Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association

Viewpoint

Industry response to the EOBR provision in the highway funding legislation signed into law on July 6 “This legislation, while not all we could have hoped for as an industry and as users of the highway system, makes tremendous strides in the safety arena and puts ...

By CCJ Staff Published August 3, 2012

Journal

Improvements to CSA Safety Measurement System planned Changes will help flatbed fleets, FMCSA says The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced planned improvements to the Carrier Safety Measurement System implemented in December 2010 as part of the agency’s Compliance Safety Accountability program. A preview became available to ...

By CCJ Staff Published May 1, 2012

Journal

Costs of EPA’s 2004-10 emissions rules questioned Mandates led to more expensive trucks, lower sales, layoffs, study contends The National Automobile Dealers Association and American Truck Dealers on March 8 released a report that questions the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s cost analysis of emissions control requirements for ...

By CCJ Staff Published April 1, 2012

UpFront

It’s just a matter of time FMCSA heads back to the drawing board for broader EOBR mandate In August, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit overturned the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s April 2010 electronic onboard recorder final rule that would have required EOBRs ...

By Jeff Crissey Published March 1, 2012

Journal

Leading news, trucking market conditions and industry analysis Hours-of-service final rule retains 11-hour driving limit New rule shortens workweek from 82 to 70 hours; 34-hour restart requires two rest periods from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. On Dec. 22, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety ...

By CCJ Staff Published January 4, 2012

Mandating the Inevitable?

Technology brings instant visibility to logbook data A lot of industry speculation ended Jan. 31, 2011, when the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration revised its previous April 2010 rule proposal, section 395.16, to mandate electronic onboard recorders for all carriers. Scheduled to become effective June 2012, ...

By Aaron Huff Published December 1, 2011

Upfront

On Common Ground Industry groups come together to promote increased size and weight measures Last year, the American Trucking Associations forecasted the industry will haul 30 percent more tonnage in 2021 than it does now. Without an increase in truck weight, that would mean 18 percent more ...

By Jeff Crissey Published November 1, 2011

Journal — Viewpoint

ATA vs. Port of Los Angeles Industry response to a court decision to overturn the owner-operator ban as part of the Port of Los Angeles Clean Truck Program “The Port of Los Angeles led the nation to develop enforceable standards to put new clean trucks into service, ...

By CCJ Staff Published November 1, 2011

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

Journal – Viewpoint

The battle over EOBRs Industry response to a federal appeals court decision to vacate the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s electronic onboard recorder regulation “Companies can and do use technology to harass drivers by interrupting rest periods. This decision not only dealt with the issue of harassment, ...

By CCJ Staff Published October 7, 2011