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Trucking groups push for closing ‘loophole’ in drug and alcohol clearinghouse rule
ATA, CVSA, TCA and others have asked FMCSA to amend its drug and alcohol clearinghouse rule proposal to require carriers to submit to the database observational reports of driver drug and alcohol “misuse.”
May 12, 2014
Business
Agency releases rule that would prohibit carriers, others from coercing drivers
A proposed rule prohibiting carriers, shippers, brokers and others from coercing drivers to drive beyond hours of service limits or other federal rules has been released by FMCSA, and the agency is taking public comment for 90 days.
May 12, 2014
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Business
Can a “flexibility” compromise ease e-log angst?
This industry is already walking a driver shortage tightrope. And nothing is going to push drivers out of it quicker than a rule that has them stopping, shutting down and sitting for 8 to 10 hours when they’re only 100 miles away from home.
May 9, 2014
Business
Fleets say SmartWay boosts fleet efficiency, can be selling point to customers
Benefits of SmartWay partnership are two kinds of green: Reducing a fleet’s carbon footprint and providing a sales tool to win new business, said panel members at the ACT Expo in Long Beach, California, this week.
May 6, 2014
Business
Drivewyze bypass system adds 6 Texas spots
Drivewyze and the Texas Department of Public Safety announced that Texas has added Drivewyze PreClear bypass service to the state’s six busiest commercial vehicle weigh stations.
May 2, 2014
Business
Old ATA emissions case makes Supreme Court headlines
A landmark 2001 Supreme Court decision involving the trucking industry was in the news again this week when the justice who wrote that majority opinion misquoted himself in a new dissent. (Be advised, the following is for law nerds – although the trucking industry is still paying the price for the related regulations.)
May 2, 2014
Business
Judgment via CSA rankings: Agency says its hands are tied, subcommittee makes rec’s
An FMCSA subcommittee this week made some recommendations to the agency to help mitigate the problems that arise when third-party groups like shippers, receivers, customers and the public at large use Compliance, Safety, Accountability rankings to make decisions or judgment about carriers. The recommendations came in the second day of the FMCSA’s Motor Carrier Safety […]
May 1, 2014
Business
Proposed driver coercion prevention rule clears OMB, awaits publication
FMCSA’s so-called Prohibition of Coercion rule has cleared the next hurdle in the rulemaking process, as the White House’s Office of Management and Budget has given the regulation its stamp of approval.
May 1, 2014
Business
Work on raising insurance minimums for carriers to begin with public meeting this month
An FMCSA committee will meet this month to begin work on the agency’s plan to raise the minimum amount of liability insurance required by carriers.
May 1, 2014
Business
Public CSA scores, crash weighting report, Safety Fitness top points at FMCSA meeting
FMCSA reps at the agency’s subcommittee on CSA said its Safety Fitness Determination rule, a proposal for which is expected in September, will replace the agency’s current safety rating system. The agency also said the long-awaited crash weighting in CSA report is expected by June.
April 30, 2014
Business
FMCSA eyes electronic records, e-signature option
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is considering allowing carriers and drivers the option of using electronic records and signatures to meet regulatory requirements.
April 28, 2014
Business
CARB approves compliance extensions of emissions regs for small fleets, owner-operators
CARB voted April 25 to amend some of its emissions regulations deadlines, giving owner-operators and small fleets who financially were unable to comply with the rule some compliance alternatives, though with some changes requested by the Board. Final versions of the amendments will be produced within the next few months.
April 25, 2014
Business
CARB hears hours of emotional testimony from fleets, owner-operators on compliance extensions
Proposed amendments to delay some emissions regulations deadlines and allow alternate compliance options for small fleet owners were presented to the California Air Resources Board April 24 to consider and adopt. Trucking reps gave hours of impassioned testimony both for and against the amendments.
April 25, 2014
Business
New analysis finds flaws in research used to justify hours-of-service change
The research used to confirm the benefits of last summer’s changes in truck drivers’ hours-of-service rule has significant problems, according to an analysis published Tuesday. The government agency that sponsored the study, however, says the revised HOS rule works as intended.
April 22, 2014
Business
Drivers may fret e-logs — and quit over them — but they could benefit the most
Some driver frustration over an ELD mandate is understandable, but not as many who say they will quit will end up abandoning ship, especially if carriers start teaching them about the benefits of the devices.
April 22, 2014
Business
FMCSA says carrier insurance minimums too low, rule to raise them in the works
The current $750,000 minimum liability insurance required to be held by carriers is too low, said the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration this week, and the agency plans to create a rule upping that minimum.
April 22, 2014
Business
E-log mandate to push droves of drivers from trucking?
According to results from a recent survey done by CCJ publisher Randall-Reilly, a big chunk of drivers are threatening to leave the industry if the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposed ELD mandate comes to fruition, which could be as early as 2016.
April 21, 2014
Business
California mulling zero-emission technology program
California legislators have scheduled an April 30 hearing on legislation to establish a zero- and near-zero emission technology program for certain vehicles and equipment.
April 18, 2014
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