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FreightWaves Infographics: FMCSA delays speed limiter rule to May 2025
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Trucking Alliance, same 9 members, continues to chart its own path on regulation
In the sweep of trucking-related trade groups, there is really nothing quite like The Trucking Alliance.
It started with nine members more than 10 years ago; it has the same nine members and isn’t taking applications for new ones. (However, it will be losing one, U.S. Xpress, when it is acquired by Knight-Swift. But Knight-Swift is a member too, so it could be argued the organization isn’t shrinking.)
Whereas most trade groups actively seek to bring in new members, the Alliance does no such...
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...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/lawmaker-vows-to-block-speed-limiters-on-trucks
Broker oversight, truck speed limiters among 2023 policy action items
The Biden administration began 2022 by rolling out its National Roadway Safety Strategy, a U.S. Department of Transportation-wide initiative aimed at addressing rising injuries and deaths involving cars and trucks.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — and Congress — is expected to advance regulatory and legislative policy that either directly or indirectly attempts to tackle the problem.
Truck parkingWith Republicans taking control of the House, a divided government will make it more...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/action-on-broker-oversight-truck-speed-limiters-expected-in-2023
Runaway diesel prices top trucking industry’s critical issues list
SAN DIEGO –Soaring diesel prices displaced the driver shortage after five years in the top spot in the American Transportation Research Institute’s 18th annual Critical Issues in the Trucking Industry.
“It certainly brings attention to it when it overtakes something [like driver shortage],” Rebecca Brewster, ATRI president and COO, told FreightWaves.
The independent research group that works closely with the American Trucking Associations released its 18th annual survey Saturday during the ATA’s...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/runaway-diesel-prices-top-trucking-industrys-critical-issues-list
What are FMCSA’s top upcoming proposed rules?
The U.S. Department of Transportation issued in September its latest Significant Rulemakings Report summarizing the status of such rulemakings for each of its agencies.
“Significant rules,” according to DOT, “are essentially those that are likely to have high benefits or costs or are potentially controversial.” Significant proposed or final rules issued by a DOT agency must also be reviewed by the secretary of transportation and the Office of Management and Budget before they can be issued.
For...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/what-are-fmcsas-top-upcoming-rule-proposals
Daily Infographic: IIHS urges quick adoption of speed limiter requirement for trucks
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FMCSA’s speed limiters: Unsafe at any speed?
Plans by federal regulators to issue a proposed rule requiring speed limiters on truck engines is getting pushback by a significant portion of the trucking sector.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s April notice seeking comment on the plan, which the agency aims to issue as a proposed rule for public comment in 2023, generated more than 15,000 responses. Most came from independent owner-operators and small trucking companies, which account for the majority of FMCSA’s regulated...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsas-speed-limiters-unsafe-at-any-speed
NTSB says regulators should pursue more flexible truck speed mandate
A plan by federal regulators to set a maximum truck speed falls short because it does not take into account technology that can adjust to different speed limits, according to the nation’s top safety watchdog.
Reacting to the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration’s intent to issue a proposed rule requiring carriers to set electronic engine control units (ECUs) to a specific, yet-to-be-determined speed, the National Transportation Safety Board said it generally supports FMCSA’s proposal.
Howe...