The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is planning to conduct a pilot program to study the safety benefits and impacts of increased flexibility in the use of sleeper berth breaks by professional truck drivers. FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro called for proposals last year to see if electronic logs and the latest sleep research could…
Recent heavy winter storms across the nation have underscored the need for all drivers, including truckers, to take extra precautions when traveling during the winter months. The American Trucking Associations (ATA), the nation’s largest trucking association, has released a set of winter driving tips from America’s Road Captains, elite professional drivers who have literally weathered…
Scheduled for March 10-13 at the Music City Center in Nashville, the event is expected to draw more than 300 exhibitors featuring the latest technology to help fleets improve safety and efficiency. A complete technology trade show will include the latest models of medium to heavy duty vehicles, specialty and alternate-fuel vehicles as well as…
The 2015 expansion of the Panama Canal will have an effect on U.S. trucking, according to a report recently released by U.S. DOT’s Maritime Administration (MARAD). The study focuses on the canal expansion’s impacts on ports, waterways and intermodal freight systems. The Panama Canal Expansion Study, the first of a two-part study, found the integration…
Truckers, once drawn to the job for the freedom of the open road, are rapidly becoming the most monitored employees in the American workforce. New regulations for Electronic On-board Recorders (EOBR) are expected next year and many truckers don’t like the prospect of even closer scrutiny on the hours they drive and how much down…
With reauthorization of the federal transportation bill looming in 2014, transportation industry leaders are priming the pump for increases in federal funding formulas. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) recently introduced H.R. 3636, which would raise the federal fuel tax by 15 cents. Blumenauer’s bill is consistent with recommendations made by the Simpson-Bowles National Commission on Fiscal…
Commercial truck drivers face a Jan. 30, 2014 deadline to self-certify their operating status and provide NRCME medical examiner certificates to their state driver licensing agencies, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Administration (FMCSA). FMCSA began requiring CDL holders to identify if they conduct intrastate or interstate commerce and if they hold non-excepted or excepted…
Much of the attention focused on autonomous or self-driving vehicles has centered on testing by companies such as Google, BMW and Lexus for the passenger vehicle market. However, there is a good argument to be made that autonomous vehicle technology will first affect industry and commerce – and that means the trucking industry. Trucking involves…
Facing a national shortage of 30,000 drivers and truckload of negative public perceptions, the American trucking industry realizes it has to polish its image. With that in mind, trucking industry companies have launched the “Trucking Moves America Forward” campaign. “The goal of this movement is simple — to effectively relay the essential nature of the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. DOT’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently released the 2012 Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) data and the numbers don’t bode well for trucking safety. Large-truck occupant fatalities increased for the third consecutive year (8.9 percent over 2011) and overall highway deaths increased to 33,561 in 2012, which is…
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