Tag: out of service orders

Channel 19

So much for the ‘hope for leniency’: One owner-operator’s hours out-of-service experience in the ELD era

After forgetting to log off-duty, Tom Werner explains his steps to rectify the issue on his ELD were insufficient to avoid out of service time in Oregon.

May 10, 2018

Channel 19

Performance-based brake testers (PBBTs) and liquid freight

If you haul liquid bulk, whether in a tanker or in totes, the difficulty of obtaining accurate weights at each wheel end with a PBBT during inspection often produces errors in readings. For Brake Safety Week 2020: a focus on chafed hoses.

May 3, 2016

Channel 19

Some jurisdictions ‘do not compute’ new restart limitations

Uproar in an hours session at GATS yields intel on some jurisdictions’ faulty interpretations of the revised restart provisions in the new hours rule.

August 29, 2013

Business

FMCSA’s enforcement authority growth spurt

With the Unified Registration System at final rule status and in implementation phase, some watchers see a future powerful tool for FMCSA in its efforts to target noncompliant carriers.

August 23, 2013

Regulations

Crashes and interventions: Blitzkrieg probes coming to trucking

The FMCSA’s quick-strike sweep through “high-risk” passenger carriers, say officials, will be hitting our industry sooner rather than later. Knowing the agency’s definition of a high-risk carrier is your first step in avoiding involuntary shutdown.

May 3, 2013