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DOT, EPA seeking comments on new data related to Phase 2 of greenhouse gas emissions standards
New data related to the next round of emissions standards for heavy trucks has prompted the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency to ask for public comments on the new data and information.
March 1, 2016
Business
Senate committee scheduled to vote Thursday on nominated FMCSA boss Scott Darling
Darling was nominated by Obama in August and underwent Senate confirmation hearings in January. He has headed FMCSA since August 2014, following the sudden resignation of then-Administrator Anne Ferro.
February 29, 2016
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FAA bill renews fight over states’ ability to require breaks for truckers, reform driver pay
A measure in a House bill would block states from enforcing mandatory paid meal and rest breaks for truckers and their carrier employers and prevent states from undertaking driver pay reform measures. ATA announced its support for the measure Thursday, while a prominent Senator vowed to fight the provision.
February 26, 2016
Business
FMCSA plans to return to public view some CSA scores despite Congress-required revamp of program
After pulling down the so-called “absolute” scoring measures in the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program’s publicly available carrier scoring dashboard (the Safety Measurement System), the DOT likely will return those absolute scores within the SMS BASICs to public view next month.
February 24, 2016
Business
CVSA says high number of FMCSA-issued exemptions overly burdensome to inspectors
The burden being placed on roadside inspectors by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is becoming excessive, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance says, because of the large number of exemptions being granted to drivers and carriers.
February 23, 2016
Business
FMCSA issues shutdown order to Calif.-based driver
California-licensed truck driver Edward Herbert Crane has been issued an effective shutdown order by FMCSA following an investigation that revealed four positive drug tests since 2012 and a crash in which he turned his truck over.
February 19, 2016
Business
Proposed driver training rule clears final hurdle, publication likely in coming weeks
The rule will likely include a required minimum number of hours of behind-the-wheel time, set up a driver trainer registry and establish a standard curriculum for new entrant truck drivers.
February 19, 2016
Business
Legislative ‘glitch’ clouds future of the 34-hour restart
While trucking industry groups press Congress to act to fix an error in a December-passed government funding bill that may accidentally strip the 34-hour restart from hours-of-service regulations entirely, the actual effect of the legislative language isn’t entirely clear, according to multiple industry voices responding to the issue.
February 18, 2016
Business
DOT: Driver training rule expected this month, speed limiter proposal next month
The DOT’s latest projections on a bevy of upcoming rules, including one to mandate speed limiters, another to set minimum driver training standards and the final version of a rule to implement a database of drivers who’ve failed or refused a drug test.
February 17, 2016
Business
Trimble adds compliance app from ISE Fleet Services to its field management suite
ISE Fleet Services announced that Trimble has added ISE’s Android eFleetSuite compliance application to its field service management (FSM) suite.
February 16, 2016
Business
FMCSA to coordinate with ELD makers next week on device compliance protocol
An online public listening session will be held next week to help electronic logging device makers determine if their products meet the device requirements spelled out in the DOT’s freshly published ELD mandate, set to take effect in December 2017.
February 16, 2016
Business
Congress may have accidentally killed the 34-hour restart, carriers advised to continue normal operation
The 2016 fiscal year appropriations bill passed by Congress in December and signed into law by President Obama the same month may have included a major unintentional consequence: Removing the 34-hour restart rules from the federal code entirely, rather than simply suspending enforcement of certain 34-hour restart provisions.
February 13, 2016
Business
House committee clears bill that exempts carriers from complying with state laws on driver pay, breaks
The trucking-relevant clauses would: (1) Block states from requiring drivers to take meal and rest breaks, if such a law is on the books at the state level, (2) exempt carriers from penalties for not requiring drivers to take state-law-required breaks and (3) Allow carriers, as employers, to skirt any state laws requiring drivers be paid “separate or additional compensation” beyond mileage or other base pay.
February 12, 2016
Business
Anti-coercion rule now in effect, protects drivers from brokers, carriers threatening ‘economic harm’
A new federal rule that implements large fines for carriers, shippers and brokers caught pressuring drivers to operate beyond federal safety regulations, such as when they’re out of hours, is now in effect, as is a new system for truckers to file complaints for alleged coercion instances with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
February 12, 2016
Business
Blaming detention time, carrier requests exemption from keeping logs for its short haul drivers
The request would exempt Farruggio’s drivers who stay within the 100 air-mile radius but occasionally exceed the 12-hour limitation from having to complete a daily record of duty status. The company says approximately 12 percent of its drivers exceed the 12-hour limitation on a weekly basis, primarily due to waiting times at rail yards and piers.
February 11, 2016
Business
NTSB begins finalizing report on fatal 2014 Illinois crash, findings include egregious HOS violations, falsified logs
NTSB investigators presented their findings to the full Board, which included trucker fatigue and logbook falsification, as well as “inadequacy of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration efforts to address the safety deficiencies of high-risk carriers or prioritize action to halt their operations.”
February 10, 2016
Business
Carriers allowed to use wireless rechargeable lights during towing, FMCSA says
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted an exemption to allow motor carriers to use rechargeable wireless temporary stop, turn and tail lights during towing situations.
February 8, 2016
Business
Bill seeks to rein in states’ ability to regulate hours-of-service, driver pay
The language in the FAA bill would prohibit states from requiring truckers to comply with state-enacted hours regulations. It also would exempt carriers from state-enforced penalties for not allowing drivers to take state-required breaks.
February 4, 2016
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