Biden Administration Withdraws Letter on Sleeper Berth Pay
Do fleets have to pay drivers for more than eight hours in the sleeper? The answer just got murkier.
February 22, 2021
Do fleets have to pay drivers for more than eight hours in the sleeper? The answer just got murkier.
February 22, 2021
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has extended the COVID-19 exception to hours of service regulations for certain pandemic-related loads to May 31.
February 16, 2021
This year’s International Roadcheck commercial motor vehicle inspection blitz, scheduled for May, will focus on vehicle lighting and hours-of-service compliance.
February 2, 2021
Lytx said its new Unassigned Drive Time Service simplifies the burden of managing unassigned vehicle movements, reducing labor costs and risk of fines.
January 22, 2021
An appeals court recently upheld a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ruling that federal hours of service rules pre-empt the state of California’s meal and rest break rules.
January 21, 2021
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed a pilot program to evaluate even more flexible sleeper-berth split options in the hours of service rules.
January 14, 2021
"Yard moves" can be logged as on duty not driving under trucker hours of service regulations – but just what constitutes a yard move? See how FMCSA proposed to define a yard move.
January 4, 2021
DOT officers put almost 21% of the commercial vehicles inspected out of service during Roadcheck 2020, CVSA reported. Read how that compares to 2019 results.
December 18, 2020
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will host a question and answer session on the new hours of service rules that went into effect at the end of September.
December 11, 2020
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has published an interim final rule clarifying agricultural commodity and livestock definitions in hours-of-service regulations.
November 19, 2020
An analysis of electronic logging device data by eRoad has shown recently implemented changes to the hours-of-service regulations have not had a big impact on user operations.
November 18, 2020
A recent survey conducted by the J. J. Keller Center for Market Insights shows that fleets are facing challenges from the recent hours-of-service (HOS) rule changes, while also identifying some benefits to the new rules.
November 2, 2020
COVID-19 does not seem to have slowed down the staff at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which is juggling multiple rulemakings and research projects as it approaches the last months of the current administration’s term, from younger drivers to additional hours-of-service flexibility.
October 23, 2020
With the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration hours-of-service update recently taking effect, J. J. Keller is now offering a free step-by-step guide to ensure that your fleet is in compliance with the new and previous HOS regulations, as well as a new checklist.
October 21, 2020
Changes to truck driver hours of service rules, designed to offer drivers more flexibility, take effect at 12 a.m. eastern time on Sept. 29.
September 28, 2020