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FMCSA begins work on potential sleep apnea rule, studying need for screening/treatment requirements
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has started work on a potential rule that would set up screening and treatment requirements for drivers who by definition are at risk for obstructive sleep apnea.
October 16, 2015
Business
FMCSA gives $2.3 million to schools to train military vets to drive trucks
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has awarded $2.3 million in grants to 13 technical and community colleges across the U.S. to help train veterans and their families for jobs commercial drivers.
October 14, 2015
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EPA enforces Calif. emissions regs, carrier hit with $400k in fines over DPF violations
A Virginia trucking company will pay $100,000 to the Environmental Protection Agency and an additional $290,000 to California in the first federal enforcement of the state’s Truck and Bus Regulation.
October 12, 2015
Business
CCJ gets driver’s take on e-logs, performance monitoring apps
CCJ Technology Editor Aaron Huff asked an experienced driver, Bill Guthrie, for perspective on how fleets can best roll out electronic logs and driver performance monitoring systems. These and other technologies are viewed by many fleet executives as essential to improve compliance, safety and efficiency, but they can also sow division within the ranks and […]
October 9, 2015
Business
FMCSA tells critics its CSA program works, issues report defending carrier ranking system
A new analysis from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration reiterates the agency’s position that its Safety Measurement System utilizes enough data to issue rankings (also known as “CSA scores”) to prioritize carriers for intervention.
October 8, 2015
Business
FMCSA making minor amendments to language in federal inspection regs
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is proposing to amend regulations in two parts of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). The proposed amendments are for various provisions in the “Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation,” and the “Inspection, Repair and Maintenance” parts of the FMCSRs. The amendments come after the agency received […]
October 8, 2015
Business
DOD contract carriers granted renewal of 30-minute HOS exemption
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has renewed the Department of Defense’s exemption to the 30-minute break requirement of 2013’s hours-of-service rule.
October 6, 2015
Business
Both Carolinas suspend hours rules, size and weight limits over hurricane caused flooding
Governors in North Carolina and South Carolina have signed executive orders suspending federal hours-of-service rules, certain size and weight limits and some permitting procedures in their states for drivers hauling loads deemed to be emergency or relief loads following torrential and deadly floods caused by Hurricane Joaquin.
October 6, 2015
Business
NHTSA extends comment period for proposed rule on underride guards, reflective tape on straight trucks
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced it will reopen the comment period for an advance notice of proposed rulemaking that will, when final, require single-unit trucks to be equipped with rear impact guards and reflective tape on the rear and sides of the trucks to improve their visibility.
October 5, 2015
Business
Postal workers union opposes mail contractors’ 14-hour exemption request
The American Postal Workers Union, which represents U.S. Postal Service employees, said Thursday it’s opposed to an exemption request submitted recently by private, contracted mail carriers seeking an exemption from the federal 14-hour on-duty limit.
October 5, 2015
Business
FMCSA revises onboard recorder guidance to allow drivers to make corrections
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has revised its guidance pertaining to automatic onboard recording devices (a form of e-log) to give drivers a chance to correct inaccurate information.
October 1, 2015
Business
Latest on hours of service: DOT enters next phase of 34-hour restart study, short-term gov’t funding won’t affect ‘restart rollback’
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Oct. 1 it has concluded the data collection phase of the Congressionally required study on 2013’s 34-hour restart rules. It has now begun the data analysis phase and says it hopes to produce a report by year’s end.
October 1, 2015
Business
Radioactives, ammunitions carrier granted hours-of-service exemption
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted R&R Transportation Group an exemption from the 30-minute hours-of-service rule for drivers of loads with materials that require attendance, such as radioactive materials, pharmaceuticals and ammunition.
October 1, 2015
Business
‘Restart rollback’ should stay in effect until at least December, says TCA’s Heller in regulatory update
TCA’s David Heller: “Everybody can relate to operating under a rule that doesn’t make sense,” he said. “We’re looking for an [hours of service] rule that makes sense and [adheres] to [the trucking industry’s] advice on how to write this rule.” That and more on entry-level driver training, speed limiters and carrier scoring.
September 30, 2015
Business
CVSA sees record low for out-of-service violations during Roadcheck 2015
Nearly a quarter of the 44,989 trucks hit with a Level I inspected during the Roadcheck 2015 inspection blitz in June were placed out-of-service, according to numbers reported Sept. 28 by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance. CVSA inspected just shy of 70,000 trucks and buses in total.
September 29, 2015
Business
California adopts rule to require 10 percent reduction truck-caused carbon emissions by 2020
The California Air Resources Board announced last week it has re-adopted a Low Carbon Fuel Standard, which requires a 10 percent reduction in the carbon intensity of transportation fuels by 2020.
September 29, 2015
Business
FMCSA renews charter for industry stakeholder-based advisory committee
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has announced it has renewed the charter for the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee, effective Oct. 1.
September 29, 2015
Business
FMCSA’s proposed compliance sticker rule: Congressman, ATA, others weigh in with ‘adamant opposition’
Rep. Hanna on FMCSA’s proposed rule: “Penalizing CMV operators if their equipment had a missing or unreadable certification label, as proposed, is an unworkable rule that would create a duplicative layer of regulation and fail to reduce the risk of crashes.”
September 28, 2015
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