New hours of service rule, new perspectives on enforcement readiness, split rest
How the hours of service changes going into effect Sept. 29 put split rest, driver coercion, personal conveyance, rates and so much more in a different light as FMCSA moves ahead toward implementation.
Shorter 14-clock pauses: FMCSA wants feedback on pilot test
FMCSA wants feedback on a 30-min.-3-hour 14-hour duty window pause in the hours of service as it proposes a pilot program. In other news: A multi-state mileage-based user fee truck pilot begins Oct. 1. Love’s opened new stores in Texas and Illinois.
FMCSA enforcement chief details how drivers can pause 14-hour clock under new regs
With the first significant overhaul of federal hours of service regulations in over 15 years taking effect in a little over a month, FMCSA’s Joe DeLorenzo answered pressing questions about how the coming regs differ from current regs on Wednesday.
Tonight: FMCSA’s Joe DeLorenzo answers drivers’ hours of service questions in live session
Join us live at 7 p.m. CST at Overdrive’s Facebook page for this presentation and Q&A with FMCSA chief of the Enforcement and Compliance Office — the hours of service changes, aimed at increasing duty flexibility, go into effect Sept. 29.
FMCSA’s Joe DeLorenzo to answer drivers’ hours of service questions in live GATS Week session
Register to receive a timely reminder for any or all sessions of Overdrive’s GATS Week — they include this Aug. 26 live Q&A with and presentation by Joe DeLorenzo, who will explain some of the intricacies of the new hours rule going into effect ne…
Drivers Daily Log software a casualty of time, ELD mandate, hours changes
A two-decades-plus-long journey of the owner-operator-built Drivers Daily Log laptop-run logs software is coming to an end August 30. A talk about the program’s history here with Prime-leased Bruce Luebke. And: the myriad smartphone/tablet-app alternat…
Video: Where to find a two/three-hour 14-clock pause in the new HOS
“In the interest of delivering to those of you who appreciate information of a brass-tacks, short-and-sweet character, this might be the best I can do, in about five minutes” — working the split-sleeper changes come September 29 when the hours of serv…
POLL: Which major hours change will most benefit your operation?
he FMCSA earmarked four areas of change in its hours of service modifications final rule — the 30-minute break, split-sleeper options, and the short haul and adverse driving conditions exceptions. With three months to better digest the rule, which of …
DOT says it’s full speed ahead on hours changes implementation
“Right now,” said current FMCSA chief Jim Mullen, “there’s no effort to abate or hold off on Sept. 29,” the day on which the new provisions can be utilized by drivers. Views on safety technology, hours petitions and more aired in first session of agenc…
POLL: Will the revised hours of service affect rates come September?
Some watchers see the flexibility-enhancing portions of the hours of service revisions, currently set to implement September 29, as in general increasing over-the-road capacity without adding a single truck — do you think implementation will ultimatel…