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House releases bill that would restore 34-hour restart rules from 2011, halt FMCSA’s carrier rating rule
The U.S. House’s Appropriations Committee released May 17 a 2017 fiscal year DOT funding bill that would make permanent 2014’s “restart rollback” by reverting hours-of-service rules for truckers to those in effect in December 2011. The bill also halts FMCSA’s work on its January-proposed Safety Fitness Determination rule until the reforms called for in 2015’s FAST Act highway bill are implemented.
May 17, 2016
Business
Supreme Court decision to allow trucker to intervene in ELD lawsuit undecided, FMCSA skips response filing
If the Supreme Court does grant trucker William Trescott’s motion, it would delay the court proceedings in OOIDA’s current case. The Supreme Court set a May 12 deadline for FMCSA to file a response to Trescott’s motion to intervene. The agency decided not to file a response, per court documents.
May 16, 2016
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FMCSA issues safety advisory for certain TYTAL cargo tanks
The cargo tanks have been found to have inadequate accident damage protection, and some have inadequate venting capacity of pressure release systems.
May 11, 2016
Business
Changes to out-of-service order criteria now in effect
Tires, lights, driveline joints and other out-of-service order criteria changes that took effect last month.
May 11, 2016
Business
FMCSA shuts down TN trucker after finding drugs, open beer cans in cab
Georgia State Patrol officers found an open box of beer and several open beer cans in the cab of Flynn’s truck, and a field sobriety test detected the presence of alcohol.
May 10, 2016
Business
Interstate Distributor rolls out CarriersEdge training tools to fleet
CarriersEdge, a provider of online safety and compliance training tools, announced that Interstate Distributor is using its platform to provide customized maintenance training.
May 9, 2016
Business
Motion filed asking Supreme Court to hear ELD challenge
The Supreme Court is scheduled to issue a decision May 12 on whether it may take up the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association’s suit against the DOT and its December 2015-published electronic logging device mandate once a decision has been issued by a lower court.
May 9, 2016
Business
Annual Roadcheck inspection spree looms
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual Roadcheck Inspection spree is less than month out. 2016’s International Roadcheck, which will take place June 7-9, will have a special emphasis on tire safety this year, CVSA announced last month.
May 9, 2016
Business
OOIDA: Court decision on e-log mandate could come by end of 2016
OOIDA filed a lawsuit earlier this year with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit asking the court to strike down the rule. OOIDA argued in its legal complaint that the mandate violates truckers’ 4th Amendment rights and does not have a safety benefit.
May 4, 2016
Business
Trucking Alliance: Congress should skip hours of service changes, wait on ELD data
The Trucking Alliance issued a statement May 2 urging Congress to forgo the recently unveiled changes to hours of service regulations for truck drivers and to wait on the implementation of the coming electronic logging device mandate before making any more changes to hours of service regs.
May 2, 2016
Business
Usage based insurance: Gorilla Safety co-founders see an opportunity for fleets
Gorilla Safety founders believe the system will be used by insurance companies to create usage based insurance (UBI) programs to more quickly reward fleets for their performance.
April 29, 2016
Business
FMCSA hosting roundtable on broker solvency, ability to pay carriers
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will host next month an informal roundtable discussion about property broker’s and freight forwarder’s ability to meet their payment obligations to carriers. Carriers are invited to participate.
April 27, 2016
Business
Senate bill retains 34-hour restart, could rework hours of service rules
The bill makes clear that the 34-hour restart will remain available for use by drivers, pending the results of a DOT study. However, the bill could also kick in a new weekly limit for on-duty hours.
April 21, 2016
Business
Fleet Complete rolls out ELD-compliant mobile app
The new HoS app from Fleet Complete has a new design and intuitive navigation for drivers to record their duty status.
April 20, 2016
Business
FMCSA seeking nominations/applicants for newly established household goods group
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has announced its intention to establish a Household Goods Consumer Protection Working Group, as mandated by the December-passed FAST Act highway bill.
April 20, 2016
Business
Gorilla Safety debuts mobile app, online dashboard for fleet management
Gorilla Safety says the mobile platform helps all constituents involved in the fleet management process to improve safety and compliance.
April 19, 2016
Business
FMCSA seeking fleet feedback for proposed carrier incentive program
FMCSA is asking for comments from industry stakeholders on the implementation of a “Beyond Compliance” program that would reward carriers for early safety tech adoption or other voluntary compliance initiatives beyond the scope of current safety regulations.
April 19, 2016
Business
Split sleeper berth flexibility exemption extended four years for drivers for private carrier McKee Foods
FMCSA announced last March it had granted McKee a waiver to allow some of its drivers to use either 5/5, 4/6 or 3/7 splits to satisfy their federally required 10 sleeper berth hours per day. The extension allows some drivers for McKee use split sleeper berth time until 2020.
April 19, 2016
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