Tag: Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association

Business
Viewpoint
Industry response to the EOBR provision in the highway funding legislation signed into law on July 6.
August 3, 2012
President Obama delivers remarks before signing H.R. 4348.
Business
Journal
Improvements to CSA Safety Measurement System planned, medical examiners final rule released, GAO says FMCSA carrier review process needs work, appeals court denies OOIDA’s EOBR motion and more industry news items are featured.
May 1, 2012
Dan Sobic, executive vice president of Paccar, said solutions such as natural gas and other alternative fuels, hybrid vehicles, SmartWay trucks and other components will be required in the coming years.
Business
Journal
Costs of emissions rule questioned, ATA files issues statement in HOS challenge, analyst predicts truckload growth and other industry news items are featured.
April 1, 2012
The objective of the California Air Resources Board’s lease-to-own program is to encourage early compliance with its on-road diesel vehicle and tractor-trailer greenhouse gas regulations.
Business
UpFront
FMCSA heads back to the drawing board for broader EOBR mandate.
March 1, 2012
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Business
Journal
Hours-of-service final rule retains 11-hour driving limit, lawsuit seeks to block cross-border pilot program, truck-related fatalities up and other industry news items are featured.
January 4, 2012
Mexico agreed to remove regulatory tariffs against U.S. agricultural, consumer and other products after the cross-border pilot program began.
Business
Mandating the Inevitable?
Technology brings instant visibility to logbook data
December 1, 2011
Support for electronic onboard recorders is widespread within the industry, among the public and in government circles, despite a recent federal appeals court decision vacating FMCSA’s proposed EOBR mandate.
Business
Upfront
Industry groups come together to promote increased size and weight measures.
November 1, 2011
The push for greater truck productivity has received more attention recently as a way to deal with driver availability and congestion.
Business
Journal — Viewpoint
Industry response to a court decision to overturn the owner-operator ban as part of the Port of Los Angeles Clean Truck Program
November 1, 2011
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Business
Journal
Legislators ask Obama to withdraw hours rewrite, ATA and TCA seek increased productivity for trucks, NTTC says halt two rulemakings and other industry news items are featured.
November 1, 2011
Under the proposal, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is considering whether to reduce the daily driving limit from 11 hours to 10 hours.
Business
Journal – Viewpoint
Industry response to a federal appeals court decision to vacate the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s electronic onboard recorder regulation.
October 7, 2011
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Business
Journal
NTSB calls for comprehensive mobile phone ban, appeals court vacates EOBR regulation, crash odds, federal highway spending extended again and more industry news items are featured.
October 6, 2011
FMCSA has proposed a ban on handheld cell phone use by commercial drivers. Could a hands-free cell phone ban be next?
Business
Technology
In 1988, Congress passed a statute, U.S. Code section 31137(a), that says any regulation from the U.S. Secretary of Transportation concerning the use of monitoring devices to increase compliance with hours-of-service regulations must “ensure that the devices are not used to harass vehicle operators.”
October 6, 2011
AARON HUFF is Senior Editor of Commercial Carrier Journal. E-mail ahuff@ccjmagazine.
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