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Trucking stakeholders urge FMCSA to hold off on Safety Fitness rule until CSA is reworked
Many trucking industry stakeholders weighed in during the FMCSAâs Safety Fitness Determination proposed rule comment period, urging the agency to hold off on the rulemaking until the Congressionally mandated reforms are made to the Compliance, Safety, Accountability Safety Measurement System.
May 31, 2016
Business
Truckers express concerns about sleep apnea costs, risk factors in public FMCSA sessions
Key concerns among commenters were: The risk factors used to determine the condition, the out-of-pocket costs to drivers and relaying to medical examiners uniform criteria for referring drivers for a sleep study.
May 27, 2016
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With Roadcheck looming, Bendix and Goodyear offer tire prep advice to carriers
Tips on proper tare care ahead of CVSAâs annual Roadcheck inspection spree, which will focus on tires.
May 27, 2016
Business
Study sheds light on financial burden sleep apnea screening places on drivers
A study released May 26 sheds new light on the costs borne by truckers when referred by their medical examiner for sleep apnea screening and the potential consequences of a rule that would implement industry-wide standards for screening and treating obstructive sleep apnea.
May 26, 2016
Business
Vigillo: Safety Fitness rule will do little to enhance FMCSAâs ability to target unsafe carriers
Concerns about the underlying CSA data-related issues aside, would the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrationâs new Safety Fitness Determination carrier rating rule actually allow the agency to expand the number of unsafe carriers it targets each month? According to a fresh report issued this week from private carrier rating firm Vigillo, the answer is: Not really.
May 26, 2016
Business
House set to consider bill to reform hours of service, block Safety Fitness rule, nix state-required trucker breaks
The legislation would permanently bring back 34-hour restart rules in place in 2011, along with barring FMCSA from pursuing its January-proposed Safety Fitness Determination and barring states from enforcing break and pay laws for truckers enacted at a state-level.
May 24, 2016
Business
Rule to establish CDL Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse a step closer to becoming law
A central database would be created under the rule for verified positive controlled substances and alcohol test results for CDL holders, and for refusals by drivers to submit to testing.
May 23, 2016
Business
Comment period for FMCSAâs proposed reforms to carrier safety fitness ratings ends Monday, May 23
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking outlined FMCSAâs plan to update its safety rating system for carriers by integrating on-road safety data from inspections, along with the results of carrier investigations and crash reports.
May 20, 2016
Business
FMCSA shuts down Kentucky-based driver after failed field sobriety test, unauthorized passengers
A Kentucky-based truck driver has been effectively shut down by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for a bevy of violations, including a failed field sobriety test.
May 20, 2016
Business
Senate clears bill that could initiate hours of service reform
The Senate overwhelmingly passed a transportation funding bill Thursday, May 19, that could change hours of service rules for truck operators, should the House also pass the bill and the president sign it.
May 19, 2016
Business
Hours controversy continues as Senate set to vote on measure to restore 2013 34-hour restart rules
Like the House plan floated Tuesday, Blumenthalâs amendment would effectively nullify the results of the study and its impact on hours of service regulations. However, unlike the House plan, it takes the opposite approach: Instead of reverting back to 2011 rules on a permanent basis, it would revert back to restart rules that took effect July 1, 2013.
May 18, 2016
Business
Point-counterpoint: Owner-operator and carrier interest groups spar over ELDs and speed limiters, harp on need for truck parking
Once again making clear the sometimes wide divide between large and small carriers on some of the industryâs key regulatory and operational issues, Todd Spencer of OOIDA and Ted Scott of ATA spoke in a point-counterpoint session May 17 at CCJâs annual Spring Symposium in Birmingham, Ala., butting heads over electronic logging devices, speed limiters, allowing 18-21 truckers to drive interstate and more.
May 18, 2016
Business
House releases bill that would restore 34-hour restart rules from 2011, halt FMCSAâs carrier rating rule
The U.S. Houseâs Appropriations Committee released May 17 a 2017 fiscal year DOT funding bill that would make permanent 2014âs ârestart rollbackâ by reverting hours-of-service rules for truckers to those in effect in December 2011. The bill also halts FMCSAâs work on its January-proposed Safety Fitness Determination rule until the reforms called for in 2015âs FAST Act highway bill are implemented.
May 17, 2016
Business
FMCSAâs proposed carrier rating reforms âa sham,â rely too heavily on CSA scores, transpo attorney says
âAll stakeholders should recognize this proposal is bad for [business] competition and for carriers both small and large,â Seaton told attendees Tuesday, May 11, at CCJâs Spring Symposium in Birmingham, Alabama.
May 17, 2016
Business
Supreme Court decision to allow trucker to intervene in ELD lawsuit undecided, FMCSA skips response filing
If the Supreme Court does grant trucker William Trescottâs motion, it would delay the court proceedings in OOIDAâs current case. The Supreme Court set a May 12 deadline for FMCSA to file a response to Trescottâs motion to intervene. The agency decided not to file a response, per court documents.
May 16, 2016
Business
Expert on new regs for food haulers: Shippers run the show
Shippers must set not only sanitation requirements for carriersâ equipment, but also pre-cooling requirements for reefer loads and periodic training for carrier personnel, drivers included, who may interact with food products.
May 13, 2016
Business
Rule to set up CDL Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse expected in August, speed limiter rule soon
The rule will establish a database of CDL holders that have failed or refused a drug test and requires carriers to upload this information to FMCSA at least annually.
May 13, 2016
Business
FMCSA issues safety advisory for certain TYTAL cargo tanks
The cargo tanks have been found to have inadequate accident damage protection, and some have inadequate venting capacity of pressure release systems.
May 11, 2016
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