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Motor carriers will still have to comply with January 6, 2020 deadline.

American Trucking Associations President & CEO Chris Spear sits down with Craig Fuller on this episode of Fuller Speed Ahead.

Drivers hauling supplies in response to storm will be exempt from hours-of-service rules.

Two days after HVH Transportation’s abrupt closure on Tuesday, August 27, truck drivers like James Delva are still stranded across the country without working fuel cards.

Roughly 3,580 drivers will be affected by the FMCSA’s exemption

Employers can choose $1.25 bundling option or $24,000 annual fee.

Reaction is mixed among stakeholders to hours-of-service rule changes proposed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Safety, labor advocates register early opposition to rule changes.

Agency will not comment on new publication date until review is finalized.

A major accident in 2018 led to a spike in insurance premiums for Carney Trucking, an increase the company just couldn’t absorb.

New categories to be added to types of crashes deemed “not preventable.”

The owner of an Alabama-based truck driving school has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy, bribery and wire fraud after authorities allege he bribed a commercial driver’s license (CDL) examiner to give his students “favorable treatment” during testing.

Drivewyze worked with safety offices and law enforcement in 32 states to identify 500 high rollover and low bridge locations. It sends audible and visual warnings to truckers before they reach them.

Proposal would make it easier for drivers to take test from out of state.

Study would bolster steps undertaken in the private sector to address the problem.

FMCSA, USDA to standardize definitions for HOS exemption enforcement.

ATA concerned that extending deadlines could affect proper enforcement.

Those convicted will be banned for life from obtaining a CDL.

Denial to SBTC follows last year’s denial to OOIDA.

Groups claim teen drivers carry more risk resulting in more fatalities.

Cowan Systems has acquired family-owned regional carrier Carlisle Carrier as it looks to strengthen its Northeast presence.

Suspension will help drivers haul relief supplies in response to Tropical Storm Barry.

States of emergency declared as Tropical Storm Barry approaches Gulf coast

Truckload carriers expect “dramatic increase” in fuel efficiency with speed mandate.

While AOBRDs and ELDs serve a similar function, there are several differences in both rules of operation and using the device itself.

Governor Gavin Newsom requests federal assistance from President Trump

Over 90 percent of small carriers that have not made the switch to electronic logging devices (ELDs) yet plan to stick with their old devices until the last quarter of 2019.

Maximum limit would be required for new and existing trucks weighing over 26,000 lbs.

Ray Martinez said truck users will benefit from better data from CSA scores to make carrier selections i

Agency wants to reduce time and costs for driving schools and applicants

Brought to you by EROAD… FMCSA says no transition period, but carriers are waiting until the last minute.

Ray Martinez concedes finding enough drivers aged 18-20 with military experience could be difficult.

LTL giant claims new requirements would also add costs to its in-house driver training.

White House receives guidelines but DOT, FMCSA still must sign off.

Small carrier profits are about to be pressured by a large government organization and it’s not the FMCSA, DOT, or CVSA.

Capitol Hill hearing took on lease-purchase agreements, truck size and weights

FMCSA wants to fill “critical data gap” on loading dock wait times

Driver hiring includes many steps to ensure compliance, and many fleets turn to outside help to assist in that process.

Military members under the age of 21 can now apply for inclusion in an FMCSA pilot program for younger drivers.

Measure also seeks to keep 30-minute rest break, ag hauler ELD exemption.

FMCSA will look to avoid separate rules while addressing new technologies

Trucker union sides with most of proposal’s early comments.

Top DOT official ranks HOS #1 on freight priority list.

Support for proposal split between large and small carriers.

A California federal court dismissed part of a class-action lawsuit against U.S. Xpress (NYSE: USX) that claimed the Chattanooga, Tennessee-based truckload carrier violated the state’s meal and rest break laws. […]

Simulators to benefit training standards in Mexico and the U.S.

GAO also recommends more research that could lead to side guard requirements.

Independent owner-operator group details how government clearinghouse will handle drug test results.

For months, members of a Facebook group named Black Smoke Matters (BSM) have been calling for an industry-wide shutdown to bring national attention to what the group says is government overreach.

FedEx Freight, J.B. Hunt, Schneider National among companies with the most non-preventable accidents identified so far by FMCSA.

What makes a commodity and agricultural commodity? That is one question that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrations hopes to answer soon, it said, during a regulatory update session at the Mid-America Trucking Show.

Heavy snow melt and rains have caused historic flooding in 16 states and the FMCSA has lifted certain regulations as a result.

Martinez emphasized a collaborative approach to regulation and said that removing non-preventable accidents from CSA scorecards is next on the agency’s agenda.

Trump’s budget bodes well for certain freight grants but Democrats take issue with reliance on the private sector.

FMCSA estimates over 11,000 Class B truck drivers will save time and money using the new process.

Sentiment could be growing for lowering the driver age, but questions linger over safety and wages.

Compliance issues can result in large fines for companies, which is why some companies find outsourcing compliance programs to experts can be a financial win.

