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Business

Concrete pumpers get five-year extension of 30-minute break relief

The exemption allows all concrete pump operators, concrete pumping companies and drivers who operate concrete pumps in interstate commerce to count on-duty time while attending equipment but performing no other work-related functions toward their 30-minute break.

October 10, 2019

Business

Ray Martinez stepping down as FMCSA boss at month’s end

His final day will be Oct. 28, a DOT spokesperson told Overdrive. Until President Trump nominates a replacement and he or she can be confirmed by the Senate, FMCSA’s Deputy Administrator Jim Mullen is expected to act as interim administrator, a DOT official said.

October 10, 2019

Voices

Owner-ops voice concerns, fellowship at 10-4 on D.C. on National Mall

Participation in the event this year was down slightly from last year, but the makings of a successful event are well in hand. Participating owner-operators and drivers will be parked on the mall through early Saturday, followed by a convoy back for some R&R at the fairgrounds in Fredericksburg, Va.

October 3, 2019

Overdrive Extra

A dissenting voice on hours reforms: Owner-operators could be undercut by sliding rates

Be careful what you wish for on hours reforms, says broker Jeff Tucker, CEO of Tucker Company Worldwide, who predicts that the DOT’s hours of service proposal could tilt trucking’s supply-demand market forces and cause rates to tumble.

October 2, 2019

Business

FMCSA grants HOS relief to truckers hauling food, water for firefighters responding to disasters

The drivers can extend their on-duty time from 14 hours to 16 hours, while still driving a maximum of 11 hours in a day. They can also use on-duty, not-driving time to satisfy the 30-minute break requirement under the terms of the exemption.

October 1, 2019

Electronic Logging Devices

Goodbye, AOBRD: Shifting loyalties, yard moves and other challenges

Considering options with any ELD provider when making an upgrade from AOBRD technology can involve much more than just the basic differences between regulatory requirements of AOBRDs and ELDs — many devices come with a host of ancillary functions. Also: More on yard moves, edits and other new challenges.

September 23, 2019

Overdrive Extra

Why do drivers leave? Pay has a lot to do with it, but …

Many are quick to say it is a driver-pay problem, but that’s not all. In trucking companies’ rush to grow, they devalue the freight market, notes owner-operator Clifford Petersen, and in doing so trade their pricing power in favor of a questionable status quo where driver time itself is devalued.

September 20, 2019

Hours of Service

Drivers, carriers offer mixed reactions to proposed hours changes

Many comments already submitted agree with the proposed changes, while others think it will allow carriers to extend drivers’ working day by three hours. Other commenters mostly agree with the changes but would prefer more flexibility with the 30-minute break and the sleeper berth split.

September 20, 2019

Hours of Service

Comment period for proposed hours of service overhaul extended through Oct. 21

FMCSA announced in a Federal Register notice to be published Thursday, Sept. 19, it has extended the comment period from Oct. 7 to Oct. 21. The 14-day extension effectively gives the hours proposal a 60-day comment period from the time it was published Aug. 22.

September 18, 2019

Electronic Logging Devices

Goodbye, AOBRD: ELDs’ final shift

90 days out from the ELD mandate’s final Dec. 17 deadline, many fleets and one-truck owner-operators with authority are delaying the transition from AOBRD-spec technology. ELD providers are hopeful for new customers among the small percentages of truckers switching providers during the transition.

September 17, 2019

Hours of Service

34-hour restart regs rebuffed by Congress in 2014 officially nixed from rulebook

The regulations, which have not been enforced since December 2014, limited truck drivers to one restart per week and required the restart to include two 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. periods. Those regulations were suspended by Congress in December 2014, though they technically remained on the books.

September 11, 2019

Overdrive Extra

Confusion over ‘relaxed’ regs and rested drivers

It gets worse when those outside of trucking presume safety performance goes up or down in lockstep with changes in cherry-picked numbers. This led, for example, to widespread reports that the proposal would “relax” existing regulations, thereby automatically increasing fatigue.

September 6, 2019