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Business
Dates set for annual 72-hour Roadcheck inspection spree
During the inspection blitz, inspectors will primarily conduct full 37-step Level I inspections, which is the most thorough inspection. About 75,000 inspections will take place during the three-day period.
March 23, 2016
Business
FMCSA orders all Volvo tractors affected by recent recall to be placed out-of-service
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued an order Wednesday that all Volvo trucks affected by a recent recall that have yet to be repaired be placed out of service by federal and state roadside inspectors.
March 23, 2016
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Taking care of defects: making use of electronic DVIRs
Telematics providers are extending DVIR functionality outside the cab with mobile devices and apps for the vehicle inspection process.
March 21, 2016
Business
Steel co. wants FMCSA to allow its drivers 16 hours on-duty time
ArcelorMittal-Indiana Harbor is requesting exemptions from the 14-hour regulation, as well as some equipment regulations, for its trucks that operate only in and around the companyās plant.
March 21, 2016
Business
FMCSA launches new website to house resources for military vets looking to get into trucking
The site provides updates on initiatives in development from the December-passed FAST Act highway bill, information about existing FMCSA programs for veterans, information about the Military Skills Test Waiver Program, partnership initiatives and job resources for veterans.
March 18, 2016
Business
Digitizing compliance: going paperless to manage big data
Managing CSA, hours of service and other data has largely become a digital exercise due to the ever-increasing need to use information, not paper, to stay in compliance and to become more efficient.
March 18, 2016
Business
FMCSA shuts down carrier for bevy of driver-related violations, shuts down trucker following hit and run
A South Carolina driver was effectively shut down by the FMCSA after his involvement in a fatal hit-and-run crash in February, and a Massachusetts-based trucking company was issued a shutdown order for a myriad of violations following an FMCSA investigation.
March 17, 2016
Business
Undoing potential 34-hour restart death knell could be delayed for months, group says
The legal hang-up regarding truckersā hours of service rules could kill the 34-hour restart entirely, but the Trucking Allianceās Lane Kidd says thereās pressure on U.S. lawmakers to forgo a fix in the current aviation reauthorization work underway in Congress currently and delay forging a fix until later this year.
March 15, 2016
Business
Study: Hours of service rules limited in their ability to manage trucker fatigue, data barriers exist
A DOT-sponsored report released March 10 concludes the connection between hours of service regulations, truck driver fatigue and accident frequency is hard to make based on available data and that barriers exist in researching such connections.
March 10, 2016
Business
House bill does not include fix for potentially major 34-hour restart problem, contrary to reports
The Houseās Transportation Committee released March 10 legislation to extend for three months the Federal Aviation Administrationās authorization, and notably absent from the billās text is any language intended to clarify the potential damage done by a December-passed government funding bill.
March 10, 2016
Business
Panel: Shippers interested in carriersā ELD progress
A panel of shippers this week had a message for carriers who are reluctant to begin integrating electronic logging devices: If you canāt demonstrate much progress toward conversion, we are taking note.
March 9, 2016
Business
PeopleNet showcases video intelligence, safety dashboard at TCA conference
During the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) 2016 annual convention, PeopleNet showcased a new option in its fleet mobility platform called the Video Intelligence Solution.
March 7, 2016
Business
The dust-up over FMCSAās ālives savedā data: Accurate, āalarmingā or roughly approximate?
Do FMCSAās recently released numbers on ālives savedā via truck inspection efforts reveal a concerning trend about declining enforcement emphasis, or are they simply estimates based on incomplete data? Or could FMCSA efforts in fact be reducing the need for such enforcement? Discussion here ā¦
March 7, 2016
Business
FMCSAās Darlingās nomination moves to full Senate for confirmation
T.F. Scott Darling III was approved Thursday by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation to become the next administrator of the FMCSA. His nomination now must be approved by the full Senate.
March 3, 2016
Business
Senate committee scheduled to vote Thursday on nominated FMCSA boss Scott Darling
Darling was nominated by Obama in August and underwent Senate confirmation hearings in January. He has headed FMCSA since August 2014, following the sudden resignation of then-Administrator Anne Ferro.
February 29, 2016
Business
FMCSA issues shutdown order to Calif.-based driver
California-licensed truck driver Edward Herbert Crane has been issued an effective shutdown order by FMCSA following an investigation that revealed four positive drug tests since 2012 and a crash in which he turned his truck over.
February 19, 2016
Business
Legislative āglitchā clouds future of the 34-hour restart
While trucking industry groups press Congress to act to fix an error in a December-passed government funding bill that may accidentally strip the 34-hour restart from hours-of-service regulations entirely, the actual effect of the legislative language isnāt entirely clear, according to multiple industry voices responding to the issue.
February 18, 2016
Business
Trimble adds compliance app from ISE Fleet Services to its field management suite
ISE Fleet Services announced that Trimble has added ISEās Android eFleetSuite compliance application to its field service management (FSM) suite.
February 16, 2016
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