The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is proposing to revise its regulatory guidance on recording hours of service time as a “yard move,” which can be recorded as “on-duty, not driving” rather than “driving” time. Specifically, the agency proposes to replace Question 9 to 49 CFR 395.2, which asks how a driver’s time should be recorded […]
A post-election political football finally crossed the goal line in late December when Congress approved a $900 billion COVID-19 relief package, including $284 billion for another round of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funding. The second round of PPP includes provisions for new loans and the ability to secure a second PPP loan for qualified small […]
Business in 2020….scattered, smothered, covered, diced and topped. For those unfamiliar with the terms those are but a few of the options available for hash brown orders at Waffle House. As apt as they are for a plate of shredded and griddle-fried potatoes, they’re just as apt to describe the chaos that descended on the freight-hauling […]
Hino announced last week the pausing truck production for roughly nine months at its North American plants following certification issues with its diesel engines. Effective with model year 2021, Environmental Protection Agency Phase 2 regulations tighten standards for carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas engine emissions for heavy- and medium-duty trucks.
Congress passes second COVID relief package Both chambers of Congress Monday afternoon passed a $900 billion COVID-19 relief package that, in part, reopens the Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses. For companies that received PPP funding in the first round, they can apply for a second loan of up to $2 million, as long as […]
Back in January, before the world went crazy – which feels like a lifetime ago – I was able to ring in the new year with Mack’s electric LR Model. The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) – the largest sanitation department in the world with 6,000-plus trucks collecting more than 12,000 tons of […]
U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced four individuals entered guilty pleas to conspiracy to commit mail fraud for their involvement in a staged crash scheme against truck drivers, fleets and insurance companies. The particular crash for the four individuals occurred on Oct. 13, 2015. According to the guilty plea, Anthony Robinson, Audrey Harris, Jerry Schaffer […]
Moderna’s COVID-19 treatment received an Emergency Use Authorization from the Food and Drug Administration late Friday, just in time for the kickoff a second wave of vaccine distribution that will be nearly three times as large as the initial wave last week. Operation Warp Speed has allocated more than 5.9 million doses of the vaccine […]
More than 15,000 trucks and drivers were placed out-of-service during the annual International Roadcheck inspection blitz in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The 72-hour enforcement spree, headed up by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, was held Sept. 9-11. In total, 50,151 inspections were conducted across North America. The top five vehicle OOS violations during the […]
