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Hours of Service
FMCSA’s Ferro, trucking groups square off in Senate over hours, agency priorities
At a Senate hearing this week, regulators and trucking groups offered testimony to lawmakers about what could be done to improve truck safety in the U.S. Here are some highlights.
July 31, 2014
FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro touted to Congress her agency’s proposed rule mandating use of electronic logging devices as bolstering on-highway safety. She also defended the 2013 hours-of-service rule as a crash-preventer, along with other agency rulemakings. Trucking groups like OOIDA and ATA, however, told lawmakers in this week’s truck safety hearing that the agency needs to realign its priorities.
Channel 19
Trucker-cycler Scott Grenerth relocates: To Grain Valley
A walk through memory of recent years following the day I met Grenerth running on a Nashville road with Jasmine “Jazzy” Jordan in 2010; Grenerth is now OOIDA’s regulatory affairs director.
June 24, 2014
Scott Grenerth on bike
Business
Group of OOIDA members, drivers issue letter to DOT in support of Anne Ferro
Citing regulatory efforts on detention pay and other compensation reform, CSA and other programs as beneficial, one group of OOIDA members comes out in support of FMCSA chief.
June 21, 2014
Ferro
Business
Scott Grenerth named OOIDA regulatory director
Scott Grenerth, former Fikes- and, later, CRST-leased owner-operator, will head up OOIDA’s regulatory advocacy operation.
June 20, 2014
Scott Grenerth, OOIDA’s new regulatory affairs director
Channel 19
Voices on the call for FMCSA head to resign
Was OOIDA’s move the right one — or is the “be careful what you ask for, you just might get it” adage an appropriate consideration? More views here on the org’s call for Anne Ferro to resign.
June 10, 2014
anne ferro at OOIDA
Voices
POLL: Do you support OOIDA’s call for Anne Ferro’s resignation?
OOIDA’s June 6 letter to the DOT secretary alleged a “bias against truckers” that precluded Ferro’s impartial conduct in her job as the FMCSA’s chief regulator. Where do you stand on the call for her resignation?
June 6, 2014
Ferro-2
Business
Citing ‘bias against truckers,’ OOIDA calls for resignation of FMCSA head Anne Ferro
OOIDA has sent Anthony Foxx a letter asking for FMCSA head Anne Ferro to resign, saying she has a “clear bias against truckers and the trucking industry” and that the agency “can no longer perform its regulatory and enforcement duties impartially.”
June 6, 2014
Anne Ferro
Hours of Service
Groups praise amendment to suspend 2013 restart changes
Groups representing segments of the trucking industry have been quick to praise passage of an amendment to the Transportation Department funding bill that would suspend the 2013-imposed restart provisions in hours-of-service regulations for one year.
June 5, 2014
ELD grid
Business
OOIDA, Western Star ‘Spirit of American Trucker’ tour hits the road
After building a truck from the ground up through fan votes, the Western Star “Design Our Star” show truck is now on the road, pulling the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association “Spirit of the American Trucker” tour trailer to truck shows, conferences and truck stops throughout the United States, Daimler announced this week.  The truck is being […]
June 4, 2014
ooida truck
Business
Clearinghouse rule comments: OOIDA wants protection in reporting, carrier groups want expansion
OOIDA says the rule needs safeguards against carrier reporting measures, while groups like ATA are pushing for an expansion of the ability of carriers to report drug or alcohol violations to FMCSA’s database.
May 28, 2014
drug test
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Med examiner rule update: ATA requests six-month delay, FMCSA boosting numbers
ATA has joined the chorus asking the FMCSA to push back the effective date of its National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners until more examiners have been added to its rolls.
May 19, 2014
medical
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Judge consolidates OOIDA lawsuits against agency’s violation appeals process
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association’s two lawsuits against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s DataQ’s violations appeals system have been consolidated after the association filed a motion in court seeking consolidation.
May 13, 2014
Indiana State Trooper inspection under truck
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