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Review the Highway Safety Coalition presentation on the new HOS rules here.  FMCSA published their revised Hours of Service (HOS) final rule 6/1/2020. Driver must operate under this new rule starting 9/29/2020. The final rule changes four provisions; Short Haul Exception Adverse... Continue Reading

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Seminars will discuss the four key revisions to the existing HOS Rules:•The 30-minute break rule requiring a break after 8 hours of consecutive driving•The sleeper-berth exception to allow drivers to split their required 10 hours off duty into two periods•The adverse driving... Continue Reading

HDT Staff Operating costs were up across the board last year, costing fleets an average of $71.78 per hour to run freight, according to the American Transportation Research Institute’s latest Operational Costs of Trucking report. The 2019 update to ATRI’s report looked at... Continue Reading

Below find an article by the United States Postal Service Office of the Inspector General. Technology does not solve problems. People solve problems using the right technology in the right manner. Case in point: Dynamic Route Optimization (DRO), a technology-based initiative to... Continue Reading

Join us at the 8/24/2018 from 3 – 5  PM CDT for a listening session with the FMCSA.  Topic is Hours of Service (HOS). It will be held during the Great America Truck Show at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center; 650 S Griffin Street, Dallas TX 75202.   More... Continue Reading

Case Western Reserve University Red Light Camera Study Continue Reading

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ATRI’s 2018 Report examining the leading indicators of truck crashes can be found here. Continue Reading

FMCSA announces regulatory guidance to clarify the applicability of the “Agricultural commodity” exception in the “Hours of Service (HOS) of Drivers” regulations. This regulatory guidance clarifies the exception with regard to: drivers operating unladen vehicles traveling either... Continue Reading