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THE ONLY ROAD TO TORT REFORM
THERE IS A ROAD TO TORT REFORM...AND WE ARE NOT ON IT. Doug Marcello WHY IT MATTERS: We have the power and ability to bring real tort reform by radically changing our approach and flexing our electoral power. WHY WE ARE FAILING: Our current course for tort...
CVSA’s Upcoming Training Courses for Industry
Hazardous Materials Instructor Training Overview Virtual Courses CVSA will hold two Hazardous Materials Instruction Training (HMIT) Overview Courses. These virtual courses will introduce participants to a 10-step process that can be used to set up and implement an...
AT&T outage leads to ELD, tech concerns for truckers
Mark Schremmer A large-scale AT&T outage on Thursday, Feb. 22 raised questions about how truck drivers can remain compliant if their electronic logging device stops working. The short answer is that truckers may have to turn to paper logs to track hours of...
Deadline nears for filings as Werner seeks review of nuclear verdict
Arguments at Texas Supreme Court recap liability and blame apportionment in fatal 2014 accident John Kingston Deadlines are looming for all briefs to be filed with the Texas Supreme Court as it decides whether to review the enormous verdict against Werner Enterprises...
Update on Relevant U.S. Regulations
FMCSA Requests Comments on Application for Certificate of Registration for Foreign Motor Carriers and Foreign Motor Private Carriers ICR On Feb. 16, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) requested comments on the Application for Certificate of...
Accident Response Tips
By Alyssa Adams The moment an accident occurs is not the time to put your company’s accident response plan into place. Having an accident response plan in place, including training your dispatchers on the policy, will allow you to act as soon as an accident occurs. ...
Federal law designed to make trucking safer may have aggravated worst issues
US government can’t confirm whether ELD mandate has improved safety on the road, but studies suggest otherwise Rachel Premack On a Tuesday evening in March, Lisa and Lee Schmitt left their home to move a 42,000-pound load of pre-cracked, pre-whipped eggs. As truck...
Final Rule for Determining Independent Contractor Status under the FLSA
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) finalized its regulation for determining employee or independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the federal statute governing minimum wage and overtime pay. The final rule repeals and replaces a prior...
Electronic Logging Devices Can Be Fooled
Michael Phelan Trucking industry insiders are charging that some ELD vendors are manipulating weaknesses in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s technical requirements to allow trucking companies and drivers to use “ghost co-drivers” to avoid...
How do drivers falsify ELD logs?
Log falsification remains the number one hours-of-service-related violation. Many people mistakenly believed that falsification would be a thing of the past once electronic logging devices (ELDs) were in widespread use. However, while ELDs made falsification harder...