Truck speed limiters

Freight industry: Which regulations should DOT cut?

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation is giving freight carriers, trade groups, small businesses and others a direct line to the Trump administration to explain what regulations should be revised or taken off the books.

“Consistent with DOT’s commitment to public participation in the rulemaking process, DOT is beginning this process by soliciting views from the public on how best to conduct its analysis of existing DOT regulations, guidance, or reporting requirements,” the...

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Top 10 freight market rulemakings scheduled for 2025

WASHINGTON — Earlier this month, the Biden administration’s Office of Management and Budget released the Fall 2024 edition of the biennial Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The agenda updates the status of active and longer-term rulemakings, including the latest estimated target date for the next step in the rulemaking process.

U.S. freight markets are indirectly affected by regulations crafted by almost any agency, but several, including the modal agencies at the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/top-10-freight-market-rulemakings-scheduled-for-2025

Top 10 trucking policies likely to be affected by Trump’s return

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance will exert significant influence on major policies affecting trucking, with major cost implications, for example, for truck automation and electric vehicles.

While the slate of pending regulations and legislation affecting trucking is long, below is a Top 10 list, in no particular order, of some of the most significant trucking policies that the Trump-Vance administration – along with Congress – will likely be taking on...

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Automation, speed limiters on former FMCSA deputy’s radar for 2025

WASHINGTON — Three federal rulemakings that have cost implications for truckers and motor carriers are on the short-term horizon for a former top official at the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration.

Earl Adams, who served as FMCSA’s deputy administrator and chief counsel under former administrator Robin Hutcheson, led a team at the agency that is developing the first major set of rules for high-level automation in heavy-duty trucks.

Earl Adams. Credit: Hogan Lovells

The result of that...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/automation-speed-limiters-on-former-fmcsa-deputys-radar-for-2025

Legal challenges ahead for truck speed, hours-of-service rules?

WASHINGTON — With dust starting to settle after the landmark Supreme Court Chevron decision upended the federal rulemaking process, Republican lawmakers are eager to hear about rules that small-business truckers would like to see challenged.

OOIDA’s Lewie Pugh testifies on Wednesday. Photo: House T&I Committee

“I think first and foremost is the speed limiter rule that’s been floated around,” said Lewie Pugh, executive vice president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/legal-challenges-ahead-for-truck-speed-hours-of-service-rules

Election-year politics could slam brakes on trucking regulations

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Enterprise Fleet Summit on Wednesday.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Regulations affecting large fleets

DETAILS: Scopelitis Transportation Consulting Co-Director P. Sean Garney surveys the regulatory landscape and what large fleets can expect in the year ahead.

KEY QUOTES FROM P. Sean Garney:

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Truck safety advocates say DOT inaction costing lives

WASHINGTON — The latest rulemaking agenda published by the Department of Transportation further reveals the Biden administration’s inability to succeed at its mission to reduce crashes, according to truck safety advocates.

In a letter sent this week to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the Truck Safety Coalition (TSC), which also represents Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways and Parents Against Tired Truckers, said the groups are “dismayed, disappointed, and deeply disturbed” by...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-safety-advocates-say-dot-inaction-costing-lives

Trump’s VP pick supports truck parking, opposes speed limiters

Former President Donald Trump, a vocal supporter of the trucking industry while he was in Washington – particularly owner-operators – has picked a running mate who is on the record for supporting two of truck drivers’ top legislative priorities.

Ohio Republican Senator J.D. Vance, who was named by Trump as his pick for vice president on Monday at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, is a co-sponsor of the Truck Parking Improvement Act, which dedicates $755 million in grant money over...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trumps-vp-pick-supports-truck-parking-opposes-speed-limiters

FMCSA delays speed limiter rule to May 2025

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are delaying several rulemakings affecting the trucking sector, including a controversial rule that would limit new trucks’ engine speeds.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposed truck speed limiter rule, scheduled to be published last month, has been delayed to May 2025, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s latest agenda released by the White House Office of Management and Budget.

The proposed rule, which would require that...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-delays-speed-limiter-rule-to-may-2025

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