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THE PROBLEM OF GHOST CARRIERS & FOREIGN-BASED DISPATCHERS HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR YEARS. FMCSA HAS FINALLY CAUGHT ON TO THE CONSPIRACY.
Overseas “ghost” carriers and foreign-based dispatchers exploit a regulatory loophole in U.S. Electronic Logging Device (ELD) rules to falsify driver logs and overwork truckers beyond safe limits The Loophole Federal law mandates that ELDs track Hours-of-Service...
Seize the day: National spotlight signals trucking turning point
Tyson Fisher Chameleon carriers, broker liability, unqualified truck drivers. These are all longstanding issues that trucking stakeholders have been sounding the alarm on for years. Those cries seemed to have fallen upon deaf ears … until now. For decades, the federal...
States Crack Down on Cargo Theft as Deceptive Pickups Rise
Noel Fletcher Arkansas and Tennessee lawmakers are enacting tougher sanctions against cargo thieves, while other states are eyeing bills that would establish task forces to harness resources to combat this burgeoning criminal activity. Truckers in states throughout...
Fleets cross the HOS compliance threshold without seeing it coming
Gabrijel Malijoku What you need to know SMS is a trailing indicator: Because new inspection data takes 30 to 60 days to appear in the Safety Measurement System, a monthly score update reflects past performance rather than real-time compliance risks. Recent violations...
ATRI to study safety and operational metrics of driver facing cameras
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) today called on motor carriers to participate in its Safety Impacts of In-Cab Monitoring research, which will assess how driver-facing cameras (DFCs) can positively impact safety and operational metrics. Fleets are...
FMCSA pauses USDOT number deactivations amid stumbling Motus rollout
CCJ Staff Truckstaff ELD’s self-certification revoked by FMCSA Truck drivers and motor carriers using the Truckstaff ELD are being asked to discontinue use of the device and revert to paper logs or logging software following the device’s revocation by the...
Bill aims to crack down on foreign ELD tampering
Ryan Witkowski A new bill introduced targets foreign meddling with electronic logging device records. On Monday, June 22, U.S. Representatives Greg Steube, R-Fla., and Dave Taylor, R-Ohio, introduced the Guarding Hours-of-Service Oversight and Stopping Tampering by...
FMCSA eyes increased enforcement of drug and alcohol rules for non-CDL commercial vehicle drivers
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is exploring ways to increase detection and enforcement of substance use violations among non-commercial driver’s license (CDL) commercial vehicle drivers. In a notice filed June 18, FMCSA announced a research...
A no-brainer decision: Feds remove ‘regulatory burden’ for ELDs
Ryan Witkowski The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is taking an axe to yet another unnecessary paperwork requirement for truckers. In a final rule expected to be published in the Federal Register on June 22, the agency will announce its decision to rescind...
Supreme Court Holds Worker Transporting Goods on an Intrastate Leg of an Interstate Shipment Exempt under the Federal Arbitration Act
In a unanimous opinion issued today in Flowers Foods, Inc. v. Brock, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a driver transporting an intrastate leg (i.e., not crossing state lines) that is part of an interstate shipment of goods is engaged in interstate commerce under the...