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A federal panel recommends an increase in the fuel tax, the FMCSA adjusts CSA cargo scoring, a lawsuit aims to block CSA 2010 disclosure, a private firm plans to offer driver scorecards to reflect CSA...
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Apnea proposals could disqualify drivers, cell phone ban begins, Senate bill would mandate EOBRs, third Mexican carrier completes audit and more industry news items are featured.
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Three compete for Owner-Operator of the Year, cross-border program lawsuits advance, turnpike rates rise, Baltimore bridge tolls rising and many more industry news items are featured.
View ArticleGroups sue over hours rule
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, Public Citizen and the Truck Safety Coalition object to FMCSA not reducing the driving day to 10 hours from 11.
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Driver harassment, the hours rule, Navistar's engine transision, sleep apnea regulations and more industry news items are featured.
View ArticleQuestions arise over cross-border carrier’s paperwork
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has responded to questions about Baja Express' application for authority.
View ArticleMexican carriers’ EOBRs flag hours ‘violations’
FMCSA Associate Administrator Bill Quade updated the MCSAC August 27 on progress in the U.S. Mexican cross-border trucking program.
View ArticleThe biggest little voice in trucking
How self-styled safety-advocacy groups won over the federal government, and some trucking interests themselves, to influence trucking regulation.
View ArticleMCSAC policy panel’s long shift toward safety advocates
How it happened: When the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee began meeting in 2007, it had four members with direct involvement in trucking. Today, there are three direct trucking members. Over...
View ArticleThe funding for safety groups, the salaries of their chiefs
Funding levels in some recent years for Parents Against Tired Truckers, Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways (CRASH), somewhat-related group Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety and others among...
View ArticleTrucking reps testify before Congress on driver pay, hours, safety
The testimony from each of the stakeholders, along with their answers to questions from 17 representatives who are part of the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, will be used to help shape the...
View ArticleStress relief the hours proposal stands to deliver
NASTC's David Owen on the hours of service proposal: "What the unnecessary ELD mandate has required is a closer look at the HOS and relief from the odious stress and pressures created by the current...
View ArticleWith the public leery about sharing the road with robots, ‘Advocates’ may be...
A press release from an often-enough-perceived anti-truck group early this week pressed lawmakers on safety standards for increasingly deployed assistive driving technologies. For safety-conscious...
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