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 …”
Listen/watch: Owner-operators, drivers weigh in on hours at FMCSA’s listening session
If you missed the Great American Trucking Show or the FMCSA’s webcast last week, you can sit in on the first hour_plus of the hours of service listening session held at GATS Aug. 23 via this video and/or audio player. The session was devoted to some pr…
Listen/watch: Owner-operators, drivers weigh in on hours at FMCSA’s listening session
If you missed the Great American Trucking Show or the FMCSA’s webcast last week, you can sit in on the first hour_plus of the hours of service listening session held at GATS Aug. 23 via this video and/or audio player. The session was devoted to some pr…
Grocery delivery fleet gets reprieve from 30-minute break requirement
Transco’s team drivers in its grocery division who make wholesale deliveries to grocery and convenience stores will be allowed to use on-duty non-driving time to satisfy the 30-minute break requirement.
Drivers press for cumulative 30-minute break in first HOS listening session
Kicking off the formal comment period for FMCSA’s proposal to enact hours of service reforms, owner-operators and other stakeholders took the mic before FMCSA’s top decision makers at a public listening session Friday at the Great American Trucking Show.
Truckers have until Oct. 7 to file comments on FMCSA’s hours of service proposal
Proposed changes include allowing drivers to pause their 14-hour on-duty clock for up to three hours and extending the split sleeper berth options for drivers to include splits of seven hours and three hours, among other proposed reforms.
Hours of service listening session set for GATS
The GATS listening session, which will be at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, will begin at 10 a.m. and is scheduled for two hours. FMCSA says the listening sessions will allow the public to present comments, views and relevant research on t…
Mailbag: Worm turns a bit on regs favor with hours proposal, readers sound off
In this week’s Overdrive Radio, readers weigh in largely favorably on FMCSA’s this-week-proposed hours of service changes — a big departure from reader reactions to new regs over recent history. Also: Better split-sleeper data blind spots that could h…
Parking roundtable with focus on Texas lanes set for GATS
On Saturday, Aug. 24, at noon at GATS, join us to give your input directly to TxDOT on parking needs and new capacity ideas. Former owner-op Scott Grenerth will host a discussion intended to bring in the audience for input with a TxDOT rep, Clark Freig…
As industry groups laud FMCSA’s hours proposal, truckers offer mixed reactions
The proposal was met with quick praise from trade groups like the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, the American Trucking Associations and the Truckload Carriers Association. However, reaction among Overdrive readers has been split, with …