Block of Senators press FMCSA to evaluate hours of service reforms
Thirty Senators, all but two of them Republican, signed the four-paragraph letter dated May 17. While it doesn’t mention specific reforms sought to hours of service, the letter urges FMCSA to “provide for a commonsense framework for drivers, rather tha…
ELDs’ parking impact: Trucker Path data show big shift in planning practices, little in capacity stress
Trucker Path provides some sense of quantification around the impact of the ELD mandate on the parking problem, showing a slight shift in stressed parking capacity, but more more change in driver’s operational planning around parking.
So much for the ‘hope for leniency’: One owner-operator’s hours out-of-service experience in the ELD era
Tom Werner’s experience in Oregon, put out of service for a violation of the 70-hour cumulative on-duty limits — after a simple error in recording with his newly-in-use ELD. Werner neglected to log off-duty during a required berth period. Though he an…
ATA v. OOIDA dust-up: Truckers respond
Overdrive readers have responded in numbers to the news of ATA President and CEO Chris Spear’s accusations that individuals “of OOIDA interests” leveled a variety of particularly awful threats at the ATA and its members and offices.
Mailbag: Most readers feel ELDs have exacerbated parking issues
A run through the mailbag on Overdrive Radio with contrarians on and, mostly, true believers in the notion that the ELD mandate has exacerbated parking issues around the nation. And: A little detail on an hours-enforcement-with-ELD situation that begge…
Will FMCSA Administrator Ray Martinez thread the needle toward hours change?
Colleagues James Jaillet and Davis Hollis joined me for this special edition Overdrive Radio podcast about their interview of FMCSA Administrator Ray Martinez at MATS. Full audio of that interview is included, with further thoughts on hours-change pote…
Congress could act to hasten hours of service changes, revive ‘carrier hiring standards’ provision
The amendment would allow FMCSA to proceed directly to issuing a proposed rule on any changes to hours of service regulations, rather than having to publish an Advanced Notice of a Proposed Rulemaking first, as dictated by federal law. If passed, the a…
Is ‘moving the hours finish line’ the right tack to take for change?
Owner-op Gary Buchs on hours-change potential, including recent bills and petitions: “People regularly pontificate about how much better trucking was with the old 10/8 rules and more sleeper splits. I’d challenge these memories somewhat with a reminder…
Report: Truckers take to D.C. streets (one Tased and arrested) and engage FMCSA, Congress on hours change, more
Grassroots groups of owner-operators and drivers returned 30-40 power units to Constitution Ave. between the White House and Washington monument yesterday, April 9, to press concerns to the public, lawmakers and regulators over the ELD mandate and hour…
Truckers engage with FMCSA, work on follow-on petition for hours change to allow more sleeper splits
Remember that recently invoked saying about squeaky wheels? Some good emerged from the MATS session on hours that went off the rails, as several truckers pivoted with outreach to FMCSA, planning and taking part in meeting with officials about hours of …