The combination of video and big data, called video intelligence, has already transformed several industries. Commercial transportation could be next.  Fleet owners in this high-risk, low-margin industry see the technology as a way to protect themselves and their drivers from the ever-present threat of litigation.
PeopleNet announced it has updated the 34-hour reset rule in its eDriver logs application to ensure full compliance to driver Hours of Service regulations. The updates were made on Dec. 22, six days after President Obama signed an appropriations bill containing an amendment to suspend enforcement of the 34-hour reset rule enacted in July, 2013.
Is the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s work to raise the minimum amount of liability insurance required for carriers warranted?  DAT Solutions’ Don Thornton says no, and in a recent blog post published on DAT’s site
The stress on capacity – caused by a short truck supply and increased freight demand — eased some in recent weeks, according to the latest roundup of industry indicators.  But any uptick in freight could push capacity stress back into a capacity crunch, according to FTR: “While the capacity conditions have moved out of the critical […]
Suspending 2013’s 34-hour restart provisions and forcing FMCSA to study the rules and better justify them? Check. Unchecked? Blocking FMCSA’s insurance increase rulemaking and setting deadlines for an electronic logging device mandate and a Safety Fitness Determination rule.
Radios have connected dispatchers to drivers since the 1950s, perhaps earlier. From the start, radio communications created the instant “push-to-talk†(PTT) pipeline between the office and mobile workers to update schedules and routes as the day progressed.
Per a request made in October, Navistar International has been granted its motion to consolidate the more than two dozen lawsuits against it and its EGR-only engines, and proceedings in the bundled suits has been transferred to the Northern District of Illinois.
Experts predict the online grocery industry will grow from 2 percent of the $650 billion spent annually on domestic groceries to between 10 and 17 percent by 2023. Â The business model looks appealing, at least on paper. With a single warehouse and a small fleet of delivery vans, an online grocer is able to serve […]
Two provisions of the 2013 changes to hours-of-service regulations for truck operators will be suspended at least until Sept. 30, 2015, and FMCSA will be required to further study the rules and their impact before the rules can take effect again.
