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News · Apr 1, 2019

Progressive discounting premiums for ELD data from trucks, adds claims process to mobile app

According to article in overdriveonline.com and its author James Jaillet - "Just for providing ELD data to Progressive, operators and small fleets will reduce their premiums by 3 percent annually, but discounts of up to 18 percent are available, depending on compliance and events data from electronic log". James Jaillet also wrote " Dave Lubeck of Progressive Commercial says: About 50 percent of Progressive customers have provided their ELD data to the company,he says, and the average savings in

News · Apr 1, 2019

Small fleets, owner-operators look into technology as way of cutting costs

According to the article in freightwaves.com and its author Brian Straight - "A new survey of small fleets and owner-operators found they would like to utilize many of the same tools larger fleets do to control costs, including more technology like predictive maintenance." Read full story at : freightwaves.com/news/driver-issues/small-fleets-want-more-technology Source and credits : freightwaves.com

News · Mar 31, 2019

Changes to Hours Of Service are coming soon, Secretary of Transportation confirms

According to article in freightwaves.com and its author Brian Straight - "U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao announced that the Department of Transportation has sent an hours of service (HOS) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval". Those are some of potential revisions according to FMCSA and Brian Straight : Whether to expand the current 100 air-mile “short-haul” exemption from 12 hours on-duty to 14 hours on-duty, in order

News · Mar 29, 2019

Illinois State Trooper killed by semi truck

According to Illinois State Police - State Trooper Broke Jones-Story was struck and killed by truck tractor semi trailer while conducting inspection on another semi truck on US Route 20 near Freeport, IL. Accident occurred at around 12:30 pm March 28. Broke was a 12-year veteran of the Illinois State Police. Source and credits : https://twitter.com/ILStatePolice https://twitter.com/ILStatePolice/status/1111377142456025088

News · Mar 28, 2019

Flood threat in Midwest continues

According to article in freightwaves.com and its author Nick Austin, Director of Weather Analytics and Senior Meteorologist - "The region was hit by a major storm on March 15, 2019, followed the next day by the commencement of record flooding due to a disastrous combinations of heavy rain, snow melt and ice jams. Most of the damage was along the Missouri River in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa, costing an estimated $3 billion, so far, based on the latest estimates from state officials". Read

News · Mar 25, 2019

Trucker sentenced to eight years in prison after deadly bus crash that killed 16 in Canada

According to article in cbc.ca "Thetruck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash a year ago was sentenced to eight years in prison Friday in a Melfort, Sask., court". According to court documents - "On April 6,2018, at approximately 5:00 p.m., catastrophic collision occurred between a bus and semi-tractor unit at the intersections of Highway 35 and Highway 335 near Nipawin, Saskatchewan. the bus was carrying the Humboldt Broncos hockey team,on their way to a playoff game. Twenty-

News · Mar 22, 2019

One sentenced for CDL testing fraud, ex-state trooper charged with computer fraud and more...

A New Jersey woman and a Florida man were charged in household goods moving schemes, a California CDL examiner was sentenced in a CDL fraud scheme, a former Alabama trooper was charged with accessing FMCSA databases without authorization and more. Read full story at :overdriveonline.com/trucking-rap-sheet-two-charged-for-hhg-moving-schemes-examiner-sentenced-for-cdl-testing-scheme-more/ Source and credits : overdriveonline.com

News · Mar 22, 2019

Owner-operator income could dip this year as trucking cycle changes

According to article in overdriveonline.com and its author James Jaillet - "The good news? Owner-operators scored a record-setting income average last year, according to data from ATBS, the nation’s largest owner-operator services firm. The bad news? Income could take a step back this year as freight demand slows and rates settle to more historically normal levels". Read full story at : overdriveonline.com/owner-operator-income-could-dip-this-year-as-trucking-cycle-changes/ Story by : James Jail

News · Mar 21, 2019

The importance of training young truck drivers to prevent accidents

Last year, a group called the Workforce Development Committee, formed by the American Trucking Associations (ATA) helped push a bill called the DRIVE-Safe Act in the Senate and the House of Representatives. If passed, this legislation would allow drivers with a commercial driver’s license (CDL) to haul freight interstate once they are 18 years old. Although 48 states allow drivers to haul freight within their borders after they turn 18, current federal regulations forbid them from moving that fr

News · Mar 20, 2019

Hours of Service suspended in 16 states affected by flooding

On March 19 / 2019 FMCSA has issued emergency Hours of Service (HOS) suspension for truckers delivering emergency supplies to affected states. States included in emergency declaration are : ARKANSAS, ILLINOIS, IOWA, KANSAS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MINNESOTA,MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, NEBRASKA, OHIO, OKLAHOMA, SOUTH DAKOTA,TENNESSEE, WEST VIRGINIA AND WISCONSIN Read full declaration here : fmcsa.dot.gov/emergency/regional-emergency-declaration-2019-002-flooding-03-19-2019 FMCSA also suspended enforcemen

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News · Mar 20, 2019

BLS cites lack of pay – not drivers – as cause for driver shortage

According to article in freightwaves.com and its author John Gallagher - "Low wages may be more responsible for high driver turnover than a lack of qualified workers to supply the trucking industry, according to a study released by the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)". Read full story at : freightwaves.com/news/driver-issues/bls-cites-lack-of-pay-not-drivers-as-cause-of-driver-shortage Source and credits : freightwaves.com

News · Mar 19, 2019

Truckers arrested for police chase, drugs and immigrants smuggling

According to article in overdriveonline.com "Several truck drivers have recently been involved in highway incidents, including drug busts, a multi-state police chase and human smuggling". Read full story at : overdriveonline.com/highway-mayhem-truckers-arrested-for-police-chase-drugs-human-smuggling-more/ Source and credits : overdriveonline.com A trucker last week reportedly led police on a chase through three states after attempting to ram his truck into a Cincinnati police officer’s cruiser,