Trucking news and briefs for Tuesday, June 23, 2020:
FMCSA extends waiver allowing CLP holders to drive without CDL holder supervising
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is extending a waiver from the requirement that commercial learner’s permit holders be accompanied by a CDL holder in the front seat of the truck. The waiver is now in effect until Sept. 30. It was first set to expire on June 30.
Under terms of the waiver, a CDL holder is still required to be somewhere in the cab with the CLP holder.
CLP holders operating under the waiver must also have evidence from their CDL tester that they have passed the CDL skills test and have a valid non-CDL driver’s license, CLP and medical certificate, unless FMCSA’s waiver regarding expiring CDLs, CLPs and medical examiners’ certificates, effective on July 1, 2020, applies.
Nominations open for Pilot’s Road Warrior contest
The Pilot Company kicked off Monday its seventh annual Road Warrior contest to recognize truck drivers for their dedication. The winner of the contest will receive a grand prize of $10,000. Nominations are open here through July 20.
Pilot is accepting online story submissions about drivers that go above and beyond as Road Warriors in the trucking industry and in their communities. Nearly 9,500 drivers were nominated during the 2019 contest. Tennessee-based Timothy Chelette was named the 2019 Road Warrior.
New this year to the contest is a weekly sweepstakes in which the company will randomly select 100 entries each week during the nomination period, for a total of 400 winners throughout the contest, to win 5,000 myRewards loyalty points, a $50 in-store value.
