Widespread staged-accident insurance fraud uncovered
A U.S. Attorney has charged 28 individuals for allegedly intentionally causing accidents with tractor-trailers to get insurance payouts. A Mack-centered truck show will go on this weekend in PA. OOIDA released HOS educational videos. KeepTruckin custom…
POLL: Has your ELD updated its compliance-assist elements to reflect the hours changes?
Whether you’ve tried out any of the new flexibilities in the hours of service rule or not, this poll asks if your electronic logging device has updated the underlying rule-sets in its time counters/other compliance assist elements as of September 29.
Point of emphasis from readers: Hours of service regs all about how much you can drive
“Fundamentally, HOS rules are about when you can drive, and cannot.” There’s no quicker way to start a conversation than to start building hypothetical scenarios in attempt to illustrate elements of the hours of service rules. …
Here are the changes taking effect for 14-hour rule, 30-minute break
Explore the links here to see what’s changing in hours of service regs starting at 12:01 a.m. ET, Sept. 29.
Final review: Hours of service recap, questions answered with FMCSA
How ‘to work your day’ in the words of FMCSA’s Joe DeLorenzo, explored in this edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast — a final review before new flexibilities come into play September 29, 2020.
Hours of service pop quiz: Can you haul 77 hours in 7 days?
It’s physically possible, of course, but any issue with a driver hauling that much is not an hours of service regulation problem, as rule-change challengers may want you to believe. Bonus: Four-wheeler-in-truck-space enforcement crackdown in Australia …
Teamsters, safety groups challenge U.S. hours of service change
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Less than two weeks before revised U.S. hours of service rules are set to take effect, a coalition of safety groups and the Teamsters union has challenged them in court. Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, the International …
Teamsters, safety groups look to halt HOS changes
With less than two weeks to go until an overhauled hours of service rule takes effect, a band of usual suspects has sued the U.S. DOT seeking to derail the new regs. FMCSA granted a waiver to allow a mirrorless rearview camera system on trucks.
Rumble strips ahead: How to manage for downside risk in turbulent trucking times
Whatever your own business’s individual situation, there’s something for you in this talk with Gary Buchs and Kevin Rutherford in large part on best practices in a time like the present. Also discussed: bedrock equipment strategy, competitiveness, hour…
Hours changes and personal conveyance, coercion, rates
What truly constitutes off-duty time? Should there be a defined time/distance limit on personal conveyance? Will new flexibility for drivers in the hours of service rule going into effect Sept. 29 impact truckload rates? Answers to these questions here…