10 ELD exemption requests

The agency officially denied the requests in June and July, but it is required to publicly announce the denials in the Federal Register. Denials include petitions from OOIDA, SikhsPAC and more.

December 6, 2018