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PrePass-equipped trucks surpass 500,000
HELP Inc. announced that over a half million trucks from nearly 41,000 trucking fleets are now enrolled in PrePass and qualified to bypass weigh stations and ports of entry in 31 states.
March 6, 2015
Business
Senator wants Congress to reform FMCSA, says agency has botched regulatory responsibilities
Saying it has ignored Congress, the Government Accountability Office and members of the trucking industry, Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska) Wednesday leveled some harsh criticism at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and called for reforming the agency.
March 6, 2015
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No word on who will head FMCSA when Scott Darlingās term ends this month
The acting administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, T.F. Scott Darling, told lawmakers this week he has just 19 days left in his interim term as head of the DOTās trucking industry regulatory agency.
March 5, 2015
Business
Dismissal of lawsuit against Calif. emissions regs upheld by appeals court
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a prior dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the California Construction Trucking Association against the California Air Resources Boardās diesel engine emissions regulations.
March 5, 2015
Business
Carriers mostly against FMCSAās insurance increase rule, while some favor raising liability minimums
More than 2,000 comments were submitted on FMCSAās solicitation for input from trucking industry stakeholders and the public at large on a potential rule to up the minimum about of liability insurance trucking companies must legally carry. Hereās a sample.
March 4, 2015
Business
CSA bill aims to remove ādark cloudā over carrier hiring
Broker group TIA says the bill could remove the stigma among shippers and brokers, the general public and the courts that CSA is a proper tool to use when hiring carriers. It instead would direct shippers and brokers to other hiring criteria.
March 4, 2015
Business
Final Rule to mandate electronic logging devices again slated for Sept. 30, DOT announces
In a departure from a report issued in mid-February, the Department of Transportation has changed its expected publication date for a Final Rule mandating the use of electronic logging devices, according to a supplemental report issued by the DOT last week.
March 3, 2015
Business
House introduces bill to clarify CSA ratingsā role in hiring carriers
Five Republicans in the U.S. House have introduced a bill that would remove carrier rankings in the DOTās Compliance, Safety, Accountability from public view until FMCSA implements its long-awaited Safety Fitness Determination rule.
February 27, 2015
Business
Feb. 26 is carriersā last chance to comment on FMCSAās potential insurance increase rule
The public comment deadline on a rule that could increase the amount of liability insurance required to be held by carriers ends Feb. 26, giving carriers and other industry stakeholders until 11:59 p.m. Thursday to submit their input.
February 26, 2015
Business
Sleep science: fleets using software to write their own HOS rules
The fatigue model of Omnitracs Analytics uses hours-of-service data from electronic logs to predict when drivers slept. For each driver it calculates a fatigue score on a scale of 100, with 100 being the most extreme case of fatigue.
February 25, 2015
Business
Trucking Allianceās 2015 agenda includes push for quicker action on e-logs, insurance increase rule, retaining public CSA scores and more
The Trucking Alliance plans to push for quicker implementation of an electronic logging device mandate, an increase to the minimum amount of liability insurance that trucking companies must hold and a speed limiter mandate, among other items.
February 24, 2015
Business
Give the blue-collar kids a chance, too
āI saw on the news the other day where the president wants to give free community college to students now. Well, why not free technical and vocational school tuition as well?ā
February 23, 2015
Business
Walmart driver in Tracy Morgan case files appeal to halt proceedings
Driver Kevin Roper filed his appeal Feb. 16, following federal Judge Lois Goodmanās Feb. 3 order denying Roperās second request to delay Morganās lawsuit against Walmart until the criminal proceedings conclude.
February 23, 2015
Business
FMCSA shuts down carrier for hours, maintenance violations
A small Colorado-based fleet has become the latest to be shut down by federal regulators, following a compliance investigation that revealed disregard for key safety regulations, FMCSA announced this week.
February 19, 2015
Business
Comment deadline extended for agencyās crash accountability study
FMCSA issued the report Jan. 27, in which it concluded that crash accountability in CSA would not affect percentile rankings and would be too complicated to do. It has now extended the public comment deadline on the study to March 25.
February 18, 2015
Business
FMCSA orders shutdown of Nevada carrier
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ordered a three-truck fleet based in Nevada to cease operations after the agency discovered hours-of-service and other violations.
February 17, 2015
Business
FMCSA delays publication dates for rules on e-logs, speed limiters, Safety Fitness Determination
The DOT has pushed back projected publication dates for several major trucking regulations expected this year, according to its monthly rulemakings report. Here are the dates FMCSA expects to publish each.
February 16, 2015
Business
Is the EPA unfairly targeting Volvo?
The other day a glowing report noted a recent environmental study, which concluded that āmodernā diesel exhaust smoke (i.e. smoke from post-2010 diesel engines) is essentially harmless to humans. Thatās certainly good news. Although I know quite a few people in the trucking industry who wonder if that end justified the means. Because the Emissions [ā¦]
February 13, 2015
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