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Certain fireworks haulers get hours-of-service exemption
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced last week it has granted an hours-of-service exemption to fireworks haulers who drive for any of the 51 member companies of the American Pyrotechnics Association, allowing them to drive past the 14th hour of coming on duty.
June 30, 2015
FMCSA: 10,000 military vets have already received CDLs through skills test waiver program
More than 10,000 veterans and active duty personnel have taken advantage of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Military Skills Test Waiver Program.
June 24, 2015
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Senate subcommittee clears bill that sets deadlines for e-log mandate, speed limiter rule
The transportation subcommittee of the Senate’s Appropriations Committee on Tuesday passed a bill that would, if implemented, set specific dates by which the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration must publish the final version of its electronic logging device mandate and a proposed speed limiter rule.
June 24, 2015
Business
Energy Department gets 30-minute break exemption renewed for radioactives haulers
FMCSA announced Friday it has renewed the Department of Energy’s exemption of the 30-minute break 30-minute requirement of current hours-of-service rules for DOE drivers hauling sensitive radioactive materials.
June 22, 2015
Business
Interstate bee haulers get HOS exemption
The FMCSA has granted interstate bee haulers the exemption from the 30-minute break requirement in the hours-of-service regulations that was requested in January.
June 19, 2015
Business
Infographic explains benefits of early compliance to ELD rule
Omnitracs has created this infographic for the purpose of helping fleets better understand the benefits of early compliance to the electronic logging devices (ELDs) rule, which the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration expects to publish in September.
June 18, 2015
Business
Oversize/overweight haulers granted exemption to 30-minute break rule
FMCSA has granted oversize/overweight haulers an exemption to the 30-minute break requirement in the current hours-of-service rules.
June 17, 2015
Business
Chris Nelson joins ISE Fleet Services; leads development of safety, compliance product
ISE Fleet Services, a division of Innovative Software Engineering (ISE), announced that Chris Nelson has joined the company as vice president of business development.
June 16, 2015
Business
Georgia investing $10M in ramping up truck enforcement
Georgia’s governor plans to crack down on accidents involving commercial vehicles on I-16, I-85 and I-95 by spending $10 million to hire 60 new enforcement officers.
June 15, 2015
Business
FMCSA extends hours-of-service break exemption for livestock haulers
The Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration has decided to renew livestock haulers’ exemption of the 30-minute break required by current hours-of-service regulations.
June 11, 2015
Business
House clears bill that continues ‘restart rollback,’ blocks carrier insurance rule
A DOT funding bill that would keep in place the hours-of-service restart rollback that came in December has cleared the U.S. House, passing by just six votes at nearly midnight on Tuesday.
June 10, 2015
Business
No news is good news — The latest on DOT funding bills, trucking regulations within
The latest on trucking regulatory provisions that may or may not make it into bills funding the DOT for the 2016 fiscal year.
June 8, 2015
Business
Hours-of-service provision in House bill cited as a reason Obama may veto DOT funding bill
The Obama Administration this week says it will strongly consider vetoing a bill to fund the Department of Transportation for the 2016 fiscal year, citing language in the bill that would reinforce last year’s suspension of some hours-of-service regulations as one of many reasons.
June 3, 2015
Business
Roadcheck inspection blitz running this week
Roadcheck, the annual inspection blitz done by a joint effort of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and others, is scheduled for June 2-4.
June 1, 2015
Business
Walmart settles with Tracy Morgan in fatal 2014 crash that spurred hours-of-service debate
Actor Tracy Morgan and retail giant Walmart have settled the civil suit brought by Morgan last year that blamed the private carrier’s lack of compliance with federal trucking regulations as the cause in the June 2014 New Jersey Turnpike crash that left one dead and several others, including Morgan, severely injured.
May 27, 2015
Business
VDO RoadLog website updated with selection tool for ELDs
Continental has updated its VDO RoadLog website with video testimonials and a new Product Selection Tool for its ELD hardware, software and accessories.
May 21, 2015
Business
House committee clears DOT bill that would lengthen hours-of-service rollback, bar FMCSA from upping insurance minimums
The House’s Appropriations Committee this week a 2016 DOT funding bill that would, if passed, keep in place the current hours-of-service suspension until FMCSA can justify the HOS rule changes put in place in July 2013. It also would block the agency from pursuing a liability insurance increase.
May 14, 2015
Business
HELP adds three appointees to board of directors
HELP Inc., which oversees PrePass and other truck safety services, announced three new appointments to its board of directors
May 1, 2015
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