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Newsby Deborah LockridgeOctober 23, 2020

FMCSA Pushes Ahead with Initatives on Younger Drivers, Autonomous Trucks, and More

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.

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Newsby StaffOctober 21, 2020

J. J. Keller’s Free HoS Guide, Checklist Reduce Risk

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.

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ProductsOctober 12, 2020

TruckX Releases Wired ELD Setup

TruckX Inc. recently unveiled its Wired ELD setup with no need for a Bluetooth connection since it is directly hardwired into the truck’s engine.

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Guest Voices September 28, 2020

New Hours of Service Rule Relaxes Safety, But You Don’t Have To

The National Transportation Safety Board contents that the new, more "flexible" hours-of-service rule puts commercial drivers — and those with whom they share the roads — at increased risk.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 28, 2020

New Hours of Service Rules Take Effect Sept. 29

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.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 28, 2020

FMCSA Denies Request for Longer Workdays for Autonomous-Truck Drivers

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration denied an application from Pronto.ai requesting that drivers of its autonomous-tech trucks be allowed to operate longer hours than current hours-of-service regulations allow.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 22, 2020

California Intrastate Carriers Can't Use New Federal Hours-of-Service Rules

Although changes to federal hours of service rules go into effect Sept. 29 offering more flexibility to trucking, if you operate only in California, you will not be able to use any of the new options, according to the Western States Trucking Association.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 17, 2020

Safety Advocates, Teamsters Challenge Hours of Service Changes

Less than two weeks before revised hours of service rules are set to take effect, they have been challenged in court by a coalition of safety advocacy groups that are often seen as anti-trucking, along with the Teamsters union.

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 14, 2020

What Happens When FMCSA Comes to Audit Your Driver Logs?

Electronic logging devices may mean less paper, but some companies still can run into some trouble during an FMCSA compliance investigation.

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 11, 2020

What You Need to Know About Hours of Service Changes

Insight and advice on hours-of-service changes going into effect at the end of the month from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's chief enforcement official, Joe DeLorenzo.

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