National Private Truck Council

Journal

ATA asks court to review hours rule Group supports FMCSA’s EOBR efforts to enforce current regs The American Trucking Associations on Feb. 14 filed a petition with the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia asking the court to review the Federal Motor Carrier ...

By CCJ Staff Published March 1, 2012

Journal

CVSA touts improved Operation Safe Driver results Annual campaign targets both commercial, passenger drivers The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance said the results from its 2011 Operation Safe Driver campaign show that targeting enforcement and education efforts at both passenger as well as commercial vehicle drivers is starting ...

By CCJ Staff Published February 1, 2012

Journal

Leading news, trucking market conditions and industry analysis Legislators ask Obama to withdraw hours rewrite President Obama should withdraw the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposed hours-of-service revision because its costs would hurt the U.S. economy, House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor wrote Oct. ...

By CCJ Staff Published November 1, 2011

Safety

PHMSA seeks ban on handheld phones Proposal could affect nearly 1,500 intrastate carriers Five months after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a proposed rule to prohibit commercial truck and bus drivers from using handheld cell phones while operating a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce, ...

By CCJ Staff Published June 7, 2011

Journal

U.S., Mexico reach new trucking agreement Ferro defends taxpayers buying EOBRs for Mexican carriers The U.S. and Mexican governments on March 3 announced an agreement in principle to implement the long-delayed cross-border trucking provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The agreement upholds previous requirements for ...

By CCJ Staff Published April 1, 2011

Journal

EPA, NHTSA to issue heavy truck mpg rule New standards ordered by July 2011 President Obama last month signed a presidential memorandum directing the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to jointly issue the nation’s first fuel economy ...

By CCJ Staff Published June 1, 2010