The exemption expires March 18, 2018. Carriers who haul agricultural commodities and farm supplies (as defined in 49 CFR 395.1(k)(1) have until that date to implement an ELD.
Carriers must have a satisfactory safety rating, and must carry a copy of the notice in each truck.
Clarifies drivers operating unladen vehicles traveling either to pick up an agricultural commodity, trips beyond 150 air-miles from the source of the agricultural commodity, whether grain elevators and/or livestock sale barns should be considered a “source” of agricultural commodities.
The second proposed regulation clarifies the use of Personal Conveyance by commercial drivers. Details and instructions are here. Personal conveyance is the use of an unladen Commercial Motor Vehicle for commuting, and is considered an Off Duty status.
Source: TRALA Scores 90-Day ELD Waiver for Short-Term Truck Rentals
Having decided to grant part of a United Parcel Service request for a limited 5-year exemption from some provisions of the electronic logging device mandate, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will now allow all motor carriers—not just UPS– and drivers to make use of two new temporary exemptions from the ELD rule.
Amidst a show where major topics of conversation included electrification of commercial vehicles and the path to autonomous trucks, one industry exec said the digital supply chain will be the next big breakthrough in trucking productivity.
Source: Digital Supply Chain Offers Greater Potential Than Electric, Autonomous Trucks
Commercial motor vehicle enforcement personnel in Canada and the United States conducted more than 62,000 driver and vehicle safety inspections on large trucks and buses during the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) 30th annual International Roadcheck, June 6-8, 2017. 23 percent of vehicles and 4.2 percent of drivers that received Level I Inspections were placed out of service.
International Roadcheck is a three-day enforcement event when CVSA-certified inspectors conduct high-volume, large-scale, high-visibility roadside inspections of large trucks and buses. Commercial motor vehicles and their drivers were checked at inspection sites, weigh stations and roving patrol locations along roadways in North America throughout the 72-hour enforcement initiative.
Vehicle-related results are as follows:
Driver results are as follows:
Each year, International Roadcheck places special emphasis on a category of violations. This year’s focus was cargo securement. While checking for compliance with safe cargo securement regulations is always part of roadside inspections, CVSA highlighted proper cargo securement this year as a reminder of its importance. Cargo securement violations (not including hazardous materials/dangerous goods loading/securement) represented 15.7 percent of all vehicle out of service violations during 2017 International Roadcheck.
The top five violations related to cargo securement (out of a total of 3,282) in the United States were:
The specific out-of-service (OOS) violation percentage distributions (numbers indicate a percentage of the total out-of-service violations by category) from 2017 International Roadcheck are shown below:
| Vehicle OOS Violations Category | Percentage of Vehicle OOS Violations | Driver OOS Violation Category | Percentage of Driver OOS Violations | Hazmat OOS Violation Category | Percentage of Hazmat OOS Violations |
| Brake Systems | 26.9% | Hours of Service | 32.3% | Loading/Securement | 40.4% |
| Cargo Securement | 15.7% | Wrong Class License | 14.9% | Shipping Papers | 22.7% |
| Tires/Wheels | 15.1% | False Log Book | 11.3% | Placarding | 20.8% |
| Brake Adjustment | 14.5% | Suspended License | 3.4% | Package Integrity | 4.3% |
| Lighting Devices | 11.6% | Drugs/Alcohol | 1.6% | Transport Vehicle Markings | 0.8% |
| Suspensions | 4.7% | Driver’s Age | 0.4% | ||
| Steering Mechanisms | 2.3% | ||||
| Frames | 1.0% | ||||
| Coupling Devices | 0.8% | ||||
| Fuel Systems | 0.6% | ||||
| Driveline/Driveshaft | 0.2% | ||||
| Exhaust Systems | 0.2% |
