New Hours Rule Likely Headed Back to Court
There’s a good chance the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s new hours of service rule is going back to court.Just hours after the new rule was released, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety indicated that it may resume its challenge of t…
Lasers Viewed as Solution to Truck-Eating Bridge Problem
The city’s Parking and Transportation Commission is considering the use of laser-triggered warning signals to direct tractor-trailers away from the A notorious “truck-eating bridge,” a downtown railroad underpass with an 11-foot clearance.
Single-mom struggles with Walmart job, caring for Dakota
Negrette: ‘It’s what I gotta do. It’s my job. I’m his mother.’ The living room of Kay Negrette’s Tooele was home full of whoops and hollars as her son, Dakota Madill, and a friend, Ethan Malcom played a video game Wednesday on Dakota’s PlayStation3.
Truckers say final hours-of-service regulations won’t imp…
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, which represents small-business and professional truckers, responded to the final hours-of-service regulation announced today, saying that a one-size-fits-all approach will not improve safety.
New safety rules satisfy neither truckers nor safety advocates
WASHINGTON _ Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood laid out rules Thursday on the number of hours that truckers can stay on the road in an effort to curb deadly accidents caused by driver fatigue.
FMCSA can’t justify reducing daily driving hours; limit remains 11 in new final rule
FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro said the new final rule is the culmination of the most extensive and transparent public outreach effort in the agency’s history.
Federal Regulators Issue Tougher Truck Driver Rules
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration did not reduce the daily limit to 10 hours or less as logistics industry executives had feared, but the rule requires a 30-minute rest after eight consecutive hours of driving and it cuts the weekly total…
Fairness at last, for senior drivers in Ontario?
TORONTO, Ont. — The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) says it’s encouraged by comments from Ontario Transport Minister Bob Chiarelli that acknowledge the licence renewal process for senior drivers in Ontario could be less onerous. [Full Story]
Kenworth Offers $1,000 Rebate To OOIDA Members
Kenworth is extending its $1,000 rebate program with the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association through 2012.
OTA responds to Ontario wheel-separation fatality
TORONTO, Ont. — Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) chief David Bradley today issued an advisory following a deadly accident in Ontario involving what is believed to be a separated tractor-trailer wheel. [Full Story]