Ray LaHood

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

FMCSA wants EOBRs for interstate carriers Plan would apply to all carriers that use logbooks All interstate commercial truck and bus carriers that now use records of duty status (RODS) to track compliance with hours-of-service regulations would have to use electronic onboard recorders under a proposed regulation ...

By CCJ Staff Published March 6, 2011

Journal

ATA slams lastest hours proposal FMCSA leaning toward 10-hour driving time limit The American Trucking Associations said the Obama administration missed the mark in many ways with the latest hours-of-service rewrite. Bill Graves, ATA president and chief executive officer, described the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposal ...

By CCJ Staff Published February 13, 2011

Safety

NHTSA to consider speed limiter rule in 2012 More than four years after the trucking industry asked the federal government to mandate speed limiters on new heavy-duty trucks, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that it would launch a rulemaking on the issue in 2012. ...

By CCJ Staff Published February 13, 2011

Fuel Savvy

2017-25 fuel economy, GHG standards expected this fall EPA, DOT, CARB align timeframe for light truck and car proposal New proposals for fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards for model year 2017-25 light-duty trucks and cars are expected by Sept. 1, according to a joint timeframe announced ...

By CCJ Staff Published February 10, 2011

Jeff Crissey

I’m sorry, I can’t come to the phone right now… Latest proposal from FMCSA targets use of handheld communication devices Just in time to ramp up last-minute holiday sales of Bluetooth-enabled devices and other hands-free communication solutions, on Dec. 17 the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ...

By Jeff Crissey Published January 1, 2011

Fuel Savvy

Tighter standards on the way for light-duty cars, trucks In addition to the proposed rule on greenhouse gas emissions standards for heavy trucks (see page 48), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are developing tougher greenhouse ...

By CCJ Staff Published November 8, 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

Jeff Crissey

Distracted driving gets out of hand FMCSA issues final rule on texting ban for interstate commerce drivers I recently received an e-mail that was making the rounds showing a series of images posted on Facebook by a truck driver who was snapping photos from the seat of ...

By Jeff Crissey Published October 1, 2010

Journal

Three carriers seek to go public Filings come on heels of apparent industry rebound As strong second-quarter earnings by publicly traded trucking companies pointed to a likely rebound for the industry, three large carriers are seeking to sell stock in initial public offerings (IPOs). The IPOs would ...

By CCJ Staff Published September 2, 2010