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Household goods movers apply for HOS exemption
A trade group representing household goods movers has asked the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to exempt its members of the 14-hour cap placed on drivers daily hours-of-service limits.
September 12, 2014
Business
FMCSA testing auto-fail feature for new entrant audits, extends remote audit test
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will be testing a new automatic failure feature for new entrant audits and will be extending its testing of off-site new entrant audits until December.
September 8, 2014
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CVSA’s annual brake inspection spree happening Sept. 7-13
The annual Brake Safety Week inspection spree will take place Sept. 7-13. CVSA says more than 30,000 trucks and buses will be inspected.
September 5, 2014
Business
Scott Darling, FMCSA’s top lawyer, to serve as interim administrator
FMCSA has a new acting administrator. The news came in a farewell message from former FMCSA Admin. Anne Ferro. Also in her message was another bit of personnel news: Deputy Administrator Bill Bronrott is leaving the agency at the end of the year.
August 22, 2014
Business
Roadcheck 2014 results: Hours, brake violations top out-of-service orders
Of the 72,415 drivers inspected in this year’s Roadcheck inspection spree, 4.8 percent were placed out-of-service, and more than half of those were placed out-of-service due to hours of service or logbook violations.
August 15, 2014
Business
Rating the Ferro administration: Is trucking more safe, or less?
Time, and some basic statistics, will tell how effective Anne Ferro’s stint as head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has been. Still, let’s review her five years in office.
August 15, 2014
Business
Ferro gets last word: Defends agency, agenda, her leadership
Wrapping up five-years on duty at the wheel of FMCSA, Anne Ferro says she wouldn’t do anything differently: She’s worked to implement Obama administration policy within the framework of the agency’s mandate, and that includes keeping a wide range of truck safety initiatives on the road to implementation.
August 15, 2014
Business
FMCSA suspends carrier’s authority for not complying with investigation
FMCSA says it has suspended the authority of Espinal Trucking, based in Michigan City, for not cooperating with an investigation into its compliance history following a crash in July.
August 8, 2014
Business
Drivewyze adds inspection bypass service in Georgia
Drivewyze announced that Drivewyze PreClear bypass service has been added in Georgia, making it the 26th state to offer the mobile-based weigh station bypass service.
August 8, 2014
Business
J.J. Keller adds ALK mapping platform to online Encompass dashboard
ALK Technologies, a global provider of GeoLogistics systems and navigation software, announced that ALK Maps and PC Miler Web Services are now available as part of J.J. Keller’s Encompass with E-Logs Premium Edition online tool.
July 29, 2014
Business
Ferro’s departure comes after increasingly frosty relationships with industry groups
Let’s hope the new FMCSA administrator – whoever he or she may be – implores agency officials to use sound data analysis and listen closely to industry concerns when drafting future rulemakings.
July 29, 2014
Business
Anne Ferro resigns as head of FMCSA
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration head Anne Ferro will be stepping down from her position as administrator of the agency, the Department of Transportation announced July 25.
July 25, 2014
Business
FMCSA OK’s full digital logs on smartphone, tablet logging apps
Digital logs produced by smartphone, tablet or computer apps no longer have to be printed and signed manually by drivers, according to new guidance on digital logs issued by FMCSA.
July 10, 2014
Business
PrePass participation reaches 475,000 trucks
HELP Inc., the non-profit public-private partnership that provides PrePass weigh station bypass and truck safety screening services, announced a significant milestone in its growth.
July 8, 2014
Business
When the ELD deadline arrives, will you be ready?
At the CCJ Summer Symposium last month in San Diego, an ELD-related panel discussion of fleet executives warned the rollout of ELDs takes considerable time and management expertise to pull off correctly.
July 7, 2014
Business
CSA compliance: the outsourcing is in
Considering the risks of non-compliance, many fleets are getting expert help. Here are three options to lighten the administrative load and nip exceptions long before they surface as CSA alerts.
July 3, 2014
Business
ATA, Alliance support e-log mandate in formal comments, OOIDA blasts rule
Trucking trade groups held their formal public comments on the proposed federal electronic logging device mandate until the waning hours of the 90-day comment period, and each of the major ones fell as expected in terms of support or opposition: The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association against, with the American Trucking Associations and Trucking Alliance for.
July 1, 2014
Business
FMCSA reports more than 30,000 now on roster of certified medical examiners
Another 8,000 health professionals have been added to the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners (NRCME) since the new system for USDOT medical examinations launched last month, FMCSA reports.
June 30, 2014
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