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Channel 19

So much for the ‘hope for leniency’: One owner-operator’s hours out-of-service experience in the ELD era

After forgetting to log off-duty, Tom Werner explains his steps to rectify the issue on his ELD were insufficient to avoid out of service time in Oregon.

May 10, 2018

Voices

ATA v. OOIDA dust-up: Truckers respond

Truck drivers weigh in on the ATA and OOIDA following ATA President Chris Spear's claims that individuals associated with the OOIDA threatened the ATA.

May 7, 2018

Overdrive Radio

Mailbag: Most readers feel ELDs have exacerbated parking issues

A run through the mailbag on Overdrive Radio with contrarians on and, mostly, true believers in the notion that the ELD mandate has exacerbated parking issues around the nation. And: A little detail on an hours-enforcement-with-ELD situation that begged for officer leniency, and none was to be had.

May 4, 2018

Overdrive Radio

Will FMCSA Administrator Ray Martinez thread the needle toward hours change?

Colleagues James Jaillet and Davis Hollis joined me for this special edition Overdrive Radio podcast about their interview of FMCSA Administrator Ray Martinez at MATS. Full audio of that interview is included, with further thoughts on hours-change potential in light of recent Congressional moves to grease the skids for it, so to speak, on tap for withdrawal, according to aides. …

April 26, 2018

Hours of Service

Congress could act to hasten hours of service changes, revive ‘carrier hiring standards’ provision

The amendment would allow FMCSA to proceed directly to issuing a proposed rule on any changes to hours of service regulations, rather than having to publish an Advanced Notice of a Proposed Rulemaking first, as dictated by federal law. If passed, the amendment would be good for two years from the date of enactment of the bill, meaning FMCSA could skip the ANPRM stage for any hours reforms sought in that time frame.

April 25, 2018

Overdrive Extra

Is ‘moving the hours finish line’ the right tack for change?

Owner-op Gary Buchs on hours-change potential, including recent bills and petitions: “People regularly pontificate about how much better trucking was with the old 10/8 rules and more sleeper splits. I’d challenge these memories somewhat with a reminder that we still got tired, and that the working environment for trucking was very different.” …

April 13, 2018

Voices

Report: Truckers take to D.C. streets (one Tased and arrested) and engage FMCSA, Congress on hours change, more

Grassroots groups of owner-operators and drivers returned 30-40 power units to Constitution Ave. between the White House and Washington monument yesterday, April 9, to press concerns to the public, lawmakers and regulators over the ELD mandate and hours of service flexibility. In an otherwise productive day, according to participants, one owner-op tells a story of use of force gone wrong.

April 10, 2018

Channel 19

Truckers engage with FMCSA, work on follow-on petition for hours change to allow more sleeper splits

Remember that recently invoked saying about squeaky wheels? Some good emerged from the MATS session on hours that went off the rails, as several truckers pivoted with outreach to FMCSA, planning and taking part in meeting with officials about hours of service revision potential.

April 6, 2018

Overdrive Extra

What is your time worth?

“How many of us, if asked, could accurately quote what our time is worth, per hour, based on actual and complete data? No emotion, no pie in the sky guessing, just the cold hard facts.” Gary Buchs on numbers analysis toward establishing per-hour rates for healthy profit.

April 3, 2018

Overdrive Radio

Parking, ELDs, advocacy, self-insurance (‘level the playing field,’ anyone?) and more with Tilden Curl

This edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast features a talk with owner-operator Tilden Curl, who believes removal of the self-insurance option for motor carriers might, “dare I say it, ‘level the playing field’,” he says, when it comes to the price put on risk in underwriting standards put on carriers of all sizes, with numerous implications…

March 30, 2018

Hours of Service

Bill in Congress would allow drivers to pause 14-hour clock for up to three hours

A bill filed in the U.S. House Thursday by Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas) would allow drivers to take one break per day — of up to three hours — that does not count against their 14-hour on-duty allotment. The bill mirrors a petition filed by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association last month, calling for a pause button for drivers’ daily 14-hour clock of up to three hours and the removal of the mandatory 30-minute break required by current hours regs.

March 29, 2018

Channel 19

How to blow the whistle on problem shippers/receivers when delays force violations

A way to hold shippers and receivers accountable for delaying you into an hours violation that will require drivers doing something that hasn’t exactly been easy for a fed-up group of late: working with the DOT and FMCSA. (And FMCSA holding to their part of the bargain.)

March 29, 2018