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Channel 19
ELD mandate: Is drivers’ time saved by e-logs worth near $2 billion annually?
Just as it’s pretty hard to estimate time saved in a reliable way, it’s pretty hard for paper and pencil to malfunction in the same way a computer can — delving into FMCSA’s ELD mandate cost-benefit analysis.
February 18, 2016
Voices
The 34-hour restart’s complicated limbo
Here’s the latest. Nothing about the 34-hour restart will change until FMCSA issues its certified report on its mandated comparative restart study. If the report says what many truckers have hoped, however, the restart could disappear entirely.
February 17, 2016
Channel 19
Oops: Appropriations bill may have done away with 34-hour restart entirely
Turns out the 34-hour restart-related item in the late-2015 Congressional appropriations bill may have done a little more than was intended, eliminating the restart entirely. Before you start (or continue, as it were) recapping hours, however …
February 12, 2016
Business
FAA bill with trucking hours and pay implications advances
A bill that would prevent states from requiring truckers and their employers to comply with state laws regulating hours of service, such as meal or rest break requirements, has been approved by the House’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The bill would also, if enacted, throw cold water on state-level initiated driver pay reform.
February 12, 2016
Channel 19
An hourly future for driver pay?
There’s evidence that legal and other pressures could lead to more prevalence for a time-based pay model, particularly for company drivers. Should a state-to-state patchwork of enforceable labor laws be the way forward?
February 9, 2016
Electronic Logging Devices
ELD mandate: What about trucks plated below 26,000 lbs.?
Q&A: Will under 26K-lb. trucks be required to utilize ELDs under FMCSA’s final rule? Short answer: Yes, but complications with the short-haul exceptions in the hours rules may apply to some operations.
February 8, 2016
Business
Aviation bill would reemphasize federal authority over states’ regulation of truckers’ hours, pay
A bill unveiled in the U.S. House’s Transportation Committee this week seeks to restrict state’s ability to regulate truckers’ on-duty time, such as required rest breaks, and could have an impact on driver pay reform efforts being conducted at state levels.
February 4, 2016
Hours of Service
Trucker in Tracy Morgan crash again pleads not guilty to vehicular homicide, manslaughter charges
The truck driver involved in the accident that killed one man and injured comedian Tracy Morgan in June of 2014 pleaded not guilty to all charges when he was arraigned in Superior Court in N.J.
February 4, 2016
Voices
Threading the needle through trade policy, regulation, hammer swingers and the erosion of the middle class
Readers’ responses to a recent call for change to the 14-hour rule in the hours of service thread the needle through 30 and more years of American history and the erosion of the blue-collar middle class.
February 3, 2016
Voices
Reader: Do I need to comply with California meal and rest break rules?
Short answer: California’s meal and rest break provisions are seeing some litigation after court precedent. Some employers in a defensive posture are requiring the breaks of their drivers, adding complexity on top of an already complex federal hours reg.
January 27, 2016
Channel 19
ELD mandate pre-2000 exemption: How will carriers leasing owner-operators treat it?
Answers here from respondents to a recent carrier survey conducted by CCJ. And: Reader Gary Carlisle’s thoughts on the limited potential for the ELD mandate to impact rates for the positive.
January 26, 2016
Hours of Service
6 states issue hours-of-service waivers for emergency loads in wake of Winter Storm Jonas
Six East Coast states have issued temporary and limited hours-of-service exemptions for certain relief load haulers in the wake of the historic winter storm that impacted about a third of the U.S. population.
January 25, 2016
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