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Freight matching provider DAT to exit ELD market
DAT is exiting the ELD market as ELD vendors/service providers continue to get more competitive in pricing.
April 5, 2016
Distribution Solutions selects Orbcomm for trailer telematics
Orbcomm announced that Distribution Solutions Inc. (DSI) has selected its trailer telematics systems for its mixed fleet of dry van and refrigerated trailers.
April 5, 2016
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FMCSA shuts down another trucker following his fourth DUI
The FMCSA has shutdown California-licensed driver Yakov Zaverukha after he was stopped and cited by Illinois State Police for driving under the influence of alcohol with a blood alcohol content of .308, nearly seven times the legal limit.
April 4, 2016
Business
ProSight Specialty Insurance offers enhanced driver drug testing for policyholders
ProSight says its new drug testing program helps identify drug use among drivers that is not monitored in the typical DOT test.
March 31, 2016
Business
OOIDA files suit challenging electronic logging device mandate, says rule violates 4th Amendment
As expected, the Owner-Operator Independent Driver’s Association has filed a lawsuit to derail the DOT’s recently published electronic logging device mandate, set to take effect late next year. The group calls the rule unconstitutional and “arbitrary.”
March 31, 2016
Business
FMCSA bars Canadian trucker from operation in U.S.
After he disregarded four consecutive out-of-service orders and secretly retrieved his truck from a compounded lot, FMCSA has barred a Canadian driver from operating in the U.S.
March 30, 2016
Business
Beyond IFTA: states moving to GPS-based weight and distance tax
Oregon and California have taken actions to tax motorists based on the type of vehicle, weight and distance they travel on state roads using a telematics system from ERoad.
March 30, 2016
Business
FMCSA denies request from ATA to allow some drivers to exclude detention time from 14-hour clock
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration denied an exemption request by the American Trucking Associations, who asked the agency to allow some truck operators to skip counting detention time toward their 14-hour on-duty limit.
March 28, 2016
Business
FMCSA issues fourth carrier shutdown order of 2016
Inc. The two-truck and two-driver carrier, per its CSA Safety Measurement System info, was issued the order March 8, FMCSA says, following a federal investigation that found several major safety violations.
March 28, 2016
Business
FMCSA shuts down small fleet following bevy of violations
The Gillette, Wyo.-based seven-truck carrier and company owner and operator Gregory Davis, was shut down by FMCSA for multiple safety regulation violations.
March 25, 2016
Business
Dates set for annual 72-hour Roadcheck inspection spree
During the inspection blitz, inspectors will primarily conduct full 37-step Level I inspections, which is the most thorough inspection. About 75,000 inspections will take place during the three-day period.
March 23, 2016
Business
FMCSA orders all Volvo tractors affected by recent recall to be placed out-of-service
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued an order Wednesday that all Volvo trucks affected by a recent recall that have yet to be repaired be placed out of service by federal and state roadside inspectors.
March 23, 2016
Business
Taking care of defects: making use of electronic DVIRs
Telematics providers are extending DVIR functionality outside the cab with mobile devices and apps for the vehicle inspection process.
March 21, 2016
Business
Steel co. wants FMCSA to allow its drivers 16 hours on-duty time
ArcelorMittal-Indiana Harbor is requesting exemptions from the 14-hour regulation, as well as some equipment regulations, for its trucks that operate only in and around the company’s plant.
March 21, 2016
Business
FMCSA launches new website to house resources for military vets looking to get into trucking
The site provides updates on initiatives in development from the December-passed FAST Act highway bill, information about existing FMCSA programs for veterans, information about the Military Skills Test Waiver Program, partnership initiatives and job resources for veterans.
March 18, 2016
Business
Digitizing compliance: going paperless to manage big data
Managing CSA, hours of service and other data has largely become a digital exercise due to the ever-increasing need to use information, not paper, to stay in compliance and to become more efficient.
March 18, 2016
Business
FMCSA shuts down carrier for bevy of driver-related violations, shuts down trucker following hit and run
A South Carolina driver was effectively shut down by the FMCSA after his involvement in a fatal hit-and-run crash in February, and a Massachusetts-based trucking company was issued a shutdown order for a myriad of violations following an FMCSA investigation.
March 17, 2016
Business
Undoing potential 34-hour restart death knell could be delayed for months, group says
The legal hang-up regarding truckers’ hours of service rules could kill the 34-hour restart entirely, but the Trucking Alliance’s Lane Kidd says there’s pressure on U.S. lawmakers to forgo a fix in the current aviation reauthorization work underway in Congress currently and delay forging a fix until later this year.
March 15, 2016
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