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FMCSA floats proposal to up CSA crash threshold to three crashes
In addition to the two-year program intended to test the feasibility of removing certain non-preventable crashes from carriersâ CSA scores, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration this week also announced a proposed methodological change to the CSA Crash Indicator BASIC. The change, if finalized, would raise the minimum number of crashes to three â from the current two â needed before a carrier receives a Crash Indicator BASIC rating.
July 14, 2016
Business
Texas Roadcheck results provide glimpse of overall inspection blitz results
The Texas Department of Public Safety said it inspected 7,795 commercial vehicles during the three-day inspection effort held June 7-9 nationwide and placed 1,751 of these vehicles out-of-service.
July 13, 2016
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Comment period opens for FMCSA plan to allow carriers to contest crashes in CSA
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published July 12 in the U.S. Federal Register the preliminary details of its plan for a two-year program that will allow carriers to potentially scrub certain types of non-preventable crashes from their CSA Crash Indicator BASIC scores.
July 12, 2016
Business
10 toughest states for hours of service in 2015
2015âs data shows an upward trend in the hours of service violations doled out by the top 10 states. When reporting began in the CSAâs Data Trail series in 2013 â a joint effort by CCJ and Overdrive â just three states were above the 20 percent mark for hours violations. Seven of the 10 are above that threshold now.
July 11, 2016
Business
FMCSA planning program to add long-wanted âcrash accountabilityâ to CSA, at least temporarily
The lack of crash accountability in CSA â namely, using crashes that were in no way the fault of carriers against them in their CSA percentile rankings â has been one of the trucking industryâs chief complaints against the CSA program. A two-year program planned by FMCSA would change that, at least during the time of the test.
July 7, 2016
Business
Comment period for sleep apnea âpre-ruleâ closes July 8
The comment period was extended from the original June 8 deadline to give commenters the chance to study and analyze the results of a study by the American Transportation Research Institute. ATRIâs study, produced via surveys of drivers, concluded that a sleep apnea testing referral made by a medical examiner can cost a trucker upwards of a $1,000 in out-of-pocket expenses â more than a weekâs pay, the report notes.
July 1, 2016
Business
FMCSA grants hours exemption to fireworks haulers
The exemption allows the companies to extend the 14-hour on-duty window by excluding mid-period off-duty or sleeper-berth time of any length.
June 30, 2016
Business
Military vets with driving experience get full year to waive CDL skills test
Military veterans looking to transition into commercial driving after their service now have up to a year after leaving the military to waive the CDL skills test.
June 28, 2016
Business
FMCSA adjusts fines for violations based on inflation
Some fines are higher than previous years, and some are lower, as the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration made the adjustments.
June 27, 2016
Business
Driver shut down by DOT after deadly crash
In addition to traveling 25 mph over the speed limit, trucker Randall Weddle allegedly had been drinking at the time of the accident. Two were killed in the crash, in which Weddleâs load of lumber was spilled onto the highway and into other vehicles.
June 24, 2016
Business
ELD lawsuit sees a wave of action as ATA, others file briefs in support of mandate
ATA says OOIDAâs fears of regulators and carriers using the devices to track drivers in real-time is an âillogical extreme.â Furthermore, the rule takes measures to prevent such a scenario, ATA argues. The briefs filed by ATA and the Alliance are simply amicus briefs and do not bring them into the lawsuit as ongoing participants.
June 24, 2016
Business
Vetting of ELDs: questions arise from âself-certificationâ process
Experts say the registration process for FMCSAâs online registry of ELDs is missing an important test
June 23, 2016
Business
Successfully onboard: how data, technology helps retain new drivers
A number of strategies and technologies are being used to improve the onboarding experience of drivers.
June 23, 2016
Business
Push renewed to ban trucks older than â07 at NJ/NY ports
The Coalition for Healthy Ports and key Newark, N.J. politicians want the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to reinstate a plan to prohibit trucks with engines older than 2007 by next year.
June 21, 2016
Business
Window for carriers to comment on FMCSAâs new safety rating rule closes June 23
Reply comments on the FMCSAâs Safety Fitness Determination proposed rule are due by the end of the day Thursday, June 23.
June 20, 2016
Business
DOT begins audit looking into detention time at shippers, receivers
The DOT has initiated an audit to look into the effects on the trucking industry of detention time at shippers and receivers.
June 17, 2016
Business
Projected speed limiter publication date delayed again, CDL clearinghouse set to publish in August
The Department of Transportation has delayed the expected publication date for a potential rule to mandate speed limiters on trucks while keeping the publication date for the CDL clearinghouse at Aug. 29.
June 17, 2016
Business
ELD mandate to survive legal challenges, expert believes
Industry experts discussed the upcoming ELD mandate during CCJ webinar held on Thursday, June 16.
June 16, 2016
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