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Restart rollback will hold if issues prevail
The political âcloutâ of the American Trucking Associations gets a test this week, or so a prominent highway safety lobbyist frames it, saying âthis is a major moment to stop the trucking industry.â But the DOT budget vote in the Senate should be about issues, not advocates â and thatâs why legislation to put a hold on questionable regulations should succeed.
June 18, 2014
Business
ATA expects measure to block restart suspension in Senate
As the Senate resumes work this week on its 2015 DOT-funding bill, the American Trucking Association said it expects an attempt will come on the Senate floor to undo work by the Senate Appropriations committee to halt certain provisions of the current hours-of-service rule.
June 17, 2014
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Business
Whoâs Who gallery: For and against the HOS restart suspension
Along with quotes from Senate supporters, this Whoâs Who gallery features comments from some key opponents of the hours-of-service restart suspension, including those who hope âto stop the trucking industryâ from using its political âcloutâ to block regulations.
June 17, 2014
Business
FMCSA still pushing for insurance hike, speed limiter rules in 2014
A DOT report issued June 13 indicates rules mandating the use of speed limiters in trucks, raising the minimum liability insurance for carriers and implementing a more complete and direct federal safety scoring system could still come in 2014.
June 13, 2014
Business
Walmart driver pleads not guilty to charges from high-profile weekend crash
Walmart driver Kevin Roper has pleaded not guilty to the vehicular homicide and assault by auto charges filed against him in the June 7 crash that killed comedian James McNair and critically injured actor Tracy Morgan. Walmart also has released a statement about the crash.
June 12, 2014
Business
Navman Wireless adds electronic logging, DVIR reporting options
Navman Wireless USA today announced the addition of new electronic driver log and driver vehicle inspection reporting (DVIR) options to its OnlineAVL2 fleet tracking system. Both options are provided through a partnership with Innovative Software Engineering (ISE) and customization of its eFleetSuite compliance package to seamlessly integrate with the workflow of the OnlineAVL2 system.
June 12, 2014
Business
ATA affirms support for HOS suspension as Teamsters announce opposition
The Teamsters has voiced its opposition to recent Congressional action to roll back the 2013 changes to federal hours-of-service restart provisions, but ATA head Bill Graves is holding strong on the groupâs support for suspending the changes.
June 11, 2014
Business
House votes to block FMCSAâs attempt to hike carrier insurance minimums
Continuing Congressional action of late to try to reign in some FMCSA regulatory activities, the House voted to add an amendment to its DOT funding bill to stop the agency from increasing the minimum amount of liability insurance carriers must have.
June 10, 2014
Business
Has Anne Ferro lost her mind, or just her credibility? Whatâs next for trucking?
How might a restart re-do impact FMCSAâs ambitious regulatory agenda going forward â thatâs the big picture question â and what will a suspension vote by Congress mean, practically, for drivers and carriers?
June 9, 2014
Business
Livestock haulers get one-year exemption of 30-minute break rule
Drivers carrying livestock will soon be exempt from the 30-minute break rule required by federal hours-of-service rules, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced June 6.
June 8, 2014
Business
Senate bill sets e-log, carrier fitness determination deadlines for FMCSA
The Senateâs version of the annual appropriations bill for the DOT contains language that would prevent FMCSA from dragging its feet in producing a final electronic logging device mandate rule. It also requires the agency to produce a Safety Fitness Determination rule by December.
June 8, 2014
Business
OOIDA wants FMCSAâs Ferro to resign, saying sheâs âbiasedâ and a âfailureâ
OOIDA has sent Anthony Foxx a letter asking for FMCSA head Anne Ferro to resign, saying she has a âclear bias against truckers and the trucking industryâ and that the agency âcan no longer perform its regulatory and enforcement duties impartially.â
June 6, 2014
Business
Trucking groups praise legislation to suspend 2013 restart changes
Groups representing various segments of the trucking industry have been quick to praise passage of an amendment to the Transportation Department funding bill that would suspend the new restart provisions in hours-of-service regulations for one year.
June 5, 2014
Business
Senate committee clears bill amendment to temporarily undo parts of HOS rule
A bill making its way through the Senate now includes an amendment to undo some provisions of the hours of service rule changes implemented in July 2013 for at least a year and require a study by the Department of Transportation.
June 5, 2014
Business
ATA running out of options for changing hours-of-service rule
Iâm not convinced that it will take an act of Congress to make truckingâs hours-of-service rule work, but after speaking with a few folks on the front lines on Capitol Hill, Iâm increasingly sympathetic to the longshot attempt. And if the play being run this morning in the Senate works, it could signal a significant shift in the dynamic between the industry and its regulators.
June 5, 2014
Business
Freightliner Hybrid-Electric Trucks Approved for New York Truck-Voucher Incentive Program
Freightliner Trucks today announced that its Freightliner M2 106 diesel-electric hybrid truck has been approved for the New York Truck-Voucher Incentive Program (NYT-VIP). In partnership with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, New York State Department of Transportation, New York City Department of Transportation and CALSTART, NYT-VIP provides $19 million in incentives [âŚ]
June 4, 2014
Business
Ferro defends HOS changes, discounts productivity impact
As the Senate Appropriations committee considers measures to suspend and study changes to hours-of-service, Administrator Ann Ferro on Tuesday defended FMCSAâs implementation of the rule before a Senate Commerce transportation subcommittee working on the next highway bill.
June 4, 2014
Business
HOS challenges set for Senate committee vote Thursday
A bill to fund the Department of Transportation next year has gotten the attention of the trucking industry, as a flurry of last minute letters and lobbying focuses on changes in the hours-of-service rule that went into effect 11 months ago.
June 4, 2014
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