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First of three May sleep apnea listening sessions to be held this week
The listening sessions are part of FMCSA’s information gathering on sleep apnea’s presence in truck drivers.
May 8, 2016
Business
Coalition in U.S. House tells FMCSA to shelve new CSA-based carrier scoring rule until CSA reforms enacted
Like letters past, the 36 lawmakers undersigned in Wednesday’s letter argue that the SFD rule, even if not in direct violation of FAST Act stipulations, is in violation of the spirit of the law and the required overhaul of the CSA program.
May 5, 2016
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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
In light of delays by DOT, Senate bill calls for quick action on speed limiters
For nearly two years, the DOT has issued a report each month indicating the rule is weeks away from publication. Despite those reports, the rule’s been snared by the regulatory process for some time. The Senate’s move to set a deadline would force either the OMB’s hand or the DOT’s in hastening the rule’s publication
April 28, 2016
Business
DOT holding public meetings on potential sleep apnea rule for trucking industry
The FMCSA is looking to gather more information on the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea among truck drivers and its potential consequences on the industry.
April 27, 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
FMCSA may add eighth BASIC to CSA system to satisfy carrier incentive program requirements
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has revealed some detail about where it proposed to go with the so-called “Beyond Compliance” system required by the FAST Act highway bill, hinting its Compliance, Safety, Accountability system could see another category as part of the voluntary compliance program.
April 25, 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
DOT again concludes too little data exists to make determination on truck size/weight changes
“At the conclusion of the Technical Reports, the department believed that the current model and data limitations were so profound that the results could not accurately be extrapolated to confidently predict national impacts,” the DOT stated.
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
Missouri asks FMCSA for another training exemption for military veteran drivers
The state is now requesting an exemption from the commercial learner’s permit knowledge test requirement for qualified veterans who participated in dedicated training in approved military programs.
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
Business
Hours of service changes, driver pay reform could come before Congress soon, defense to both already begun
Both chambers of Congress are expected to begin work soon on federal appropriations bills for the 2017 fiscal year, and lawmakers will likely, as in recent years, use their 2017 DOT funding bills as vehicles to implement hours of service changes or other trucking industry-related policy reforms. Lobbyists and lawmakers, however, have already started to crow about both.
April 18, 2016
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