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Emergency hours-of-service exemptions finalized as agency amends federal rules
The agency’s regulatory amendment will exempt drivers hauling home heating fuels of compliance with federal hours-of-service limits when states of emergency are issued during fuel shortages.
October 21, 2014
Business
Poll shows 80 percent of public support current HOS limits; questions ‘misleading,’ say truckers
A new poll being touted by highway safety groups and the Teamsters Union shows Americans “overwhelmingly” oppose legislation that would roll back some of last year’s changes to the hours-of-service rule, but trucking industry representatives call the results “misleading” and “harmful.”
October 17, 2014
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Business
Regulatory update: FMCSA progress on speed limiters, driver clearinghouse, other rulemakings
FMCSA’s calendar for the next 12 months includes rules on raising liability insurance minimums for carriers, mandating logging devices, implementing the driver clearinghouse, requiring speed limiters and more.
October 13, 2014
Business
FMCSA committees meet this month to talk medications, insurance increase, future of cross-border trucking
Two FMCSA committees will hold a joint meeting at the end of this month to discuss Schedule II medications’ — like painkillers and amphetamines –use by truck drivers and their impact on operators’ ability to drive, along with the agency’s work to raise liability insurance minimums and the cross-border trucking program with Mexico.
October 13, 2014
Business
Notice of new fitness determination rule in ‘front office,’ FMCSA safety chief says
A major revision of the way FMCSA rates trucking companies has hit the “front office” for a final round of review by the agency’s top leadership, Chief Safety Officer Jack Van Steenburg told industry executives at ATA MC&E last week.
October 12, 2014
Business
PrePass enrollment exceeds 485,000 trucks, new bypass sites coming
As of Oct. 5, 485,000 trucks have enrolled in the PrePass program which represents growth of 10,000-plus trucks since July, 2014.
October 7, 2014
Business
Hours-of-service rules back on top in 10th annual survey of trucking industry concerns
The operational impacts across the supply chain from last year’s changes to the hours-of-service rules propelled HOS to No. 1 on ATRI’s list of the top 10 critical issues facing the North American trucking industry. The growing driver shortage comes in a close second.
October 7, 2014
Business
FMCSA including extra step in insurance increase rulemaking, allowing for more industry comment
The upcoming rule to increase the minimum amount of liability insurance that carriers and brokers must carry will have an additional step that allows fleets and owner-operators another chance to offer formal comment on the rule.
October 5, 2014
Business
Wireless roadside inspections enter field testing phase
The FMCSA recently awarded a three-year project to a telematics provider, ISE, to conduct a field operational test to evaluate the viability of WRI for commercial motor vehicles.
October 3, 2014
Business
Idle Free to exhibit at ATA
Idle Free Systems, Inc., manufacturer of electric idle elimination solutions for the commercial trucking industry, today announced it will have an Idle Free system on exhibit at the 2014 American Trucking Associations (ATA) Management Conference Exhibition on October 4 – 7 in San Diego. ATA is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. […]
October 1, 2014
Business
FMCSA rule to increase liability insurance sent to OMB, paving way for publication
A rule proposal from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to increase the minimum amount of liability insurance carriers must have has been sent to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget — the final stop before the rule is published as a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
October 1, 2014
Business
Bill in House would force FMCSA to remove CSA scores from public view, revamp program
A bill has been introduced in the U.S. House to require the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to remove from public view the carrier rankings and scores produced in the agency’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program from public view.
September 22, 2014
Business
FMCSA shuts down 33-truck carrier for bevy of violations
FMCSa has issued an imminent hazard out-of-service order to the Grand Ridge, Fla.-based Ken’s Trucking, a 33-truck fleet that hauls general freight and refrigerated food, for a long list of federal rules violations.
September 18, 2014
Business
More trucking, shipper groups ask Foxx to block ‘flawed’ CSA scores
Citing the industry regulator’s refusal to face facts, another coalition with an interest in truck transportation has called upon Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to remove carrier safety data from public view.
September 18, 2014
Business
Speed limiter, Safety Fitness rules now slated for early 2015, insurance increase still expected next month
A federal regulation upping the amount of liability insurance carriers must have is still slated to be published as a proposed rule next month, while the department’s rule to require use of speed limiters on heavy trucks and its Safety Fitness Determination rule are now projected to be published as proposed rules in early 2015.
September 16, 2014
Business
Electronic DVIRs shed paper, improve compliance
Since the arrival of the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program, electronic driver vehicle inspection reports (DVIRs) have become a popular method to improve CSA scores.
September 12, 2014
Business
Household goods movers apply for HOS exemption
A trade group representing household goods movers has asked the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to exempt its members of the 14-hour cap placed on drivers daily hours-of-service limits.
September 12, 2014
Business
FMCSA testing auto-fail feature for new entrant audits, extends remote audit test
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will be testing a new automatic failure feature for new entrant audits and will be extending its testing of off-site new entrant audits until December.
September 8, 2014
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