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....
How to Deal With the New Food Hauling Rules

How to Deal With the New Food Hauling Rules

Since last September, all truck operations that haul food for human or animal consumption have been required to comply with provisions of the Food and Drug Administration’s Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food rule. The rulemaking was required to satisfy...
Autonomous Vehicles Will Test Public Safety

Autonomous Vehicles Will Test Public Safety

Ensuring driver and pedestrian safety and regulating a still nascent technology are among the top issues of concern covered in a new report about autonomous vehicles from the National Governors Association’s Center for Best Practices. The report aims to guide...
OOIDA ELD Exemption Denied

OOIDA ELD Exemption Denied

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association’s request for a broad exemption to the ELD mandate for small-business truckers has been denied. OOIDA, which represents truck drivers and owner-operators, had requested at least a five-year exemption to the rule...