Matt Cole (CCJ)Matt Cole is the News Editor for CCJ and Overdrive. Reach him at [email protected].BusinessNHTSA extends comment period for proposed rule on underride guards, reflective tape on straight trucksThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced it will reopen the comment period for an advance notice of proposed rulemaking that will, when final, require single-unit trucks to be equipped with rear impact guards and reflective tape on the rear and sides of the trucks to improve their visibility.October 5, 2015BusinessPostal workers union opposes mail contractors’ 14-hour exemption requestThe American Postal Workers Union, which represents U.S. Postal Service employees, said Thursday it’s opposed to an exemption request submitted recently by private, contracted mail carriers seeking an exemption from the federal 14-hour on-duty limit.October 5, 2015BusinessFMCSA revises onboard recorder guidance to allow drivers to make correctionsThe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has revised its guidance pertaining to automatic onboard recording devices (a form of e-log) to give drivers a chance to correct inaccurate information.October 1, 2015BusinessRadioactives, ammunitions carrier granted hours-of-service exemptionThe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted R&R Transportation Group an exemption from the 30-minute hours-of-service rule for drivers of loads with materials that require attendance, such as radioactive materials, pharmaceuticals and ammunition.October 1, 2015BusinessCVSA sees record low for out-of-service violations during Roadcheck 2015Nearly a quarter of the 44,989 trucks hit with a Level I inspected during the Roadcheck 2015 inspection blitz in June were placed out-of-service, according to numbers reported Sept. 28 by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance. CVSA inspected just shy of 70,000 trucks and buses in total.September 29, 2015BusinessCalifornia adopts rule to require 10 percent reduction truck-caused carbon emissions by 2020The California Air Resources Board announced last week it has re-adopted a Low Carbon Fuel Standard, which requires a 10 percent reduction in the carbon intensity of transportation fuels by 2020.September 29, 2015BusinessFMCSA renews charter for industry stakeholder-based advisory committeeThe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has announced it has renewed the charter for the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee, effective Oct. 1.September 29, 2015BusinessDiesel prices continue to fall, drop 1.7 cents this weekDiesel prices this week continued their summer-long decline into the fall, dropping 1.7 cents during the week ending Sept. 28.September 28, 2015BusinessFMCSA’s proposed compliance sticker rule: Congressman, ATA, others weigh in with ‘adamant opposition’Rep. Hanna on FMCSA’s proposed rule: “Penalizing CMV operators if their equipment had a missing or unreadable certification label, as proposed, is an unworkable rule that would create a duplicative layer of regulation and fail to reduce the risk of crashes.”September 28, 2015BusinessPaccar files non-compliance petition over potential turn signal indicator recall for certain Petes, KWsPaccar has filed a petition with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to request an exemption from providing a recall notification for an issue with the turn signal indicators on trucks’ dash instrument panel.September 24, 2015Previous PagePage 87 of 100Next PageTop StoriesBusinessTwo rail carriers join forces, go after Memphis to Nashville truck freightCN and CSX are looking to develop a new intermodal service into Nashville that replaces an existing trucking leg from Memphis into Music City.Equipment controlsInternational kicks off self-driving truck trials with fleetsTechnologyHow fleets can protect themselves from cyber criminalsBusinessKnight-Swift backs rail mega mergerFeatured SponsorCargo theft is on the rise. Learn strategies to protect your trucks, trailers and freight.
