OOIDA seeks ELD exemption for safe carriers
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) on November 21 petitioned the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration...
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Nov 21, 2017
Ag haulers get 90-day delay on ELD mandate
With the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate less than a month away, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has announced...
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Nov 20, 2017
Failure to use ELDs won't affect CSA scores until April
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration confirmed on November 15 that a carrier's failure to use required electronic logs will...
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Nov 15, 2017
ELD exemptions sought for livestock haulers, filmmakers and others
With a legislative exemption uncertain, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) has applied for an exemption from electronic logging...
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Oct 31, 2017
FMCSA extends UPS partial ELD exemption to other drivers
Drivers who need to change their duty status away from their commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) will be able to do so if they are using...
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Oct 20, 2017
Short-term rentals exempted from ELDs
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted an exemption from electronic logging devices for drivers of property-carrying...
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Oct 11, 2017
House rejects delay of ELD mandate
In what might prove to the final meaningful battle over the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate, the U.S. House of Representatives on...
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Sep 6, 2017
CVSA announces phased compliance on ELDs
Citations for failing to use mandatory electronic logging devices (ELDs) or grandfathered devices meeting current electronic log...
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Aug 29, 2017
Carriers can use older engines to avoid ELDs
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recently reversed its position on what conditions qualify for the pre-2000 model year...
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Jul 27, 2017
Congress takes small steps toward ELD delay
With the U.S. Supreme Court in June ending the battle over electronic logging devices (ELDs) in court, opponents apparently have now...
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Jul 20, 2017
Supreme Court won't review ELD rule
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has lost its final judicial appeal on mandatory electronic logging devices as the U.S....
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Jun 12, 2017
Congress ignores big trucking issues in funding plan
The compromise legislation (H.R. 244) passed by Congress to fund the U.S. government through the end of September breaks little ground on...
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May 5, 2017
FMCSA clarifies important ELD issues
If a carrier replaces a truck that was equipped by December 18 with a device that meets current standards for electronic logs it can use...
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Feb 21, 2017
Court denies rehearing on ELDs
A federal appeals court has rejected a request that it rehear a challenge to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's rule...
Admin
Jan 13, 2017
Don't count on major FMCSA reversals under Trump
Donald Trump’s surprise win has many scrambling to reassess what federal policy will be on a wide range of issues. It’s fair to say that...
Avery Vise
Nov 9, 2016
