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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
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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
Business
FMCSA orders shutdown of Nevada carrier
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ordered a three-truck fleet based in Nevada to cease operations after the agency discovered hours-of-service and other violations.
February 17, 2015
Business
Drivewyze adds 22 Florida inspection stations to bypass service
Drivewyze recently reached an agreement with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement (OALE) allowing qualified carriers to bypass the Florida agriculture interdiction sites using Drivewyze PreClear.
February 12, 2015
Business
Inspector General to begin oversight of FMCSA’s 34-hour restart study
The DOT Office of Inspector General announced Feb. 10 it will soon begin an audit of FMCSA’s Congressionally required study of the 2013-implemented rules governing drivers’ use of a 34-hour HOS restart.
February 10, 2015
Business
Vnomics updates e-logs for 34-hour reset
Vnomics Corp. announced that the electronic Hours of Service application for its on-board fleet management platform has been updated to reflect the recent suspension of enforcement of the 34-hour re-start provisions on Dec. 16, 2014.
February 5, 2015
Business
KeepTruckin adds GPS tracking to free e-logging app
KeepTruckin announced the addition of GPS tracking to its electronic logbook application used by fleets and drivers.
February 3, 2015
Business
34-hour restart rollback: Virginia Tech to head FMCSA’s study, looking for 250 driver participants
Virginia Tech’s Transportation Institute will head the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s federally required study on the the 34-hour restart provisions implemented in 2013, VT announced Feb. 3, and it’s looking for about 250 truck drivers to participate in the study.
February 3, 2015
Business
CarrierWeb grows sales 40 percent in 2014, expands staff
CarrierWeb, a trucking mobile communications provider, saw record sales volume and announced new staff members and promotions.
February 2, 2015
Business
Langer Transport adopts MCP50 from Omnitracs for electronic logs
Langer Transport is adopting the Mobile Computing Platform 50 (MCP50) and key applications from Omnitracs across its fleet of tractors.
January 30, 2015
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