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Electronic Logging Devices
FMCSA: No chance ELD deadline will be delayed
If you’re hoping for a delay in enforcement of the looming deadline to adopt an electronic logging device, don’t count on it, says Joe DeLorenzo, head of enforcement for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
October 29, 2019
Business
Machinery transport, repair group petitions for hours extension for short-haul drivers
Kentucky Equipment Distributors, which is made up of seven large machinery distributors operating in several states, is requesting that its short-haul drivers be allowed to return to their work-reporting location after 14 hours instead of 12 hours.
October 23, 2019
Hours of Service
Comment period for proposed hours changes closes Monday
Changes in the notice of proposed rulemaking include allowing drivers to pause their 14-hour on-duty clock for up to three hours and extending split sleeper berth options for drivers.
October 18, 2019
Hours of Service
Drivers, carriers offer mixed reactions to proposed hours changes
Many comments already submitted agree with the proposed changes, while others think it will allow carriers to extend drivers’ working day by three hours. Other commenters mostly agree with the changes but would prefer more flexibility with the 30-minute break and the sleeper berth split.
September 20, 2019
Hours of Service
34-hour restart regs rebuffed by Congress in 2014 officially nixed from rulebook
The regulations, which have not been enforced since December 2014, limited truck drivers to one restart per week and required the restart to include two 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. periods. Those regulations were suspended by Congress in December 2014, though they technically remained on the books.
September 11, 2019
Hours of Service
Second FMCSA listening session on hours of service set for D.C.
The second of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s listening sessions on the proposed hours of service changes will be held Tuesday, Sept. 17, at U.S. DOT headquarters in Washington, D.C. The listening session will be held from 1-3 p.m. and is open to the public.
September 2, 2019
Hours of Service
Hours of service listening session set for GATS
The GATS listening session, which will be at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, will begin at 10 a.m. and is scheduled for two hours. FMCSA says the listening sessions will allow the public to present comments, views and relevant research on the proposed hours changes.
August 19, 2019
Business
FMCSA renews hours exemption for paper company drivers
WestRock to allow its Chattanooga, Tennessee, paper mill drivers to occasionally work up to 16 consecutive hours and return to work with less than 10 consecutive hours off duty. The drivers travel on approximately 275 feet of public road between the shipping and receiving departments shuttling trailers.
July 30, 2019
Hours of Service
Group wants turfgrass sod included as ‘ag commodity’ for hours exemptions
Currently, drivers hauling ag commodities operate under certain HOS exemptions, such as the 150-air-mile radius exemption that allows drivers carrying ag commodities to skip recording duty status if they stay within a 150-air-mile radius of the source of the commodity, among others.
June 19, 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
Business
FMCSA grants waiver to fleet allowing 150 air-mile radius for short-haul exemption
RJR Transportation requested the exemption last October. In its request, the company told the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration most of its trucks operate within 100 air-miles of its headquarters, but approximately 5% of its drivers exceed 100 air miles but not 150 air miles.
June 6, 2019
Hours of Service
Fireworks haulers seek hours relief during Independence Day holiday period
The American Pyrotechnics Association has submitted a petition to add four new members to its existing hours exemption during the Independence Day holiday period. A separate fireworks hauler, Extreme Logistics, has also requested an HOS exemption for its 12 drivers during the same holiday period.
April 18, 2019
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