Multiple industry stakeholders, representing trucking fleets, owner-operators and brokers, testified before Congress Nov. 21 detailing how the recent hours-of-service rule changes have hurt their businesses and their overall quality of life.
Multiple industry stakeholders, representing trucking fleets, owner-operators and brokers, testified before Congress Nov. 21 detailing how the recent hours-of-service rule changes have hurt their businesses and their overall quality of life.
An important deadline is just around the corner for CDL drivers and their motor carriers. As of Jan. 30, 2014, all CDL holders must have supplied information about the type of driving they do (self-certify) and the status of their medical certificate/card to their state driver’s licensing agency.
Might driverless trucks make more sense than driverless cars? And will the trucking industry be an early adopter? Following up on this week’s House hearing on autonomous vehicles, and ahead of an upcoming series on where the technology is headed in commercial vehicles, Friday Feedback takes a look at reader reaction to an earlier CCJ story about the possibilities.
Administrator Anne Ferro persistently defended her Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s hours-of-service rule Nov. 21 in a House subcommittee hearing, saying she is not open to repealing the regulations. “No, absolutely not,†she said when asked by subcommittee chairman Rep. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.) whether she would be open to undoing the rule.
Thursday is a big day for trucking. The last, best hope to rein in regulatory overreach takes root with a hearing before the House Small Business Committee.  Trucking representatives will detail the dreadful operational impacts of the new hours-of-service rule, along with the broader safety and economic consequences. The industry’s top regulator, in turn, will […]
In leading up to the House hearing set for Thursday — when the House’s Small Business Committee will hear testimony on the impacts of the new hours-of-service rules — CCJ had the exclusive opportunity to speak with Rep. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.), who’s been backing a delay of the new hours rule since July and is the […]
The third-quarter uptick in GDP and stable fuel prices are “good news†stories for trucking, an industry economist says – but an aggressive regulatory agenda will continue to impact profitability more than modest economic gains.
A full 80 percent of carrier respondents to a recent study done on the impact of the July 1 hours-of-service rules say they have seen their productivity decrease since the new rule went into effect.
The U.S. House of Representatives contracting and workforce subcommittee to the Small Business Committee will hear testimony Nov. 21 on the economic and operational impact of the new hours-of-service regulations to small businesses.