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Channel 19
Could EOBRs solve the detention dilemma?
EOBRs can give owner-operators a powerful tool when dealing with customers and the shipping/receiving facilities relative to detention time. Given that stopped time and location is easily retrievable with the systems, operators now have ready-made documentation to prove detention time to the shipper, beyond just drivers’ word.
May 4, 2012
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Business
LogBook
The Arrow Truck Sales 2012 Back on the Road winner is named, the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners is required, a woman’s rescuer is named Goodyear’s Highway Hero, cargo theft increases and other industry news items are featured.
May 1, 2012
Billy Basenburg’s prizes include a 2008 Mack Pinnacle high-rise sleeper.
Business
Dollars & Sense
There is more than one way to be a business owner in trucking.
May 1, 2012
Adding trucks to your operation is a sure way to generate more income, but your success still depends on how well you manage the fleet.
Channel 19
Speak out today in EOBR session
If you’ve not taken the opportunity to tell the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration your thoughts on just how electronic onboard recorders for hours-of-service monitoring are or will be used in the industry, today is your day. For haulers shutting down in late afternoon on the East Coast, the opportunity is particularly good. The agency’s […]
April 26, 2012
Business
FMCSA opens floor for driver commentary on EOBRs
FMCSA announced it will hold a listening session April 26, in Bellevue, Wash., to gather public commentary on EOBRs and driver harassment.
April 25, 2012
EOBR
Business
Driver turnover decreases slightly in fourth quarter
After a year of quarterly increases, the turnover rate for truck drivers at large truckload fleets dipped one percentage point to an annualized rate of 88 percent.
April 12, 2012
Channel 19
Owner-operators’ road trip guide from Atlas
Atlas Van Lines’ King of the Road operator survey, conducted earlier this year, garnered close to a couple hundred responses to questions running the gamut of operational details and preferences for various businesses delivering services to drivers the nation over. Favorite coffee? Dunkin Donuts. Best fast food? Subway. Biggest difficulty on the road? Eating right, […]
April 10, 2012
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Business
Feds close Utah carrier
Federal officials have shut down a small Utah carrier after declaring the company and its principal an imminent public safety hazard.
March 31, 2012
Channel 19
Owner-operators deliver in MATS EOBR listening sessions
If you haven’t read the report my colleague James Jaillet filed from the Mid-America Trucking Show on the Friday listening sessions the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration conducted on the subject of electronic on-board recorders for hours of service compliance, find it here. Time and again, operators urged regulators to address the real problems in […]
March 27, 2012
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Overdrive Extra
Driver to FMCSA: ‘Stop coming after us!’
Owner-operator Greg Petit gave federal regulators a mouthful Friday morning during a hearing to get input on electronic onboard recorders.
March 24, 2012
Business
FMCSA inspector outlines top hazards
Top driver problems are logbook issues, record of duty status isn’t current, isn’t in possession of a medical certificate, doesn’t speak English and carrier requires or allows driver to drive after 14 hours on duty.
March 23, 2012
Inspection Od1
Business
LogBook
Driver harassment, the hours rule, Navistar’s engine transision, sleep apnea regulations and more industry news items are featured.
March 20, 2012
An FMCSA safety panel made recommendations that would focus on protecting drivers from harassment when using an electronic onboard recorder.
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