ELDs – Don’t Shortchange Training When Converting to ELD

ELDs – Don’t Shortchange Training When Converting to ELD

Come Dec. 16 — less than two months away — motor carriers still running with grandfathered automatic onboard recording devices to track hours-of-service will have to be switched over to devices that are compliant with the electronic logging device mandate that first...
New ATA Policy Addresses Marijuana Challenges in Trucking

New ATA Policy Addresses Marijuana Challenges in Trucking

A panel discusses marijuana issues. From left: Harold Sumerford, J&M Tank Lines; Greer Woodruff, JB Hunt; Todd Simo, HireRight; and Panelists: Paul Enos: Nevada Trucking Association. Photo by Deborah Lockridge The American Trucking Associations Oct. 8 endorsed a...
More Time to Comment on Hours of Service Proposal

More Time to Comment on Hours of Service Proposal

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has extended the comment period for its proposal to make changes in truck driver hours of service regulations.  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has extended the comment period for its proposal to make...
ELD Violations Are Down, but Drivers Still Making Simple Mistakes

ELD Violations Are Down, but Drivers Still Making Simple Mistakes

The FMCSA’s Joe DeLorenzo discussed the upcoming ELD transition deadline during the Trimble in.sight 2019 user conference in Houston. Photo: Jim Beach One of the more heavily attended sessions during Trimble’s in.sight user conference held in Houston, Texas, Sept....
Driver Shortage? Sorry, Truckers Aren’t Buying It

Driver Shortage? Sorry, Truckers Aren’t Buying It

Driver shortage? Fleets say yes, but many drivers disagree. Photo by Jim Park It doesn’t matter where you read it, reports on the driver shortage are always followed by strings of comments from drivers hotly denying there’s such a shortage. In their view,...