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Oversize/overweight permitting and āharmonizationā: State of the states, and technology
More simplicity in states' regulatory and tech approaches to permitting could ultimately result in more practical oversized load routing. Details on Overdrive.
March 6, 2020
Voices
POLL: As state legislatures take up various new abortion restrictions, whatās your view?
Several states where Republicans control legislative and executive branches of government have taken up new abortion restrictions in recent times, most notably Alabama with what amounts to an outright abortion ban. Weigh in via this latest āhot buttonsā series poll.
May 21, 2019
Voices
POLL: Would a standardized miles-traveled tax for highway funds be a good fuels-tax replacement?
With some state jurisdictions currently testing the idea of a miles-traveled tax in place of a fuel tax for road repair and expansion funds, how do you feel about the potential fuel-tax replacement being eyed as electric and hybrid vehicles become more prominent?
April 29, 2019
Business
āTop-tierā most effective states ranked in ATRI crash/inspections analysis
The state of Indiana leads the way in the American Transportation Research Instituteās ranking of state enforcement departments on the effectiveness of their truck-enforcement units, based principally on an assumed relationship between crashes and traffic-enforcement activities.
August 6, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
ELD mandate enforcement, by state
Updating shorter lists that ran in January, this map shows states that have confirmed their ELD-mandate enforcement intentions ahead of April 1, whether they will not be writing citations or leaving it up to the individual inspector.
February 2, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
Some states arenāt enforcing the ELD mandate yet simply because they canāt
Some states wonāt be writing citations or tickets for non compliance with the ELD mandate because, legally, they canāt.
February 1, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
ELD mandate meets reality
Increasingly, mandated ELDs are highlighting inadequacies of the hours of service rule. But ārules are rules,ā note watchers. Regarding the wiggle room that drivers enjoyed with paper logs, there is no quick tweaking of hours today in the cards that would restore that unofficial flexibility.
January 31, 2018
Business
Many readers feel little change in clean inspections
While more clean inspections overall may well be the reality for inspections recorded in the federal Motor Carrier Management and Information System database, Overdriveās audience of mostly owner-operators is more skeptical.
December 28, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
ELD-Day: On the ground with enforcement in Kentucky as truckers, officers adjust to new logs reality
Reporting live from the scales on the ELD mandateās enforcement deadline, Overdrive Senior Editor Todd Dills notes Kentucky personnel are checking e-logs, albeit loosely for some. Overdrive readers on Facebook mostly reported the day was business as usualā¦
December 18, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Florida legislature eyeing December 2018 ELD deadline for intrastate carriers, California uncertain
Floridaās move for its sizable intrastate market follows that of Texas, which adopted a December 2019 date for the ELD requirements for intrastate carriers. California Highway Patrol reps, meanwhile, note theyāre yet uncertain on an intrastate ELD mandate there.
May 8, 2017
Business
The 18 states that issue more violations per inspection than the national average
In any of these states, itās most likely that if you get inspected youāll walk away with a violation. All of them write more than 1.7 per every individual inspection, with Connecticut at the top of the list with more than 3.
November 17, 2016
Voices
67 percent: Share of owner-operators who handle IFTA reporting entirely on their own
Recent polling showed that 67 percent of owner-operators reported handling their IFTA reporting entirely on their own ā only 2-3 in 10, further, utilized specialized software or third-party reporting services.
August 23, 2016
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