Livestock Haulers Reform for ELD and HOS Rules

Livestock Haulers Reform for ELD and HOS Rules

There’s yet another in this spring’s bumper crop of bills proposed on Capitol Hill to benefit livestock (and insect) haulers by relaxing the electronic logging device rule and also, in some cases, easing the hours of service rules specifically for this class of...
Daimler Demonstrates Platooning Technology – Video

Daimler Demonstrates Platooning Technology – Video

Click on image to watch video At the Daimler Trucks Capital Market & Technology Day, held at the company’s North American headquarters in Portland ,Ore., the company held a platooning demonstration with loaded Class 8 trucks and spoke about the...
FMCSA Chief: Agency ‘Open to Ideas’ on Improving Safety

FMCSA Chief: Agency ‘Open to Ideas’ on Improving Safety

ORLANDO, FLORIDA — Greeted warmly as he stepped up to the podium to address the 80th annual convention of the Truckload Carriers Association on March 26, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator Raymond Martinez opened his remarks in kind, saying right off the bat...
Senators Push FMCSA Chief to Reform Trucker Hours of Service Rule

Senators Push FMCSA Chief to Reform Trucker Hours of Service Rule

A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators is nudging Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator Ray Martinez to act swiftly to reform the hours-of-service rule to “provide needed flexibility for [truck] drivers.” In a May 17 letter, co-signed by Senate Commerce Committee...