Lawmaker vows to block speed limiters on trucks

WASHINGTON — An Oklahoma lawmaker is taking a preemptive shot at a truck speed limiter proposed rule scheduled to be published this year, introducing a bill aimed at stopping it.

The Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-Wheelers (DRIVE) Act, introduced in the U.S. House on Wednesday by Republican Josh Brecheen, would prohibit the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration from “implementing any rule or regulation requiring vehicles over 26,000 pounds that are engaged in...

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Driver tax credits, truck parking capacity part of new bipartisan bill

Truck drivers would be eligible for up to $10,000 in tax credits, along with training incentives, as part of new bipartisan legislation aimed at retaining and recruiting drivers.

The Safer Highways and Increased Performance for Interstate Trucking (SHIP IT) Act, introduced on Tuesday by U.S. Reps. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., and Jim Costa, D-Calif., also incorporates truck parking funding and an hours-of-service exemption for livestock haulers — long-sought measures by drivers and carriers.

The...

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FMCSA rejects work-rule exemption for livestock haulers

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Livestock haulers remain frustrated after being told by federal regulators that they will not...

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FMCSA cancels emergency hours of service waiver

Truck driver using an electronic logging device.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration quietly let lapse a national hours-of-service exemption in place for over two years, a move supported by both major trucking companies and truck safety advocates.

The exemption, first issued by FMCSA in March 2020 following the national emergency declared by President Trump in response to COVID-19, was extended and/or modified over 10 times. It gave truck drivers and carriers more flexibility to deliver shipments of livestock, medical supplies,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-cancels-emergency-hours-of-service-waiver

Trucking COVID-related supplies drops 50% under special waiver

Truck with livestock trailer.

New federal data reveals that COVID-19 supplies, such as tests, masks and related medical equipment, hauled under the emergency trucking hours-of-service (HOS) waiver have dropped by approximately 50% over nine months ending in July.

The new data, compiled by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, also shows that livestock and groceries — namely food and paper products — are the primary commodities being transported by truck under the waiver, based on a review of self-reported...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trucking-covid-related-supplies-drops-50-under-special-waiver

Breaking: Congress approves $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill

A historic, $1.2 trillion infrastructure package that folds in a reauthorization of the highway bill for the next five years — including a load of new provisions that affect trucking — is finally headed to President Joe Biden’s desk for signing.

After months of political gamesmanship between the progressive wing of the Democratic party in The House of Representatives and conservative Democrats in the Senate – both trying to use leverage to affect passage of the related budget reconciliation bill...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/congress-approves-12-trillion-infrastructure-bill

FMCSA asks: How much is the industry using the HOS waiver?

With another extension of the emergency hours-of-service waiver looming, federal regulators want the trucking industry to let them know to what extent carriers and drivers are actually taking advantage of the exemption.

The first-of-its-kind, 50-state exemption was originally issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The order gives drivers and carriers more time to make deliveries without violating federal work-hour...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-asks-how-much-is-the-industry-using-the-hos-waiver

Time to lift emergency hours-of-service waiver?

Livestock haulers want federal regulators to keep in place the 16-month-long emergency hours-of-service waiver for truck drivers and carriers until at least the end of August despite an economy that has largely reopened for business.

The first-of-its-kind, 50-state exemption was rolled out in March 2020 in response to a national emergency brought on by the COVID-19 outbreak. The waiver gives drivers more time to make deliveries without violating federal work-hour requirements. It has been...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/time-to-lift-emergency-hours-of-service-waiver

JBS cyberattack: Livestock haulers feel brunt of plant shutdowns

A truck transports live cattle in illustrate an article about the impacts of the JBS cyberattack on livestock haulers

Truck driver Darwin Hershberger was preparing to transport cattle from Wyoming to Utah on Monday morning when the feedlot owner told him the load was canceled. The reason: a cyberattack on JBS, the largest meat processor in the world.

Hershberger and other truck drivers who specialize in hauling livestock have been feeling the brunt of the attack, which has disrupted operations at JBS facilities across the U.S. and Canada. The White House said it was a ransomware attack, likely by hackers in...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/jbs-cyberattack-livestock-haulers-feel-brunt-of-plant-shutdowns

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