How the Hours of Service rules for truck drivers ever became a safety regulation is a question that has vexed many in the industry. The rules came into being in the 1930s as a combination of labor and economic regulation intended to bring some stability to the nascent...
A reduction in truck capacity was a concern for the trucking industry when the electronic logging device mandate soft enforcement period ended April 1, yet capacity has increased 11% on the spot market since then, according to DAT Solutions. But it doesn’t mean that...
If you’re using Grandfathered AOBRDs (automatic onboard recording devices) to track driver hours of service under the grandfather clause of the electronic logging device mandate, there’s something very important you need to do by mid-June, says a former commercial...
The Georgia-based trucking company Daya Trucking was labeled an imminent hazard and placed out of service by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for trying to circumvent compliance with deceitful tactics, including noncompliant e-logs. In an investigation,...
Violations of the electronic logging device rule found during roadside inspections since full enforcement kicked in on April 1 are now being used in the Safety Measurement System that drives the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Carrier, Safety,...
