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Overdrive Radio
Mailbag: Worm turns a bit on regs favor with hours proposal, readers sound off
In this weekâs Overdrive Radio, readers weigh in largely favorably on FMCSAâs this-week-proposed hours of service changes â a big departure from reader reactions to new regs over recent history. Also: Better split-sleeper data blind spots that could have been avoided, mainstream news spin, more on the proposal âŚ
August 16, 2019
Voices
Not âengaged to waitâ while in the sleeper? Readers respond to federal labor opinion on driver compensation
More readers than not agreed with commenter Jason McCarter that, âif you are in your truck at any time, you should be paid,â even if off-duty in the sleeper. Find other views, including those contrary, in this round-up of voices with poll results about sleeper time and pay for employee drivers.
August 8, 2019
Voices
POLL: Should sleeper-berth time for company drivers be compensated directly?
While recent high-profile court rulings seemed to suggest that even off-duty sleeper time for employee drivers should be subject to minimum wage compensation rules, but a Department of Labor opinion has more recently contradicted that. Whatâs your take?
July 24, 2019
Business
Judge rules drivers should be paid minimum wage for all hours worked â including sleeper berth time
The judgeâs Oct. 19 opinion says that driversâ total compensation, once divided by the total number of hours worked, should equal at least the federal minimum wage of  $7.25 an hour. However, the ruling only affects this case and doesnât have a direct impact on the industryâs per-mile pay model.
December 6, 2018
Channel 19
Rolling your 14: How to do an 8/2 or 2/8 sleeper-berth split
Here's a hypothetical series of logs from T. Dills Trucking leading into the current day that might help illustrate the process. Check it out on Overdrive.
July 26, 2018
Business
Hotshot carrier asks FMCSA to let him install sleeper berth in pickup truck bed
A sleeper berth in the bed of a pickup do not meet the access, location, exit, communication or occupant constraint requirements in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). Castignoli Enterprises argues that because he is a solo owner-operator, these requirements are not applicable to his operation.
April 27, 2018
Channel 19
Grassroots efforts continue around ELD mandate, hours of service flexibility
Wednesday, January 17, a group of truckers took a meeting with United States Senator Ted Cruz in order to press concerns over the Department of Transportationâs electronic logging device mandate and the current hours of service rule.
January 19, 2018
Hours of Service
Fixing the 14-hour rule: FMCSA moving closer to flexible sleeper-split pilot program
Kelly Regal, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrationâs associate administrator for research and information technology, outlined the agencyâs research work around sleep and fatigue at the Managing Fatigue international conference in San Diego, Calif., Tuesday. Of perhaps principle interest to owner-operators, Regal updated attendees on progress toward what sheâs calling the FMCSAâs âFlexible sleeper berth [âŚ]
March 22, 2017
Channel 19
Why âautomaticâ may or may not mean âautomaticâ when it comes to ELDs
In OOIDAâs case against the ELD mandate, it argues FMCSA has not conformed to Congressional statute requiring ELDs because it didnât require devices that âautomaticallyâ record all hours. Did Congress really mean what it said?
April 15, 2016
Channel 19
Getting in bed with the railroad
Ever taken a 10-hour break on a train? The Truck Ferry project would turn freight flatcars into rolling sleeper berths for multiple tractor-trailer rigs/drivers.
November 3, 2015
Channel 19
Run an e-log as a team? Keep a regular weekly schedule? âŚ
Hereâs the criteria FMCSA used to allow McKee Foodsâ private fleetâs drivers to use 5/5-, 4/6- or 3/7-hour sleeper splits to satisfy the required 10 hours of sleeper berth time.
August 13, 2015
Overdrive Radio
Kenny Capellâs obstruction of justice case at the scale house, in his own words
Capell hopes it becomes common practice in law enforcement to better respect the job trucking professionals do by refraining from waking sleeping codrivers absent reasonable suspicion.
March 23, 2015
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