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May a driver, who drops his or her last load at a receiver’s facility use personal conveyance to return to their normal work location (i.e. home or terminal)? No. Returning home or to the terminal from a dispatched trip is a continuation of the trip, and therefore cannot be... Continue Reading

The recently published FMCSA guidance on personal conveyance provides additional flexibility for fleets that choose to allow their drivers to utilize off-duty driving or personal conveyance. The flexibility comes from the removal of the “unladen” term, which eliminates the strict... Continue Reading

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Check out the training video here… How familiar are you with Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) HOS Rules and Regulations? The FMCSA has updated the HOS section of their website to include a pre-recorded webinar titled “Hours of Service: How Familiar Are... Continue Reading

01/29/16 by Egor Korneev. Running under different HOS profiles in each fleet segment is straightforward. However, if companies use the same drivers, on the same days, to run under two different HOS rulesets, the complexity quickly rises. The possibility of unexpected Hours of... Continue Reading

Arlington, VA – The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) today released the results of a new analysis of the safety and operational impacts from the 34-hour restart provisions.  In this latest of an ongoing series of Research Tech Memos, ATRI analyzed an... Continue Reading

Drivers are needed for a study that pays up to $2165 for completing a 5 month study mandated by Congress.  This is an on the job research study that requires about 30 minutes a day to complete a diary and a smart-phone based assessment. You can learn about this Virginia Tech... Continue Reading

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has posted official notice of changes to the 34 hour restart provision to the Hours of Service regulations. You can access the official notice here. Drivers may take a 34 hour off duty break to reset their cumulative totals; 60... Continue Reading

The President signed a broad spending bill that includes a temporary rollback of the July 2013 “34 hour restart” provision in the commercial drivers’ Hours of Service regulations. Effective today, drivers will be permitted to restart their weekly hours by simply... Continue Reading

The House of Representatives on Saturday night passed a spending bill already passed by the Senate – and the President has promised his quick signature. This broad spending bill includes a rollback of the 34 hour restart provision in the commercial drivers’ Hours of... Continue Reading