Rolling the 14: How to pull off the new split-sleeper under the hours of service come September
We’re firing up T. Dills Trucking again for a run between Midwest and Mid-South and back again, to illustrate the way the FMCSA’s revised hours rule is expected to work come September 29, 2020. Also: How to execute a one-time three-hour pause with spli…
Surviving a Level 3 driver inspection: Are you ready?
What can drivers expect from the July 12-18 Operation Safe Driver Week traffic enforcement blitz? Level 3 inspections are likely to accompany most roadside stops associated with the weeklong effort. Look out for more attention to ELDs, hours of service…
Head of broker group TIA stepping down | Some coronavirus HOS waivers expire next week
FMCSA is extending the COVID-19 HOS exemption for some haulers, while it will expire for others next week; broker association head to step down and more from the roundup: Introducing a new extra-extra-large blade trailer for wind-energy transport. Ariz…
U.S. bill promises billions for highways, would delay HOS rule
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A U.S. infrastructure bill unveiled yesterday would fund highways and clean transportation efforts, but also delay a final hours of service rule, and push for a rulemaking on driver detention and changes to the CSA safety rating prog…
Sleeper splits toward ‘Knights of the Highway’ reawakening? A talk with ‘Trucker’s Tale’ memoir author Ed Miller
Ed Miller’s “A Trucker’s Tale” memoir is a well-crafted, intimate portrait of a life lived in trucking, from Miller’s time as a kid in Western North Carolina changing tires for his family’s trucking company ’50s and early ’60s, to the driver’s seat him…
Quick takes: Readers mixed on hours of service changes’ impact on their own operations
On the issues of the 30-minute break and new split sleeper options for drivers, readers at first blush are mixed on how the changes will impact them — and their opinions of FMCSA’s final rule to reform hours. And: how the split-sleeper change offers a…
POLL: Which hours of service change will benefit you most, if any?
The 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. Which do you stand to benefit from in your operation?
Coming hours of service reforms skip 14-hour pause, include 7/3 off-duty split and 30-minute break changes
The rule expands split-sleeper-berth options afforded to drivers to allow them to split their 10-hour off-duty period into windows of seven hours and three hours, in addition to the existing eight-hour, two-hour option. It also changes provisions of th…
Quebec becomes latest jurisdiction to offer Covid-19 HOS relief
MONTREAL, Que. – Quebec has followed the lead of the federal government and several other provinces, introducing hours of service relief for emergency loads of Covid-19 supplies. The specific loads include food, sanitary and medical equipment, pharmace…
The guidance available: FMCSA’s emergency hours of service exemption
Abundance of caution or throw the log books away? A few perspectives — and what FMCSA is saying in guidance — on what steps to take and questions to answer before deciding to invoke FMCSA’s emergency hours exemption for hauling COVID-19 relief freigh…