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Business
Montana temporarily relaxes hours-of-service regulations for certain truckers
Winter weather prompted Montana Gov. Steve Bullock to issue an emergency declaration, allowing drivers hauling propane, heating oil and diesel fuel in Montana to be exempt from hours-of-service regulations.
January 3, 2017
Channel 19
It’s complicated: Channel 19 year in review, part 3
Part 3 in this year in review, in which the “real Leroy Mercer” reared his head (sort of — yeah, it’s complicated), and Elves Trucking’s time-card hours compliance strategy didn’t look well in light of compliance-review waterboardings, and …
December 30, 2016
Channel 19
A little learnin’ and its opposite: Channel 19 year in review, part 2
Part 2 in this year in review picks up with Wes Memphis’ transition to e-logs and plenty “unlearning” to be done …
December 29, 2016
Hours of Service
2013 hours regs permanently nixed, ATA says; FMCSA disputes
ATA says the “restart rollback” is now permanent. FMCSA says it’s still waiting on the results of a report, as Congress directed.
December 16, 2016
Hours of Service
34-hour restart’s future clearer than before, but uncertainty lingers
Lawmakers warded off a scenario in which the 34-hour restart would be removed as a tool for truckers to use to manage their weekly on-duty time. But the future of the regulations surrounding the 34-hour restart is still unsettled.
December 12, 2016
Hours of Service
Congress clears legislation to spell out future of 34-hour restart regs for truck operators
For the time being, truckers can continue to operate as they have since December 2014, meaning 34-hour restarts do not need to include two 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. periods and the 34-hour restart option can be used as often as truck operators like.
December 11, 2016
Voices
New priorities for a new DOT secretary?: Take two
A bevy of reader voices raised in response to the question: “What would be your message to Trump’s incoming DOT leader?” Issues of regulation (the ELD mandate chief among them), parking/infrastructure and driver pay loomed largest.
December 7, 2016
Voices
POLL: What should be priority No. 1 for a new DOT Secretary in the coming year?
What would you tell a new DOT secretary — indications are Trump will nominate former DOL Secretary Elaine Chao — to make the No. 1 priority in the coming year?
December 7, 2016
Business
Midwest Muscle: Iowa bolsters targeted approach to driver violations
Iowa DOT’s high violations-per-inspection ranking, among other data, underscores an increasing focus on driver violations, particularly related to hours of service.
November 29, 2016
Business
Walmart truckers land $55 million settlement for non-driving time pay
Walmart Transportation has been ordered by a federal jury to pay 850 current and former truck drivers a total of $55 million in back pay. Of note to truck operators, the company was ordered to pay $44.7 million for federally stipulated 10-hour off-duty periods.
November 28, 2016
Business
Hours exemption for certain hazmat haulers extended
The exemption from the 30-minute rest break rule is limited to drivers transporting hazmat loads that have filed security plans requiring the drivers to constantly “attend” to the cargo.
November 21, 2016
Hours of Service
ATA expects Congress to act on hours of service before year’s end
An ATA rep says Congress is expected to act to clear up the hours of service confusion created by a 2015-passed bill that could unintentionally remove the 34-hour restart as a tool for truckers to use to reset their weekly on-duty clocks.
November 18, 2016
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