Broad, sweeping statements are all poppycock
After last week’s anti-ELD mandate demonstrations: “‘You can’t get two truckers to agree the sky is blue.’ Honey, hush. I guess that broad, sweeping statement can be put to rest.”
Group of D.C. demonstrators parks up near the White House
Twenty-nine bobtail trucks staged in the wee hours on Constitution Avenue between the Washington Monument and the White House today in an attempt to garner the attention of the President on the electronic logging device mandate.
From the scene in D.C. and around the country as grassroots groups press against the ELD mandate
This week’s Overdrive Radio podcast: Anti-ELD demonstrators in D.C. reportedly met with officials at FMCSA offices Thursday after spending Wednesday spread across the city in small groups. Tony Justice on tactics. A sampling of calls from around the co…
Truckers can participate in meeting Friday on future of CSA
Friday’s meeting will allow the public to offer input to be considered by FMCSA in the development and implementation of an action plan to address CSA’s deficiencies outlined in National Academies of Sciences report. Registration is required for online or in-person attendance.
Trucking rap sheet: N.Y. doctor sentenced in CDL med exam scheme, Arizona DOT seizes nearly $30k from truck
A former New York doctor has been sentenced for his role in a CDL medical examination scheme, and Arizona DOT officers seized $29,000 from a truck during an inspection.
DOT withdraws rule to set sleep apnea screening criteria for truckers
A sleep apnea rule would give clarity to medical examiners, carrier employers and drivers themselves about what criteria or combination of criteria would prompt a driver to be referred for an in-lab apnea test. The agency’s withdrawal of the rule prese…
Senate DOT bill, unlike House, skips changes to ELD mandate, driver breaks
The Senate’s 2018 fiscal year DOT appropriations does not include any changes to the coming electronic logging device mandate, nor does it include the so-called Denham Amendment, which intends to block states from enacting rest break laws for truck drivers. The House version of the bill does include such reforms.
Trucking rap sheet: Fleet owner pleads guilty to tax evasion, another CDL testing scheme
A New Jersey trucking company owner pleaded guilty to tax evasion and bankruptcy fraud, while a Georgia-based DOT drug and alcohol screener pleaded guilty to falsifying medical exams and certifications and more.
Supreme Court rejects ELD appeal, ending OOIDA’s challenge options
In a win for FMCSA, the Supreme Court has declined to take up OOIDA’s challenge, leaving in place a lower court decision that upholds the rule and its Dec. 18 compliance date.