Electronic logging device
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Driver issues
FMCSA denies ELD exemption to small trucking companies – again (with video)
Denial to SBTC follows last year's denial to OOIDA.
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Regulation
Democrats try to preserve state meal and rest-break laws
Measure also seeks to keep 30-minute rest break, ag hauler ELD exemption.
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Technology
Attacking the loading dock’s black hole
Whether truck location data is generated from electronic logging devices (ELDs) or proprietary tracking or routing software, there’s one location – the loading dock –…
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Insurance & Risk Management
App-less cell phone-based freight tracking is dead
In partnership with Reliance Partners ...Telecom operators are terminating cell phone based tracking services, which would be a game changer in the freight industry as…
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Driver issues
White House help on ELD exemptions for small-business truckers sought
A new petition is seeking White House help to get two bills that would exempt most small trucking companies and owner-operators exempted from the ELD…
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Driver issues
Should Hours of Service really be Hours of Sleep?
Hours of sleep are critical to truck driver safety and to driver retention. The “science of sleep'“ in the context of truck drivers is examined…
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Driver issues
A year of ELDs, and the fast-approaching AOBRD deadline
ELDs have been required for the majority of the industry for more than a year now, but there are still some that do not have…
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Canada
Canada still working to finalize its own ELD rule
Canada is working to finalize an ELD rule for truckers in that country. The rule would closely mirror the U.S. regulation, with a few significant…
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