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Biden admin favors vehicle miles traveled tax, but ATRI report cautions costs could outweigh benefits
DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the Biden Administration are considering a vehicle miles traveled tax for infrastructure funding, but an ATRI report found costs of such a tax could outweigh the revenues. Also, Werner driver recognized by CVSA; more.
March 29, 2021
U.S. Senate approves PPP application deadline
With the U.S. Senate passing a bill extending the deadline to apply for Paycheck Protection Program, the measure now goes to President Biden. His signature would extend the March 31 application deadline to June 30.
March 26, 2021
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Driver recognized after pulling young boy from fiery crash
A trucker helped extinguish a fire and pulled a 9-year-old out of a vehicle when he drove up on a crash scene. Also, a new ATA board will look to bridge the gap between trucking and law enforcement; J.B. Hunt integrates load board with KeepTruckin; more.
March 26, 2021
Business
Cargo theft volumes, average values increased in 2020
An increase in thieves targeting pandemic-related supplies drove cargo thefts up in 2020, Sensitech reports. Also, Kenworth Mid Atlantic opened a new parts and service dealership in Bel Air, Maryland; and Trucker Tools has partnered with the ERoad ELD.
March 25, 2021
Hours of Service
Legislation looks to ease HOS regs for livestock, ag haulers
A bill reintroduced in the Senate would relax HOS regs for livestock and ag haulers. Also, the owner of a Rhode Island-based trucking company was sentenced for falsifying FMCSA documents; and TA donates to St. Christopher Fund.
March 24, 2021
Regulations
The Feb. contract-freight fall-off; California trucker shut down after falsifying med cert
ATA’s advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell by 4.5% in February after rising almost 2% in January. Also, FMCSA shut down a Calif.-based trucker after a crash and falsified med certs; new TX truck stop; and more.
March 23, 2021
Business
What you need to know about the tax-filing extension
Today's news: The IRS late last week extended the tax filing deadline to May 17, though not the estimated quarterlies deadline. Spot market in the last week -- rates edge up. The show goes on for Expedite Expo in July.
March 22, 2021
Business
Record-setting rates for reefers, vans; flatbed hits a high plateau, too
Following February's weather disruptions, truckload freight shipments settled into more normal patterns during the week ending March 14, said DAT Freight & Analytics, yet rates hit record-setting highs even so in dry van, reefer.
March 19, 2021
Business
House OKs bill to extend PPP application deadline
The U.S. House OKs a measure to extend the application deadline for the Paycheck Protection Program. The bill now goes to the Senate.
March 18, 2021
Business
DAT: Spot truckload rates plateau after several weeks of gains
Three weeks after winter storms upended supply chains across the country, truckload freight shipments settled into more normal patterns of activity during the week ending March 14. Also, two truckers named Highway Angels for helping motorists in need.
March 17, 2021
Business
Owner-operator income saw strong 2020 gains
The average net income in 2020 for leased and independent operators combined jumped to $67,742 in 2020, thanks to pandemic-related changes.
March 16, 2021
Business
Small carrier, driver shut down after numerous safety violations found in compliance audit
A three-truck Alabama-based carrier was found to have poor vehicle maintenance and driver monitoring practices that made the company and a driver "imminent hazards to public safety." Also, diesel prices hit highest national average since December 2018.
March 16, 2021
Regulations
Hours of service violations mostly unchanged since rule change, ELD viols climb under COVID
More from FMCSA's ART Forum: Loosened hours of service rules haven't yet resulted in lower violation rates. Also: Trends in ELD enforcement and false log violations, as well as a Biden Administration revocation of Trump-era contractor definition.
March 12, 2021
Regulations
Despite shifts in DOT policy, safety ratings for owner-ops still hard to come by in 2020
Though FMCSA believes its off-site audit experiment, accelerating plans laid prior to the pandemic, is a success, dramatically reduced safety rating numbers tell a different story.
March 11, 2021
Business
Peering through the fog of 2021 spot freight and rates
We asked forecasters at DAT Solutions to peer through the fog and try to make sense of what lies ahead for freight demand and rates in 2021. The underlying forces in the spot market appear to point to a coming slowdown, though wildcards remain.
March 10, 2021
Business
Ohio-based trucker shut down following fatal wrong-way, head-on collision
FMCSA says the driver refused to provide blood for drug testing and was charged with manslaughter, among other thigns. Also, the PRO Act that would nationalize the ABC test for contractors passed the U.S. House. Vocational model updates from Peterbilt.
March 10, 2021
Channel 19
Yet another reason insurance costs are rising
Claims, says Sergio Hernandez of the DialVan 60-truck Laredo, Texas-based fleet. Hear his story of a multiple injury accident, for which DialVan shared no fault, that resulted in payout of his company's $1 million policy limit, and how they're mitigating.
March 9, 2021
Business
Nationalized ABC test would ice trucking’s independent contractor model
A bill making its way through the U.S. House would follow in the footsteps of California’s A.B. 5 law passed in late 2019 by severely curtailing the ability of owner-operators to haul freight for larger motor carriers.
March 8, 2021
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