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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

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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

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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

Avery Vise

Let’s end this thing A political solution on hours rules likely is inevitable In early 2005, Annette Sandberg – then head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration – proposed something fairly unusual. About six months earlier, a federal appeals court had invalidated the new hours-of-service regulations ...

By Avery Vise Published February 9, 2011

CSA'S Data Trail

Risk & Reward, Part 2: CSA data shows independents at risk

Independent wner-operators have a much greater chance of getting inspected and put out of service than owner-operators and company drivers at large ...