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CVSA’s annual brake inspection spree happening Sept. 7-13
The annual Brake Safety Week inspection spree will take place Sept. 7-13. CVSA says more than 30,000 trucks and buses will be inspected.
September 5, 2014
Business
CARB slaps carrier, LA County with nearly $400k in fines for emissions violations
California’s Air Resources Board has levied two hefty fines recently for violations by truck operators to comply with its stringent emissions regulations, billing LA County for $250k and a beverage carrier for $116k.
September 4, 2014
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More red tape: The Great Pre-Buy of 2020? Are felons government’s answer to driver shortage?
Trucking is the definition of a dynamic industry, even a commercial free-for-all – or was. The government is taking it the wrong way, fast, with rules and regs that touch every aspect of carrier operations.
August 29, 2014
Business
Range of new rules will steer trucking to consolidation, de facto re-regulation
With the federal government setting rules for the way trucks perform, for how vehicle owners need to maintain them, for when truck drivers may and may not work and how they are to be paid and even for the responsibilities of shippers in the supply chain, one might wonder if Washington wants to be in the trucking business.
August 28, 2014
Business
Regulatory comments: Hours rule forces coercion; shippers, brokers need accountability
Common themes of regulatory criticism popped up often in the public comments offered on DOT’s proposed driver coercion prohibition rule, like the new pressures and restrictions caused by the agency’s 2013 hours-of-service rule and holding shippers, receivers and brokers accountable.
August 26, 2014
Business
Idle Free Systems inks Maine dealer agreement
APU manufacturer Idle Free Systems announced Aug. 25 it had signed a deal with Maine-based dealer O’Connor Motor Company, which has locations in Portland, Maine, and Augusta, Maine. O’Connor sells Hino, Isuzu, Mack, Volvo and Western Star. Per the Idle Free Systems deal, the two locations will now sell Idle Free complete Electric Auxiliary Power […]
August 26, 2014
Business
Trucking groups ask DOT to take down public safety scores
A coalition of transportation trade groups have written DOT urging that the scores produced by the FMCSA’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability system be removed from the agency’s website.
August 26, 2014
Business
Owner-op challenging Ontario’s truck speed limiter law
The Court of Appeals for Ontario has agreed to hear a challenge to province’s speed limiters law. The next step will be for the province’s highest court to schedule oral arguments before a three-judge panel.
August 25, 2014
Business
CSA data changes: Agency changes protocol to account for due process in citations
Violations against drivers or carriers that are dismissed or result in a “not guilty” ruling will no longer count in Compliance, Safety, Accountability scoring nor on driver Pre-Employment Screening Reports. The changes account for due process and any legal processes that come after roadside citations are issued.
August 25, 2014
Business
GATS speakers talk drivers’ role in CSA, inspections and nat gas adoption
Jeff Langloss, federal program manager for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in the state of Texas, during his “CSA: Pre- and Post-trip Inpection” seminar at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas, drove home the importance of the driver in carriers’ Vehicle Maintenance BASIC scores in the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program. He broke down […]
August 22, 2014
Business
Scott Darling, FMCSA’s top lawyer, to serve as interim administrator
FMCSA has a new acting administrator. The news came in a farewell message from former FMCSA Admin. Anne Ferro. Also in her message was another bit of personnel news: Deputy Administrator Bill Bronrott is leaving the agency at the end of the year.
August 22, 2014
Business
Cummins claims early emissions compliance with medium-duty engines
Cummins Inc announced  that it has received certification for its 6.7L Turbo Diesel from the California Air Resources Board (CARB), meeting the Low-Emission Vehicle III (LEV III) standards. This new standard applies to all vehicles under 14,000 lb GVWR. The Cummins 6.7L Turbo Diesel powers the Ram Heavy-Duty lineup, and is the first medium-duty diesel […]
August 15, 2014
Business
Roadcheck 2014 results: Hours, brake violations top out-of-service orders
Of the 72,415 drivers inspected in this year’s Roadcheck inspection spree, 4.8 percent were placed out-of-service, and more than half of those were placed out-of-service due to hours of service or logbook violations.
August 15, 2014
Business
Rating the Ferro administration: Is trucking more safe, or less?
Time, and some basic statistics, will tell how effective Anne Ferro’s stint as head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has been. Still, let’s review her five years in office.
August 15, 2014
Business
Ferro gets last word: Defends agency, agenda, her leadership
Wrapping up five-years on duty at the wheel of FMCSA, Anne Ferro says she wouldn’t do anything differently: She’s worked to implement Obama administration policy within the framework of the agency’s mandate, and that includes keeping a wide range of truck safety initiatives on the road to implementation.
August 15, 2014
Business
Rules to require speed limiters, raise carrier insurance requirements step closer to publication
Two federal trucking regulations moved a step closer to publication this month, according to a recent report from the Department of Transportation: A rule to require the use of speed limiters on trucks and a rule increasing the minimum insurance requirements for carriers both were sent to the Office of the Secretary of Transportation last week.
August 14, 2014
Business
CARB can now also require use of aero devices on tractors
An EPA ruling clears CARB to enforce similar requirements on 2011-2013 year-model tractors with integrated sleepers. CARB’s greenhouse gas rule, which went into effect January of 2010, required the use of EPA SmartWay-verified tires and other SmartWay-verified equipment on all new trucks and trailers.
August 12, 2014
Business
California cleared to require use of aero devices on trailers
CARB has been granted permission by the federal government to enforce its requirement that trailers in the state be equipped with certain EPA-verified aerodynamic equipment.
August 11, 2014
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