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Category Archives: regulations
EOBR listening session scheduled
Going to the Mid America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky? The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is holding a public listening session to solicit information, concepts, ideas and comments on Electronic On-Board Recorders (EOBRs) and the issue of driver harassment. … Continue reading
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Tagged federal regulations, hours of service, truck driving
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Hours of service rule challenged
Transport Topics reports that advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, Public Citizen and the Truck Safety Coalition, as well as two individual truck drivers, have challenged the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s latest final ruling about hours of service. They found fault … Continue reading
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Hours of service under fire
The American Trucking Assocations have filed a petition with the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia asking the court to review the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s latest final rule for hours of service for commercial … Continue reading
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Tagged commercial vehicle, federal regulations, hours of service
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Encore!
We’re honored that the Devine News has requested to reprint the blog we posted yesterday to EagleFordShale.com about how to get a commercial driver’s license. We hope this will help lots of potential new drivers to get a CDL and … Continue reading
New HOS
Looks like the latest final rule for new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations on hours of service may stick. Landline Magazine reports that parties in the most recent lawsuit challenging the regulation have agreed to dismiss the lawsuit. However, that doesn’t mean … Continue reading
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Tagged commercial vehicle, federal regulations, hours of service, safety, truck driving
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SOPA and PIPA
In this space, usually we write about commercial cargo transport legislation. This is about another type of proposed regulation. Lots of Internet sites are blacked out today or otherwise participating in a protest against the proposed SOPA and PIPA legislations … Continue reading
Reminder: hang onto that paper
Here’s a reminder: the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will require until January 30, 2014 that interstate drivers subject to the commercial driver’s license (CDL) regulations and the Federal physical qualification requirements must retain paper copies of their medical examiner’s … Continue reading
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Hours of service
The anticipated final rule on the hours of service has been published in the Federal Register. Read all about it here.
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Cell phone ban update
The Federal Motor Ccarrier Safety Administration and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration are amending the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) and the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to restrict the use of hand-held mobile telephones by drivers of commercial … Continue reading
HOS news
The final hours-of-service regulation is currently under review at the Office of Management and Budget. Landlinemag.com reports that in a Nov. 28 court filing, the agency states that it expects to issue the final rule within the next 30 days. The proposed HOS regs … Continue reading
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Tagged commercial vehicle, federal regulations, hours of service, safety, truck driving
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