Why do drivers leave? Pay has a lot to do with it, but …
Many are quick to say it is a driver-pay problem, but that’s not all. In trucking companies’ rush to grow, they devalue the market, notes owner-operator Clifford Petersen, and in doing so trade their pricing power in favor of a questionable status quo.
Drivers, carriers offer mixed reactions to proposed hours changes
Many comments already submitted agree with the proposed changes, while others think it will allow carriers to extend drivers’ working day by three hours. Other commenters mostly agree with the changes but would prefer more flexibility with the 30-minut…
Comment period for proposed hours of service overhaul extended through Oct. 21
FMCSA announced in a Federal Register notice to be published Thursday, Sept. 19, it has extended the comment period from Oct. 7 to Oct. 21. The 14-day extension effectively gives the hours proposal a 60-day comment period from the time it was published…
Goodbye, AOBRD: Shifting loyalties, yard moves and other challenges
Considering options with any ELD provider when making an upgrade from AOBRD technology can involve much more than just the basic differences between regulatory requirements of AOBRDs and ELDs — many devices come with a host of ancillary functions. Als…
Goodbye, AOBRD: ELDs’ final shift
90 days out from the ELD mandate’s final Dec. 17 deadline, many fleets and one-truck owner-operators with authority are delaying the transition from AOBRD-spec technology. ELD providers are hopeful for new customers among the small percentages of truck…
34-hour restart regs rebuffed by Congress in 2014 officially nixed from rulebook
The regulations, which have not been enforced since December 2014, limited truck drivers to one restart per week and required the restart to include two 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. periods. Those regulations were suspended by Congress in December 2014, though the…
TruckerNation hours comment drive ongoing via social sites
The TruckerNation organization has consulted with FMCSA toward making commenting on the FMCSA’s hours proposal possible via dedicated posts on TruckerNation’s Facebook pages, where interested drivers can grant the org. permission to file their commenta…
Second FMCSA listening session on hours of service set for D.C.
The second of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s listening sessions on the proposed hours of service changes will be held Tuesday, Sept. 17, at U.S. DOT headquarters in Washington, D.C. The listening session will be held from 1-3 p.m. an…
Trucker Talent Search: Hear the performances; And: More on hours amid comment period
In this Overdrive Radio podcast, run through talent-search music, with a warm-up by Long Haul Paul Marhoefer and plenty emcee’ing by trucker-songwriter Tony Justice, who’s played a major role through the event’s six years in making it an ongoing anchor…
One trucker’s somewhat mixed feelings on the hours of service proposal
Clifford Petersen on the hours proposal: “I will say definitively … that yes, we need greater flexibility. After all, we are professionals, and no one knows our needs better than we do. Still, there are areas that need clarification …”