On May 26, FMCSA announced its decision to waive the hours-of-service (HOS) limitations in Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) § 395.3 and the requirement for drivers to use an electronic logging device (ELD) to record the driver’s duty status in § 395.8(a)(1)(i) for motor carriers and drivers transporting straight or blended fertilizer products for commercial farming and agricultural purposes in select states. This waiver does not apply to the transportation of hazardous materials. The exemption is effective May 26 through Aug. 26.
Know the Crash Before It Happens: A Practical Playbook for Carriers
Scopelitis Here’s a question worth 60 seconds of your time: if you had to name the handful of crash types most likely to hurt someone in your operation, could you? Most of us think crashes are random bolts of lightning. They’re not. When you dig into the national...