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Feedback ON CCJDigital ➡ “Video urges Congress to support EOBRs” Last month, the American Trucking Associations, along with the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance and AAA, released a video urging members of Congress to support an electronic onboard recorder mandate for large trucks to improve driver and carrier compliance ...

By CCJ Staff Published July 1, 2012

Journal

Leading news, trucking market conditions and industry analysis NTSB calls for comprehensive mobile phone ban for drivers Recommendation calls for banning handheld, hands-free use of cell phones Following the investigation of a 2010 Kentucky crash that killed 11 people likely caused from the use of a mobile phone ...

By CCJ Staff Published October 6, 2011

Safety

ATA, OOIDA seek truck crashworthiness standards Equipment improvements would lower fatalities, groups say For nearly four decades, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has focused on improving survivability rates for passenger car drivers involved in crashes, but two industry groups say more attention also needs to be ...

By CCJ Staff Published July 1, 2011

Who’s in the Driver’s Seat?

Tightening regulations, unfavorable demographics have drivers in short supply. Will rising pay and operational shifts meet demand? In 2004, rising truck tonnage, tight capacity, lean inventories and improved freight pricing helped ignite a driver shortage that swelled to more than 100,000 over the next two years. ...

By Jeff Crissey Published July 1, 2011

Journal

FMCSA won’t make court deadline for final HOS rule ATA ‘clearly skeptical’ of DOT’s ‘11th hour’ research The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said last month it would not be able to meet a court-negotiated July 26 deadline to issue its final hours-of-service rule after it reopened ...

By CCJ Staff Published June 7, 2011

Jeff Crissey

FMCSA misses the bus on HOS rule Newly introduced studies raise more questions than answers The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s last-minute move to add four new studies to its hours-of-service docket was a point of discussion at last month’s CCJ 2011 Spring Symposium in Birmingham, Ala. ...

By Jeff Crissey Published June 7, 2011

Journal

Capacity shortage looms large Rate hikes about to kick in, FTR says Truckload capacity shortages will gather momentum this year and continue through 2013 as the economy recovers and regulatory restrictions limit the driver pool, an FTR Associates economist said. Because of the economic upturn and the ...

By CCJ Staff Published May 1, 2011

Jeff Crissey

A fresh start in 2011 Panel suggests carrier-shipper relationship will change During the CCJ 2010 Fall Symposium last month, a distinguished panel of fleet executives from American Central Transport, Celadon and Prime, Inc., offered their insights on challenges and opportunities facing the trucking industry in 2011. As ...

By Jeff Crissey Published December 2, 2010

Safety

Truck-involved fatalities down 20% Industry cites hours rules for improved statistics Updated 2009 fatality and injury data from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) released last month showed 3,380 truck-involved traffic fatalities in 2009, a 20 percent decline from the 4,245 fatalities ...

By CCJ Staff Published October 1, 2010

Combating Fatigue

Trust – but verify Electronic logs are fast replacing paper as the standard for compliance. But do they improve safety? EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of a three-part series on combating driver fatigue. Other stories in this series address technologies for managing driver fatigue and driver-load ...

By Aaron Huff Published September 1, 2010