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Concrete haulers get HOS exemption, fireworks haulers want exemption renewal
FMCSA last week granted an exemption to ready-mix concrete haulers from the agency’s 30-minute break requirement implemented in the 2013 hours-of-service changes. FMCSA also is considering an exemption for pyrotechnics haulers.
April 7, 2015
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Drivewyze bypass available in South Dakota
Drivewyze PreClear bypass service has been added in South Dakota, making its mobile-based weigh station and inspection site bypass service available at 545 locations in 34 states.
April 6, 2015
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Congressman presses FMCSA about hours-of-service restart study, questions agency’s methodology
Hanna’s letter includes four key points to Foxx and FMCSA that he says should be considered for the study, including — perhaps of most concern for the study’s efficacy — ensuring selection of drivers that “are truly representative of the industry,” Hanna writes.
April 6, 2015
Business
FMCSA increasing fines for wide range of regulatory violations
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is set to publish April 3 a Final Rule increasing fine levels across the board for violations of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.
April 3, 2015
Business
DOT shuts down driver following crash, positive cocaine test
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced March 31 it has issued an imminent hazard out-of-service order to truck operator Robert Lee Turner, effectively shutting down the Georgia-based CDL holder.
April 1, 2015
Business
FMCSA grants hours-of-service exemptions to Oregon loggers, DOE carriers
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in recent weeks announced it has granted the Oregon Trucking Associations and the Department of Energy exemptions from the 30-minute break requirement of the 2013 hours-of-service rule.
March 30, 2015
Business
Scott Darling to continue to head FMCSA, drops ‘acting administrator’ title
T.F. Scott Darling, chief counsel for FMCSA, will continue to run the agency following the end of his seven-month tenure as acting administrator. But his title will no longer be “acting administrator.”
March 30, 2015
Business
Truck operators still needed for FMCSA’s study on 34-hour restart changes
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the university tapped with completing the agency’s Congressionally required study on the 2013-implemented hours-of-service changes is still on the hunt for truck operators willing to volunteer for the study.
March 12, 2015
Business
HOS rules suspended temporarily in Kentucky due to weather-related emergencies
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear last week issued an emergency order suspending hours-of-service rules for truck drivers carrying relief supplies such as food, water, medicine, propane and other goods headed to areas of his state affected by severe winter weather in recent weeks.
March 10, 2015
Business
Omnitracs announces customer agreements with Interstate Distributor, Pride Transport
Interstate Distributor is now using Omnitracs’ Mobile Computing Platforms — both MCP50s and MCP110s — across its 1,500-truck fleet, and Pride Transport has implemented Omnitracs Analytics’ Driver Retention Model across its entire fleet of 400 power units.
March 10, 2015
Business
Judge temporarily halts action on Tracy Morgan suit against Walmart pending driver appeal
The judge overseeing Tracy Morgan’s lawsuit against Walmart and its private fleet has temporarily halted action on the civil suit at the request of the truck driver at the center of the case.
March 9, 2015
Business
PrePass-equipped trucks surpass 500,000
HELP Inc. announced that over a half million trucks from nearly 41,000 trucking fleets are now enrolled in PrePass and qualified to bypass weigh stations and ports of entry in 31 states.
March 6, 2015
Business
Senator wants Congress to reform FMCSA, says agency has botched regulatory responsibilities
Saying it has ignored Congress, the Government Accountability Office and members of the trucking industry, Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska) Wednesday leveled some harsh criticism at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and called for reforming the agency.
March 6, 2015
Business
No word on who will head FMCSA when Scott Darling’s term ends this month
The acting administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, T.F. Scott Darling, told lawmakers this week he has just 19 days left in his interim term as head of the DOT’s trucking industry regulatory agency.
March 5, 2015
Business
Final Rule to mandate electronic logging devices again slated for Sept. 30, DOT announces
In a departure from a report issued in mid-February, the Department of Transportation has changed its expected publication date for a Final Rule mandating the use of electronic logging devices, according to a supplemental report issued by the DOT last week.
March 3, 2015
Business
Sleep science: fleets using software to write their own HOS rules
The fatigue model of Omnitracs Analytics uses hours-of-service data from electronic logs to predict when drivers slept. For each driver it calculates a fatigue score on a scale of 100, with 100 being the most extreme case of fatigue.
February 25, 2015
Business
Walmart driver in Tracy Morgan case files appeal to halt proceedings
Driver Kevin Roper filed his appeal Feb. 16, following federal Judge Lois Goodman’s Feb. 3 order denying Roper’s second request to delay Morgan’s lawsuit against Walmart until the criminal proceedings conclude.
February 23, 2015
Business
FMCSA shuts down carrier for hours, maintenance violations
A small Colorado-based fleet has become the latest to be shut down by federal regulators, following a compliance investigation that revealed disregard for key safety regulations, FMCSA announced this week.
February 19, 2015
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