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As part of ELD mandate, FMCSA begins registration process for e-log manufacturers
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced this week it has started the process of registering FMCSA-approved electronic logging devices in preparation for its upcoming ELD mandate, which likely will begin sometime in 2017.
October 30, 2014
Business
Upcoming CARB compliance: Carriers must buy retrofit filter for 2007 reefer units by Oct. 31
Motor carriers running 2007 year-model reefer units in California must purchase a diesel particulate filter for their reefer engines by Friday, Oct. 31, to be in compliance with the states reefer emissions regs.
October 29, 2014
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FMCSA advisory committee on insurance rule: Consider smaller carriers, no number set
Members of the FMCSA’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee spent the morning of their second day of meetings this week debating the agency’s work in raising the minimum amount of liability insurance that carriers must hold to operate.
October 28, 2014
Business
FMCSA committees: More documentation needed of driver pain medication use
Two advisory committees to the FMCSA have recommended, among other things, that the agency require that primary care or other treating physicians of drivers fill out a questionnaire when use of Schedule II drugs by drivers is known or suspected.
October 28, 2014
Business
FMCSA to study split-sleeper berth options, agency rep says
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration plans to study hours-of-service flexibility relative to drivers’ ability to split their sleeper berth time, said an FMCSA rep Oct. 27.
October 27, 2014
Business
Driver medication use, carrier insurance hike, cross-border trucking on FMCSA committee agendas this week
Two Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration committees meet today, Oct. 27, and Tuesday, Oct. 28, to discuss drivers’ use of Schedule II drugs (like painkillers and amphetamines), the agency’s work on raising liability insurance minimums for carriers and the future of the cross-border trucking program.
October 27, 2014
Business
CARB set to enforce aero add-on rule for 2011-2013 trucks and trailers
California’s Air Resources Board issued regulatory guidance this week saying the state is cleared to enforce elements of its emissions regulations that require truck and trailer owners to install aerodynamic add-on devices and use certain tires.
October 24, 2014
Business
NTSB calls out FMCSA on carrier oversight, asks agency to further restrict phone usage
NTSB has asked FMCSA to further restrict phone usage of commercial truck drivers by prohibiting the “hands-free” usage of portable electronic devices in light of a May 2013 crash. FMCSA oversight, however, also contributed to the accident, NTSB says.
October 23, 2014
Business
Delayed rulemakings: Agency’s work on speed limiters, raising insurance minimums running later than expected
Two trucking-related federal rules in the works have missed projected schedules for their advancement through the rulemaking process. Here’s the latest.
October 22, 2014
Business
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
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
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