Trucking Regulation News

Will autonomous trucks need ELDs? No — well, maybe

This is part of a FreightWaves series on the electronic logging device mandate. Federal regulators began enforcing the mandate on April 1, 2018. Read more from this series here.

Driverless trucks, which may or may not be the future state of long-haul heavy-duty trucking, likely won’t need electronic logging devices. Nor will hours-of-service regulations won’t apply to them. But the reality is more nuanced.

“Anytime a human is involved, ELDs will matter,” said Wiley Deck, vice president of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/will-autonomous-trucks-need-elds-no-well-maybe

FMCSA’s hours-of-service exemption implicated in fatal truck crash

WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board came down hard on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration after the board found that a fatigued driver of a milk-hauling tank truck was abusing the hours-of-service agriculture exemption — with little oversight of the exemption from FMCSA — when he was involved in a fatal crash.

The NTSB met on Tuesday to discuss the findings and staff recommendations of an investigation into the multivehicle crash on June 9, 2021, that killed four...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsas-hours-of-service-exemption-implicated-in-fatal-crash

Can FMCSA improve ELD regulations?

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This is part of a FreightWaves series on the electronic logging device mandate. Federal regulators...

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FMCSA shuts door on brokers in rate transparency dispute

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WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has denied a rulemaking petition by the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-shuts-door-on-brokers-in-rate-transparency-dispute

Recall likely after feds deny Daimler Trucks’ equipment exemption

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WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have denied a compliance exemption request by Daimler Trucks North...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/recall-likely-after-feds-deny-daimler-trucks-equipment-exemption

FMCSA proposes 9% cut in trucker registration fees for 2024

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators likely will approve once again a cut in motor carrier fees collected for registration and safety programs in 2024 but will likely have to raise those fees for the first time in at least a decade starting in ’25.

Based on a recommendation by the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) Plan and Agreement, which oversees and collects the fees for the 41 states participating in it, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration proposes reducing them by approximately 9%...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-proposes-9-cut-in-trucker-registration-fees-for-2024

Refrigerated trailers California’s next emissions target; Ndustrial gets ready

HOUSTON — While the focus in California regulations might be on the Clean Fleets rule that will start to kick in at the end of the year, a smaller part of the state’s overall emissions regulations of trucking is spurring some new entrepreneurial activity.

What is driving an Ndustrial initiative launched in the past year is a set of new rules regarding trailer refrigeration units (TRUs), according to Jason Massey, the company’s founder and CEO,  who spoke about Ndustrial’s “value proposition” at...

FMCSA wants more feedback to help weed out corrupt brokers

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced on Tuesday a listening session it will hold at a major truck show to get more public input that will help the agency crack down on illegal brokering.

FMCSA, which will host the session March 31 at the Mid America Trucking Show (MATS) in Louisville, Kentucky, wants to hear comments on two matters: interim guidance issued in November on the agency’s interpretation of how brokers and bona fide agents are defined, and a proposal issued on...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-wants-more-feedback-to-help-weed-out-corrupt-brokers

Knight-Swift CEO rejects push to allow truck drivers under 21

ORLANDO, Fla. — Allowing truck drivers 18-20 years old to drive interstate cargo — a plan strongly supported by the Biden administration and the American Trucking Associations and seen as a way to address a driver shortage — would be a drag on carrier economics and safety, according to Knight-Swift President and CEO David Jackson.

“The idea of bringing 18-year-old drivers in, I think is a horrific idea for a multitude of reasons,” Jackson told attendees at the Truckload Carriers Association here...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/knight-swift-ceo-rejects-push-to-allow-truck-drivers-under-21

FMCSA’s Hutcheson: Revised guidelines by summer for drug hair testing

ORLANDO, Fla. — A long-awaited revamp of mandatory guidelines for using hair to test truck drivers for drugs will be out this summer, according to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator Robin Hutcheson.

Hutcheson updated the trucking industry on the progress being made by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the new guidelines at the Truckload Carriers Association annual meeting on Monday.

“We know that hair testing as part of drug testing is a big issue for you,”...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsas-hutcheson-revised-guidelines-by-summer-for-drug-hair-testing

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