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FMCSA: Current insurance minimums for carriers ‘inadequate,’ new rule coming

The current $750,000 minimum liability insurance required to be held by carriers is too low, said the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration this week, and the agency plans to create a rule upping that minimum.

April 22, 2014

FMCSA on med exam rule delay: More examiners on the way, numbers will work

Nearly 25,000 medical examiners are somewhere in the process of being certified and added to FMCSA’s medical examiner registry, the agency has said in response to OOIDA’s request for a delay for drivers of the compliance date of the rule.

April 9, 2014

med doc exam forms

OOIDA requests FMCSA delay the compliance date of medical registry rule

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has filed a legal petition asking the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to push back the compliance date of the medical examiner registry rule until more agency-certified examiners are available for truck operators.

April 8, 2014

Observations from the dark side

“If you do go to MATS, take the time to go over to the Papa John’s parking lot and rub elbows with the regular guys – we’ve met some of the most decent human beings on this earth in that parking lot, and you don’t need a press pass to do that.”

March 28, 2014

MATS PP Lot (800x475)

MATS New Entrant listening session yields new ideas

Among voluminous thoughts on New Entrant testing, responding to commentary from owner-operator Michael Potwin Anne Ferro revealed that the agency’s plan to downgrade adjudicated citations’ violation weight in the CSA system could be in place as early as this summer.

March 28, 2014

Responding to commentary from owner-operator Michael Totwin relative to the DataQs challenge process and citations for violations thrown out in court, Administrator Anne Ferro revealed that the agency’s plan to downgrade such violations’ weight in the CSA system could be in place as early as this summer.

Readers debate New Entrant test

While a majority were positive about FMCSA’s plan to introduce regs testing into the process for obtaining operating authority, questions as to the scope of test questions remained as the second federal listening session on the subject approached.

March 13, 2014

Click through the poll for a larger version. For information of the next New Entrant testing listening session, to be held at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville March 28, read this linked story.

Acquisition, maintenance cost worries stand out in post-2018 efficiency standards conversation

Readers sound off on President Obama’s announcement of plans for post-2018 model truck fuel-efficiency/emissions standards.

February 20, 2014

DOT Secretary fuel-efficiency image

Overdrive Radio

Audio: Rich Wilson at MCSAC — ‘We need to hear more from drivers’

Though any FLSA reform wouldn’t apply directly to owner-operators, some have made the argument that improved pay conditions for company drivers and corresponding rate-dynamics changes would filter positively throughout the industry.

February 15, 2014

TCRG Consulting’s Rich Wilson, longtime former owner-operator, was lone among commenters Day 3 of the recent MCSAC meeting — hear his viewpoint on the need for driver input on regs and more in the podcast.

Hours of Service

Trucking groups question FMCSA hours study, Congressman says it’s ‘worthless’

Rep. Richard Hanna called FMCSA’s study “worthless,” while OOIDA says it is skeptical of the agency’s findings. ATA says the study does not provide any justification for the rules.

January 30, 2014

Rep. Richard Hanna

On the road again…

The George & Wendy Show back on the road: “Oh my gosh, it’s better than Christmas. We’re actually leaving the house this week!”

January 14, 2014

George and Wendy Parker will be running in this 2004 Freightliner Coronado leased to Landstar when they hit the road again this week. Find more about the rig in this post.

Be your own boss: How to get your own authority

A step-by-step guide to the necessary federal and other filings. Be prepared for paying fees and handling lots of forms.

January 8, 2014

“Mustang” Mike Crawford used services of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association when he got his operating authority in the year following being selected as Overdrive’s 2010 Trucker of the Year. “I paid them $805, and they did everything for me,” Crawford says. That included enrolling him in their CMCI drug and alcohol testing consortium — such enrollment is a requirement for independents.

Overdrive Radio

OOIDA survey latest to show hours-of-service rules cut pay, increase driver fatigue

A full 65 percent of the 4,000 truck drivers surveyed by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association said the new hours of service rules have caused them to receive less income, while 46 percent report feeling more fatigued since the new rules took effect.

November 20, 2013

Unintended consequence? Drivers and industry advocates are saying the new hours of service provisions are dumping them out on the highways at the most congested hours of the day, dinging productivity, increasing stress and likely not improving safety.

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