The Motiv EPIC all-electric chassis will be installed on Ford F-59 glider chassis at a Detroit Custom Chassis plant. Also, Colorado passes bill lowering the commercial truck driving age and the Port of Long Beach sees near-record volumes.

Fraudulent medical certifications that can put carriers and drivers at risk of more accidents.are under scrutiny.

Congress is handing out $93 million in federal grants for improvements at the nation’s top 15 container ports.

California and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have filed petitions with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit challenging the preemption of the state’s meal and rest break rules for interstate truck drivers.

Speed limiter regulations sat idling under Bush and Obama, so truck safety groups now look to Congress – and Trump – to put it in gear.

FreightWaves adds violations, fuel spread, and more rail data to SONAR platform

FMCSA Administrator Raymond Martinez wanted to “fast track” the HOS rules changes – but the government shutdown is in the way.

Regulators say a database designed to standardize and simplify training certification for new drivers will be ready on time next year.

Only about 10% of drivers aren’t belted but as a share of fatalities it’s close to 50%.

Truck drivers hauling in the state of New York will not see ELD enforcement until state regulators finish getting the rule on the books.

As administrators for the Black Smoke Matters group on Facebook worked to get a handle on the sudden explosion of members in the group, one administrator announced he is stepping away from the page and the group has posted what it is calling “Truckers Declarations for the 2019 Shutdown” on its website.

Trucking companies could be exposed to increased liability while a challenge to FMCSA’s hours-of-service preemption in California is pending.

While onboard with the group’s goals, not all truckers seem happy with the approach Black Smoke Matters is taking to achieve them.

The new fees for 2019 are more than in 2018 but less than they were two years ago.

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 to comply until Dec. 16, 2019. A look back at ELDs, and what the next deadline means.

Black Smoke Matters, a group formed by truckers, is planning a nationwide shutdown on April 12 to protest several issues facing truckers.

The regulatory body granted Stoneridge a five year exemption to install its MirrorEye camera monitoring system on trucks in lieu of two rear-view mirrors.

Freight clearance at border crossing at ports could be susceptible to backups and delays if Washington lawmakers are unable to resolve the funding crisis sooner rather than later.

FMCSA has ruled that California can’t dictate meal and rest break requirements that conflict with federal hours-of-service regulations.

States will soon be able to give would-be drivers more time to get their CDLs at the same time potentially lowering knowledge exam costs.

The federal guideline is “hearsed, nursed and towed,” and that will be the rule in Pennsylvania now.

FMSCA Administrator Raymond Martinez comments on his first nine months, and the potential for an early rollout of revised HOS rules.

FreightWaves adds a real time news widget with twitter feeds and up to the minute financial and transportation new reporting.

FMCSA has made public the denials of 10 exemption requests from its ELD rule, including OOIDA and nine smaller groups that were formally rejected earlier this year.

FreightWaves adds commercial vehicle accident injuries and fatalities in SONAR as well as adds regions to the TRI.

The original notice failed to include propane. It can become a factor particularly if deliveries go on past 12 hours.

It is now clarified that your truck can be laden while driving for personal conveyance.

Head of FMCSA and largest U.S. truck trade group say California attempting to preempt federal regulations.

FMCSA is allowing concrete pumper operators to work up to 14 hours in a day through a new exemption to the 12-hour workday for short-haul operators.

While 60% did say that ELDs were forcing drivers to stop, rest, and run legally, the other 40% of respondents felt that ELDs decreased driver safety, as well as for others on the road.

A long list of concerns in the ATA President’s annual speech to his group’s conference, including young drivers and California’s own laws.

On the agenda for the day: AOBRD transition, personal conveyance, sleeper berth rule and plenty of other issues for FMCSA’s top attorney.

Martinez also said the process has begun to look at the overlapping rules regarding agriculture transportation, and he clearly doesn’t favor California’s separate rules on meal breaks.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will no longer assume a commercial driver is always a human as autonomous trucking makes its way onto the scene.

But lead agency for commercial vehicle safety says autonomous trucking will serve drivers well and make industry better.

In an effort to give our subscriber base input on a hot topic – HOS changes – we decided to conduct a survey during the FMCSA open comment period. Check out what we found!

The FMCSA took public comments on possible changes to the hours of service rules. We polled our own subscribers to get their thoughts on what changes they’d like to see.

It’s a wide range of opinions that are expressed in FMCSA’s call for comments on changes in the HOS rule.

In Today’s Pickup: Michael is headed toward the Gulf, a quote by Hunter Harrison and a not-complimentary look at the job of a truck driver.

Fatalities in all other types of accidents were down. Crashes involving large trucks were the only one moving the other way.

As part of a wide-ranging DOT initiative to prepare for driverless vehicles, FMCSA will address regulations that could be slowing the development of these technologies in the commercial vehicle space.

SambaSafety, powered by Vigillo, just announced the development of a new CSA scorecard utilizing item response theory methodology.