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Defining âgobbledygookâ with driver Sandy Long
Missouri-based Weston Transportation driver Sandy Long, blogging here, this morning laid down a primer for owner-operators and drivers on the term gobbledygook, defined by Westerâs as âwordy and generally unintelligible jargon.â She found some examples of it in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrationâs postponed proposal (from last year) to mandate electronic onboard recorders for [âŚ]
June 11, 2012
Business
LogBook
FMCSA nixes EOBR mandate, states looking for trucking options, U.S. trucker jailed in Mexico
June 1, 2012
Business
DOT still accepting EOBR, harassment commentary
FMCSA is still seeking public comment related to EOBR and their potential to harass drivers.
May 17, 2012
Business
Groups press Congress for electronic log mandate
ATA and others continue their march for a national electronic log mandate.
May 8, 2012
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 driversâ word.
May 4, 2012
Business
Beyond Anti-Idling
Save thousands of dollars a year on fuel by careful use of your right foot â and your head. Donât ignore driving habits and other strategies to supplement the benefits of minimal idling.
May 1, 2012
Channel 19
Owner-operators deliver in MATS EOBR listening sessions
If you havenât 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 [âŚ]
March 27, 2012
Channel 19
Back to basics in apnea debate: The importance of sleep
Last night on the Truth About Trucking Live online radio program of fuel hauler Allen Smith and his wife, Donna, discussion of the FMCSAâs Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee and Medical Review Boardâs joint work on the issue of sleep apnea gave way at a crucial moment to a reiteration of the reality of the [âŚ]
February 24, 2012
Channel 19
More than a typo? Split sleeper wishful thinking
Trans Products / Trans Services Regulatory Manager Rich Wilson, during a break between sessions of the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee meeting in Alexandria, Va., early this month, pointed out a couple curious problems with the medical forms some states are using. One, he pointed out, defined stage 3 hypertension as a blood pressure reading [âŚ]
February 23, 2012
Channel 19
Elephants in the room: MCSAC snapshot
There were two of them in the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee meeting room at the Hilton Old Town in Alexandria, Va., yesterday. At a certain point in the committeeâs discussion yesterday, Feb. 7, about the issue of electronic logs and harassment, as the discussion ranged seemingly away from the task at hand â discussion [âŚ]
February 8, 2012
Channel 19
Former owner-operator going after MCSAC committee representation
As Iâve written about here in weeks prior, former owner-operator Fred Schaffner, a man with a passion for fighting for fairness in the treatment of drivers in the face of regulatory flux and with a keen eye on the regulatory process, came out of the Truck Driver Social Media Convention last October on a mission: [âŚ]
December 19, 2011
Channel 19
Say ____ to electronic logs, Take 2
Itâs time to play fill in the blank again on the Channel 19 blog. Itâs been nearly  a year since the above headline graced this hall above a post about a rash of legislative proposals to mandate electronic logs for the entirety of interstate truckers and certain low-cost electronic logging options out there. In the [âŚ]
August 29, 2011
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