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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 scraps split-sleeper berth study amid press for hours reforms
FMCSA has canceled a study meant to gauge the safety aspects of allowing truck drivers to split their on- and off-duty time into segments. The agency’s new — and pressing — move to propose changes to hours of service regulations has rendered the study moot, sources said.
December 20, 2018
Hours of Service
Watch: FMCSA boss Martinez on what prompted agency’s move to open hours of service discussion
FMCSA’s Ray Martinez met with a small group of trucking industry press at the Great American Trucking Show Aug. 25, just days after the agency announced that it is opening discussions around hours of service reforms. See Martinez talk about that — and ELDs’ roles in hours changes — in the video here.
August 30, 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
Hours of Service
FMCSA wants feedback on hours of service reforms around 14-hour rule, split sleeper, 30-minute break
The FMCSA needs feedback pertaining to extending drivers' 14-hour daily limit, split sleeper, 30-minute break requirement, and short-haul drivers' hours.
August 21, 2018
Business
DOT planning ‘definitive roadmap’ for automated vehicle implementation, says FMCSA’s Martinez
Ray Martinez of the FMCSA offers his insight on where the Department of Transportation is at in its approach to autonomous truck implementation. Details here.
August 10, 2018
Business
FMCSA boss Martinez tells Congress ELDs a first step toward adding hours flexibility
Ray Martinez, head of the FMCSA, thinks so and expressed to Congressional lawmakers how the ELD mandate should lead to hours of service flexibility.
May 30, 2018
Business
Martinez takes the helm at FMCSA
Raymond P. Martinez, the new administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, has officially assumed the role as boss of the U.S. DOT’s trucking and bus regulatory agency, FMCSA announced late Wednesday. Martinez was selected last fall by President Trump to head FMCSA. He was confirmed by the Senate in February.
March 1, 2018
Business
FMCSA has a new boss: Senate confirms Martinez to run agency under Trump
Testifying before a panel of U.S. Senators in October, Martinez said he intends to uphold the agency’s electronic logging device mandate and institute data-driven reforms to the agency’s regulatory process and, specifically, the oft-criticized Compliance, Safety, Accountability program.
February 14, 2018
Business
Trucker breaks and pay, infrastructure bill, FMCSA boss confirmation on tap as Congress returns
Congress could soon take action to block states from enacting laws on driver breaks and pay reforms, take up an infrastructure funding package, further delay ELD compliance for livestockers, confirm a new FMCSA boss and more…
January 3, 2018
Business
Trump FMCSA nom Martinez approved by committee, confirmation heads to full Senate
Martinez testified in a confirmation hearing last week before the Senate committee, telling the Senate panel he intends to uphold the Dec. 18 deadline for compliance with the ELD mandate and to institute data-driven reforms to the CSA program.
November 9, 2017
Business
FMCSA nominee faces first vote Wednesday; testimony reveals old DUIs
Martinez last week said he supports the agency’s ELD mandate, though he intends to speak with small business truckers about their concerns about its implementation.
November 6, 2017
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