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By Staff, Go By Truck News, May 31, 2018 The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is investigating whether some flexibility can be added to the hours-of-service rules, according to congressional testimony from FMCSA Administrator Ray Martinez. Speaking before the House Committee on Transporta…Read More

By John Kingston, FreightWaves.com, May 31, 2018 Next week is the International Roadcheck conducted under the auspices of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, the first since the ELD mandate went into effect. And in what is not a coincidence, Hours of Service rules will be the focus of this year'…Read More

By Alex Longley, Bloomberg.com, May 16, 2017 Forget Iran and OPEC — there’s another issue that will keep oil prices supported for the next two years, according to Morgan Stanley. Brent crude will reach $90 a barrel by 2020 as new international shipping regulations take effect, overhauling the ty…Read More

By Staff, Go By Truck News, May 11, 2018 White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders this week said she isn’t sure there will be an infrastructure bill by the end of the year, despite the fact lawmakers are pushing for a sweeping infrastructure package. “I don’t know that there will be …Read More

By Dorothy Cox, TheTrucker.com, May 2, 2018 It can be said that the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) and the American Trucking Associations (ATA) occasionally see eye-to-eye but most of the time don’t agree. But a story published by DC Velocity April 30 portrayed ATA Presiden…Read More

By James Jaillet, CCJ News, May 1, 2018 The U.S. House on Friday passed a bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration for five years, tacking on to the mostly aviation-focused legislation two policy riders related to trucking. One, as spelled out by CCJ in recent weeks, is the long-sough…Read More

By Staff, Go By Truck News, April 26, 2018 An amendment being considered by the U.S. House would, if enacted, allow the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to skip a step in the formal rulemaking process for any reforms to hours of service regulations taken up by the agency for the next two …Read More

By Todd Dillis, Overdriveonline.com, April 26, 2018 The California Trucking Association with California General Assembly legislators has put forward a bill establishing new civil penalties specifically aimed at glider kit trucks operating within the state and judged noncompliant with the California …Read More

By Staff, Go By Truck News, April 18, 2018 The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has updated its list of hours-of-service violations used in the Compliance, Safety, Accountability enforcement model. The agency added 22 roadside inspection violations to its HOS Compliance Behavior Analysis …Read More

By Staff, FleetOwner.com, April 17, 2018 FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) for February reflects an environment for carriers that has never been better. The current reading of 15.41 is the highest since FTR began tracking the conditions index in 1992. The index jumped four points from the Janu…Read More