Trucking Freight Growth up Nearly 38% Since End of Great Recession
Newly released U.S. Transportation Department figures show all but one of the major freight modes have grown since the end of the Great Recession, with trucking posting the second-highest increase.
FMCSA Moving toward Dropping Diabetic Exemption Requirement
The Federal Motor Carrier Administration is seeking public comment on whether it should eliminate the requirement that drivers with insulin-treated diabetes seek a formal exemption from the agency to be allowed to operate a commercial vehicle.
Food Transporters Group Launches Food Safety Compliance Tool
American Trucking Associations’ Agricultural and Food Transporters Conference has launched an online self-assessment tool to help fleets stay compliant with new Food Safety Modernization Act rules for food handling and safety.
Daimler recalls more than 2,500 trucks for tow hook, fuel pump issues
Daimler Trucks North America is recalling more than 2,500 trucks, ranging from severe duty to Class 8, for improperly manufactured tow hooks and a fuel pump issue in certain engines.
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.
VW CEO: Tesla Among Our Top Competitors
In the “old world,” VW CEO Herbert Diess watched and worried about Toyota and Hyundai. Today he’s keeping an eye on a new American automaker.
Tony Justice, band ‘a little sore’ but OK after tour bus wreck in Oklahoma
Around 8 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 6, driver-songwriter Tony Justice’s rented tour bus hit the back of a tractor-trailer on eastbound I-40 in Oklahoma, near the Arkansas state line. Justice tells Overdrive that no one was hurt in the incident.
ISE Adds Electronic Logging Solution to FMCSA ELD List
ISE announced that its eFleetSuite electronic logging device solution was self-certified and listed on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s ELD online registry.
What a difference a day makes: Where rates could spike
Where to look for the most likely ELD effect on rates? High-volume lanes between 500 and 750 miles, which analysts call the “dangerous lanes.” It’s those where load/unload hiccups or in-transit delays easily can extend a one-day haul into a second day.
Telogis Self-Certifies ELD Solution
Verizon-owned Telogis has been included on a list of registered providers of Electronic Logging Device (ELD) solutions by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).