Anthony and Zach discuss the hours of service exemption, consumer prices, and other recent macroeconomic releases. Dr. Zac Rogers makes an appearance to review the latest LMI findings and the direction of the logistics industry.
TCA Vice President of Government Affairs, Dave Heller and TCA Manager of Government Affairs, Kathryn Sanner On October 21, the public comment period closed for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on hours of service (HOS). More than 2,700 comments were submitted to the Agency, with arguments both in […]
Not many people are aware of this, but Alaska received a special exemption from the HOS regulations.
Experts say revisions could help fix long-term market inefficiencies.
Safety, labor advocates register early opposition to rule changes.
30-minute rest break, split sleeper berth requirements among five major revisions.
Measure also seeks to keep 30-minute rest break, ag hauler ELD exemption.
Top DOT official ranks HOS #1 on freight priority list.
Carrier accused of overworking driver in no position to pay.
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.
Today on FreightWaves NOW, Nick tells us about what’s up with the weather. Dean gives us the down-low on what’s happening with hours-of-service, detention time, and several new indexes on SONAR helping us fight the War on Detention.
Martinez emphasized a collaborative approach to regulation and said that removing non-preventable accidents from CSA scorecards is next on the agency’s agenda.
ELD’s were supposed to make headway into reducing crashes, but that may not be the case so far, according to academic research from supply chain experts.
FMCSA Administrator Raymond Martinez wanted to “fast track” the HOS rules changes – but the government shutdown is in the way.
On today’s episode, Chad Prevost discusses weather with Market Expert Nick Austin, then we look at volume and macro economic data with Market Analyst Zach Strickland and finally, used truck prices with Chief Analytics Officer Dean Croke.
On today’s episode, Chad Prevost discusses weather with Nick Austin, Market Volume with Michael Crosby, and HOS Daily Driving Utilization as well as preventive maintenance with Dean Croke.
FMSCA Administrator Raymond Martinez comments on his first nine months, and the potential for an early rollout of revised HOS rules.
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.
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance issued new guidance dissuading enforcement officials from waking up sleeping drivers in order to perform random inspections.
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.
