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Changes to out-of-service order criteria now in effect
Tires, lights, driveline joints and other out-of-service order criteria changes that took effect last month.
May 11, 2016
Business
FMCSA shuts down TN trucker after finding drugs, open beer cans in cab
Georgia State Patrol officers found an open box of beer and several open beer cans in the cab of Flynn’s truck, and a field sobriety test detected the presence of alcohol.
May 10, 2016
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Interstate Distributor rolls out CarriersEdge training tools to fleet
CarriersEdge, a provider of online safety and compliance training tools, announced that Interstate Distributor is using its platform to provide customized maintenance training.
May 9, 2016
Business
Second phase of Unified Registration System goes into effect Sept. 30
When fully implemented, FMCSA says the URS will better identify unsafe companies that try to regain registration by attempting to register as a different, unrelated business entity.
May 9, 2016
Business
Motion filed asking Supreme Court to hear ELD challenge
The Supreme Court is scheduled to issue a decision May 12 on whether it may take up the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association’s suit against the DOT and its December 2015-published electronic logging device mandate once a decision has been issued by a lower court.
May 9, 2016
Business
Annual Roadcheck inspection spree looms
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual Roadcheck Inspection spree is less than month out. 2016’s International Roadcheck, which will take place June 7-9, will have a special emphasis on tire safety this year, CVSA announced last month.
May 9, 2016
Business
Hours of service waivers for fireworks haulers extended to 2020, carrier changes requested
The exemption allows APA member carriers to extend the 14-hour on-duty window by excluding mid-period off-duty or sleeper-berth time of any length from their 14-hour clock.
May 9, 2016
Business
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
Business
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
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