FMCSA to consider addressing driver coercion in HOS regulations
Drivers who fear being coerced by their companies – as well as by shippers and receivers – into driving longer periods if new hours of service rules are adopted could be provided some relief if regulators agree to insert changes into the proposal. According to the article from the freightwaves.com and its author John Gallagher As was […]
Learn MoreFMCSA is holding Public Listening Session for proposed changes to Hours of Service
The FMCSA announces that it will hold a public listening session concerning potential changes to its hours-of-service rules for truck drivers. On August 22, 2019, FMCSA published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comment on proposed changes to its hours-of-service (HOS) requirements to provide greater flexibility for drivers who are subject to the HOS […]
Learn MoreFormer California DMV employee sentenced to 22 months for CDL scam
A former California Department of Motor Vehicles’ (DMV) employee was sentenced to 22 months in federal prison for his part in a fraudulent commercial driver’s license scheme. According to the article from the freightwaves.com and its author Clarissa Hawes Aaron Gilliam pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery, identity fraud and unauthorized access of a […]
Learn MoreBookkeeper sentenced to five years in prison for embezzling over $800,000 from Indiana trucking company
An Indiana woman was sentenced Sept. 11 to nearly five years in federal prison for embezzling more than $800,000 from a trucking company. According to the article from the freightwaves.com and its author Clarissa Hawes Once released from federal prison, Lucy Owens, 42, of Hobart, Indiana, will serve one year of supervised release and has […]
Learn MoreUsed truck sales are slumping for 10th consecutive month
Preliminary used Class 8 truck sales fell 25% in August compared with the same month in a booming 2018 and are running 18% lower year to date, according to ACT Research. According to the article from freightwaves.com and its author Alan Adler August was the 10th consecutive month of lower used truck sales on month-over-month and […]
Learn MoreTruckers should fill up their tanks as Diesel price could surge $.60 per gallon this week
Diesel prices could spike by over 20% overnight due to the market coming to grips with the biggest blackswan event to hit oil in over a decade. On Friday night, while most of the U.S. was settling in for a weekend of high school, college and professional football, the world’s second-largest oil producer was struck […]
Learn MoreOil prices likely to surge at Sunday’s opening after a drones attack on Saudi Arabia refinery
After months of overall stability in the market for oil, prices are almost surely going to go on a roller-coaster when global markets open at 6 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday, September 15.According to the article from the freightwaves.com and its author John Kingston A drone attack on numerous Saudi oil facilities–including a possible attack […]
Learn MoreIt’s a Truckers appreciation week, so let’s appreciate them
Mario Pawlowski CEO at iTrucker Truckers appreciation week is a good time to remind the nation how important the truck drivers are. There are more than 3.6 million truck drivers in the US, according to the American Trucking Association (ATA). Out of those, there are more than 1.7 million tractor-trailer drivers, according to the U.S. […]
Learn MoreInsurance group cautions against FMCSA’s Hours of Service changes proposal
Federal regulators and a group representing auto insurers are backing conflicting data on the safety implications of new potential hours-of-service (HOS) exemptions for short-haul drivers. According to the article from the freightwaves.com and its author John Gallagher The nonprofit Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), which promotes motor vehicle crash safety and is backed by […]
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