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Both Carolinas suspend hours rules, size and weight limits over hurricane caused flooding
Governors in North Carolina and South Carolina have signed executive orders suspending federal hours-of-service rules, certain size and weight limits and some permitting procedures in their states for drivers hauling loads deemed to be emergency or relief loads following torrential and deadly floods caused by Hurricane Joaquin.
October 6, 2015
Postal workers union opposes mail contractors’ 14-hour exemption request
The American Postal Workers Union, which represents U.S. Postal Service employees, said Thursday it’s opposed to an exemption request submitted recently by private, contracted mail carriers seeking an exemption from the federal 14-hour on-duty limit.
October 5, 2015
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FMCSA revises onboard recorder guidance to allow drivers to make corrections
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has revised its guidance pertaining to automatic onboard recording devices (a form of e-log) to give drivers a chance to correct inaccurate information.
October 1, 2015
Business
Latest on hours of service: DOT enters next phase of 34-hour restart study, short-term gov’t funding won’t affect ‘restart rollback’
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Oct. 1 it has concluded the data collection phase of the Congressionally required study on 2013’s 34-hour restart rules. It has now begun the data analysis phase and says it hopes to produce a report by year’s end.
October 1, 2015
Business
CVSA sees record low for out-of-service violations during Roadcheck 2015
Nearly a quarter of the 44,989 trucks hit with a Level I inspected during the Roadcheck 2015 inspection blitz in June were placed out-of-service, according to numbers reported Sept. 28 by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance. CVSA inspected just shy of 70,000 trucks and buses in total.
September 29, 2015
Business
FMCSA renews charter for industry stakeholder-based advisory committee
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has announced it has renewed the charter for the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee, effective Oct. 1.
September 29, 2015
Business
TDS develops automated “carrier onboarding” product for freight brokers
Transportation Data Source (TDS) released a new product that gives freight brokers an automated evaluation and approval process for third party carriers.
September 21, 2015
Business
CSA tweaks, e-log mandate top FMCSA priorities for rest of year, says FMCSA’s Darling
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Acting Administrator Scott Darling updated the agency’s top five priorities for the rest of the year in a recent memo to employees.
September 21, 2015
Business
TMC panel to discuss best practices for use of eDVIRs on Sept. 23
Tom Cuthbertson, vice president of regulatory affairs for Omnitracs, will participate in an electronic driver vehicle inspection report (eDVIR) panel at the 2015 ATA Technology & Maintenance Council Fall Meeting.
September 21, 2015
Business
Will FMCSA push to reimplement 2013 restart rules soon? Congress allows it after Sept. 30
The current stay of enforcement of the 2013-implemented rules governing truckers’ use of a 34-hour hours-of-service restart could be removed as soon as Sept. 30, 2015, according to the text of the law that temporarily suspended the rules.
September 21, 2015
Business
Rule to require e-logs pushed back: Here’s latest projected date
A Final Rule to require truck operators to use electronic logging devices has been delayed a month, according to a report released this week by the Department of Transportation.
September 16, 2015
Business
J.J. Keller to release HOS data management service
The difficultly of managing HOS data during and after implementation of ELDs led J.J. Keller & Associates to develop a data management service called Driver DataSense.
September 12, 2015
Business
Truck driver in Tracy Morgan crash asks court to dismiss charges, citing media attention
The attorney representing trucker Kevin Roper filed the motion for dismissal this week in the New Jersey court overseeing the case. Roper was charged last June with vehicular homicide and assault by auto in the crash that killed comic James McNair and severely injured Morgan and several others.
September 9, 2015
Business
Top 10 states for hours-of-service violations
As a primer for some more in-depth reporting on FMCSA’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program set to be published on CCJ later this month, here’s a look at the 10 states with the most hours-of-service violations.
September 9, 2015
Business
Electronic log mandate will be a game changer, say CCJ Market Movers panelists
The looming electronic logging device mandate, expected to take effect in late 2017, will have a major impact on industry capacity, panelists agreed. Carriers who don’t use ELDs “can run maybe 100 more miles a day,” said one panelist. “When they can’t do that…how are they going to make it?”
September 3, 2015
Business
Annual brake inspection blitz next week
Here are the dates CVSA has set for its annual Brake Safety Week inspection spree.
August 31, 2015
Business
Meritor WABCO enhances OnGuard platform (with video)
Meritor WABCO estimates the stationary functionality of OnGuardACTIVE could eliminate up to 4,500 crashes annually.
August 27, 2015
Business
Haulers of certain hazmat loads granted HOS exemption
ATA was granted an exemption request it made in May that would grant haulers of hazardous materials an exemption from the 30-minute break required by FMCSA hours-of-service regulations.
August 20, 2015
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