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More emissions-delete fines | CARB's new small-fleet electric truck finance effort
CARB's pilot program will offer financing opportunities with lenders for fleets of fewer than 20 trucks. Also: Diesel pickup dealership owner fined over emissions "deletes;" Mack, Volvo using renewable diesel for trucks rolling off assembly line.
April 24, 2024
Another state cracks down on predatory towing
Mississippi has enacted a new law that aims to cut down on predatory truck towing in the state, and bans boots and other devices. Also: Senators call on NHTSA to enhance regs around automated driving systems; truck tonnage dipped in March.
April 23, 2024
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Life
Compounding violations lead to $19K fine, OOS order, arrest
A truck was found to be 63,000 pounds overweight on an Oregon roadway -- the driver was placed OOS due to visible fatigue and later arrested for continuing to operate. Also: New non-recourse factoring option; new Calif. truck stop inks biodiesel deal.
April 19, 2024
Voices
More 'big rips': Owner-ops flag biggest broker margins they've seen
Debate over brokered-freight transaction transparency never lets up when freight markets are sluggish -- a recent question answered by hundreds of owner-ops revealed the biggest takes they'd seen through the years, and plenty more debate around the issue.
April 18, 2024
Regulations
FMCSA moves on registration-system update
Latest step in the agency's "clean up the bad actors" effort with a new entity registration system: approval sought from the White House OMB to implement a new "FMCSA Registration System (FRS)" to replace the Unified Registration System.
April 18, 2024
Regulations
Lawmakers override guv's veto, clearing autonomous-vehicle path | Long-term I-840 lane closure
The bill, previously vetoed by KY Gov. Andy Beshear, allows autonomous vehicles without a driver to operate in the Bluegrass State. Also: Long-term I-840 lane closure due to bridge strike in TN; spot rates update; FL denied CDL testing flexibility; more.
April 17, 2024
Regulations
Fog-blind trucker hits concrete barrier: Preventable?
2 a.m., and truck driver John Doe was in rain, fog on a tight two-lane highway bounded by concrete barriers. An oncoming truck blinded Doe with high beams, then swerved into his lane. Doe missed the truck, but not the barrier to his right. Preventable?
April 17, 2024
Regulations
Inspectors ask FMCSA to alter inspection report requirements
CVSA wants FMCSA to remove the requirement that carriers return inspection reports to the issuing agency within 15 days certifying that all violations have been corrected, calling the requirement “antiquated and redundant.”
April 17, 2024
Regulations
Trucking groups appeal California court's latest AB 5 decision
Trucking's pursuit of an injunction to block the AB 5 classification rule from applying to trucking was shot down in March. Also: New eRegs app puts FMCSRs at fingertips; FMCSA hosting two-day research forum; new runaway truck ramp in Virginia.
April 16, 2024
Regulations
Small fleet asks for expansion of coil securement waiver | Threat ongoing: Fake safety audit scam
FMCSA previously granted the fleet a waiver to allow alternative steel coil securement. Also: Small fleet owner latest hit by safety-audit phishing scame; intermittent I-475 closures planned Monday; Michigan lifts spring weight restrictions.
April 12, 2024
Regulations
Operation Safe Driver enforcement blitz: CVSA set dates | Autonomous vehicle bill stopped
CVSA announces when the Operation Safe Driver enforcement blitz will ramp up. Also: KY's guv vetoed a bill that would have required drivers in-cab for any autonomous vehicle over 62,000 lbs. through 2026; 'Best Fleets to Drive For' crowned.
April 10, 2024
Regulations
FMCSA forces broker transparency from Uber Freight after double brokering scam
After a small fleet owner caught scammers red-handed double brokering an Uber Freight load, FMCSA got involved and forced transparency from the broker, amid ongoing payment dispute.
April 10, 2024
Hours of Service
FMCSA explains the HOS waivers around Baltimore's bridge collapse
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration spelled out further details of, and longer-range possibilities for, the hours of service waivers in place following collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.
April 10, 2024
Regulations
Texas fleet owners human trafficking truck drivers, editing logs: Police
VSR Transportation, now inactive in FMCSA's system, allegedly refused to pay immigrant drivers, threatening their job or immigration status to keep from paying 47 cents per mile.
April 9, 2024
Life
Indiana begins construction on wireless truck charging highway segment
Indiana DOT, Purdue University and Cummins are partnering on the project to build a roadway that can charge electric vehicles at highway speeds. Also: FMCSA hosting session on Baltimore bridge collapse response; I-195 bridge work in Rhode Island; more.
April 9, 2024
Life
Port of Baltimore reopening timeline proposed
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning to open a temporary channel to the port by April's end, with the permanent channel reopening by the end of May. Also: Some New Hampshire haulers get regs relief; more Kenworths, Peterbilts recalled; more.
April 8, 2024
Regulations
Group backed by former AG Barr suing California over rule banning diesels
The American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce filed suit looking to block enforcement of CARB's Advanced Clean Fleets rule. Also: Love's opens five new Speedco locations, renovates two; new resource for finding showers.
April 5, 2024
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