ELD Mandate & Electronic Logs
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Livestock Haulers Reform for ELD and HOS Rules
No trucking interest groups are listed as supporting the Modernizing Agricultural Transportation Act. Groups that are supporting the bill include the National Pork Producers Council, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, United States Cattlemen’s Association, Livestock Marketing Association, American Farm Bureau Federation, the American Honey Producers Association, and the Rocky Mountain Farmer’s Union…
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Daimler Demonstrates Platooning Technology – 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 technology’s commercial viability. Report by Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge.
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FMCSA to Offer Public Listening Session on Automated Tech Regulation and Integration
The FMCSA has announced a public listening session to solicit information on issues related to the design, development, testing and integration of commercial vehicles with automated driving systems. The public session will take place today, June 19, and is meant to provide interested parties with an opportunity to work with the FMCSA on its future rulemaking efforts…
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New Personal Conveyance Guidance Gives Flexibility to Find Truck Parking
Personal conveyance now may be used for drivers to find a safe place to park for the night when they’re caught out of hours after waiting to load or unload. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration just announced regulatory guidance that gives drivers a way to deal with one of the most vexing problems with the electronic logging device mandate – finding Truck Parking for the night.
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FMCSA Chief: Agency ‘Open to Ideas’ on Improving Safety
FMCSA administrator Raymond Martinez said that the agency would be open to ideas from others on how to improve highway safety. Martinez said he wants to “drive down” fatalities involving large trucks, which rose 5.4% in 2016. But, he said, “I’m not sure we are going to get answers from people who work in our [FMCSA] building. We need some answers from you.”…
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Senators Push FMCSA Chief to Reform Trucker Hours of Service Rule
Senators are pushing FMCSA administrator Ray Martinez to reform hours of service rules to provide more flexibility for truck drivers. 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.”…
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