"Psst, hey fleets: I've got a compliant ELD for you." How far should you trust self-certified electronic logging device (ELD) vendors in their claim their products are compliant?
On the site of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Workshop event in Chicago this week, a federal subcommittee of the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC) convened for the first time. The Post Accident Report Review Subcommittee is tasked with making recommendations to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to potentially improve and/or increase the amount of the data that comes from state and local law enforcement agencies reporting crashes to the federal system.
As the saying goes, to a hammer everything looks like a nail. To a Silicon Valley guy, everything needs to be automated and “disrupted.” And in a recent post on Tech Crunch, the online source for technology industry news and gossip, one of the Valley’s currently coolest kids spells out the end of truck drivers.
WASHINGTON, DC – The relationship between sleep, safety and driving continues to have a strong focus into 2016, as the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announces that it will host three public feedback meetings to listen to drivers facing obstructive sleep apnea.
TORONTO, ON — Ontario will soon form a “new ultra-low-carbon utility” agency mandated to reduce carbon emissions, and may even push the trucking industry toward a more widespread use of natural gas, The Globe and Mail newspaper reported Wednesday.
The Senate’s Appropriations Committee last week passed a 2017 DOT funding bill that would set an April 28, 2016, deadline for the DOT to publish its proposed rule to mandate the use of speed limiters/governors on heavy-duty trucks.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Charleston City Council is proposing a combination of tolls and taxes to pay for finishing Interstate 526 through Charleston's western suburbs.
Next time your trucking charity is having a cookout, maybe you should give OOIDA Life Member Bill Perregaux a call.
Many truck drivers suffer from mental health issues but are reluctant to seek help, often because they fear losing their jobs.
So, you’re a trucker sitting in the diner at the truck stop and in walks the head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. You might not recognize him: just another guy dressed in jeans and sneakers, a ball cap and safety vest.
The U.S. Senate’s Appropriations Committee April 21 passed 30-0 a bill that corrects a legislative mess-up from December that put the 34-hour restart in jeopardy.
Prime honored its female drivers Wednesday night at its inaugural Highway Diamonds Gala in Springfield, Missouri. Hundreds of drivers, their families and employees of the fleet celebrated the women of Prime.
The official cause of death of a truck driver who died in flooding near Houston earlier this week has been declared accidental drowning.
Fleetmatics Group announced the findings of an in-depth analysis of its pest control customers’ fleet activity in honor of April being designated National Pest Management Month by the National Pest Management Association (NPMA).
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is proposing a new safety scoring category to reward trucking companies for safety programs which voluntarily exceed regulatory requirements.
The Federal Highway Administration is proposing across-the-board measures for states to record and report what's going on with the National Highway System.
Spot truckload rates declined across all three equipment types during the week ending April 16, according to DAT Solutions, which operates the DAT network of load boards.
Volvo’s involvement in the government-sponsored SuperTruck project played a critical role in the design and engineering of Volvo Trucks North America’s 2017 powertrain, according to the truckmaker.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is requesting public input on its Beyond Compliance carrier safety-recognition program. The agency was mandated to create the program no later than June of next year by the FAST Act highway bill that became law in December.
The Washington State Department of Transportation is looking for input from truck drivers to help the department better understand truck parking problems in the state.
Spot market activity took another small hit last week, per the weekly Market Demand Index from Truckstop.com‘s weekly Trans4Cast report. The MDI decreased 3.6 percent in the week ending April 18, due to a 3.3 percent decrease in load availability. Compared to the same month last year, load availability was down 16.5 percent, and the overall MDI was down a comparable 16.6 percent.
The price of diesel fuel rose for the eighth time in nine weeks during the week ending April 18, according to the Department of Energy’s weekly report.
With the U.S. Senate set this week to take up the annual budget for the Dept. of Transportation, an ad hoc coalition of safety, labor, law enforcement and public health groups is urging lawmakers to resist the “insatiable” economic agenda of the trucking industry.
The number of large trucks involved in fatal crashes decreased by five percent, from 3,921 to 3,744, in 2014 vs. 2013, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s latest annual Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts report. And the rate of large trucks involved in fatal crashes over that period declined by 6%.
Growth in freight shipments slowed in March, according to the latest Cass Freight Index Report, while freight spending turned negative – but a longer-term view of cargo movements and the overall economy appears at least somewhat brighter.
The inaugural North American Commercial Vehicle Show (NACV Show) focused on the commercial fleet and heavy truck market is scheduled to debut Sept. 25-29 next year and will consist of more than 300,000 square-feet of exhibition space in Atlanta, Ga.
Medical examiners performing physical exams on truck drivers will be required to use the revised versions of the Medical Examination Report Form and the Medical Examiner’s Certificate Form beginning April 20.
Following two straight months of growth, the amount of freight moved by for-hire operations in the U.S. fell in February from the month before, due in part to a substantial decline in trucking, according to a Transportation Department report released Wednesday.
An ad-hoc coalition of trucking organizations issued a letter Monday, April 11, to Acting FMCSA Administrator Scott Darling disputing comments made by FMCSA’s Joe DeLorenzo on a media call last week regarding the agency’s January-proposed Safety Fitness Determination rule.
Diesel prices rose an average 0.13 cents per gallon in all but one region of the country last week, with prices in New England states falling 0.06 cents, which barely registers on the pump.
Truckers earned a victory in court last week when the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia upheld a lower court decision that struck down an ordinance from the city of Morgantown that banned trucks from using a certain portion of State Route 7 that passes through the city.
The Women In Trucking Association’s (WIT) has named Shelley Simpson as the winner of the 2016 WIT Distinguished Woman in Logistics Award.
Yet federal data indicates prices for both still well below 2015 levels.
Volvo Trucks North America recently delivered the 100,000th truck equipped with its I-Shift automated manual transmission (AMT). The truck, a Volvo VNL 670 model, was presented to Watkins & Shepard Trucking during a brief reception at Transport Equipment, a Volvo Trucks dealer in Missoula, MT.
Seasonal freight volumes got a 38 percent boost from seasonal freight in March, according to the DAT North American Freight index. Compared to February, van freight availability increased 25 percent, flatbed volume rose 64 percent, and reefer volume added 16 percent.
In an effort to further increase productivity and fuel efficiency, Volvo Trucks North America developed Volvo I-See, a new feature that memorizes thousands of routes traveled and uses that knowledge to keep the truck in the best, most fuel-efficient gear possible.
The Women In Trucking Association announced the 13 members of its 2016 Image Team at the 7th annual Salute to Women Behind the Wheel event in Louisville, Ky.
In an effort to further increase productivity and fuel efficiency, Volvo Trucks North America developed Volvo I-See, a new feature that memorizes thousands of routes traveled and uses that knowledge to keep the truck in the best, most fuel-efficient gear possible.
The Women In Trucking Association announced the 13 members of its 2016 Image Team at the 7th annual Salute to Women Behind the Wheel event in Louisville, Ky.
A pair of stories involving drivers striking bald eagles with their vehicles recently made the news.