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ADMINISTRATION NEWS * USA - New Rules Mandate EOBR Devices That Don’t Yet Exist
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has decreed that all trucks must use a new type of electronic onboard recorder — a type that doesn’t exist yet...
Arlington,VA,USA -iTECH/Transport Topics, by Dan Leone -23 Aug 2010: -- If your fleet uses electronic driver logs and plans to buy trucks after June 4, 2012, be sure to tell your company’s chief technology officer ahead of time. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has decreed that all trucks manufactured after that date must use a new type of electronic onboard recorder — a type that doesn’t exist yet... The good news, is that with a minimum of tinkering and a few software updates, many of the hours-of-service recording devices currently in use could morph into the kind of system that FMCSA wants to see in trucks minted on June 5, 2012, and later... The bad news is that certain other devices cannot be upgraded... While some wiggle room exists for continued use of older recorders, eventually, as carriers replace trucks, they also will have to buy new onboard computers — or at least modify the ones they already have... Of course, carriers cannot buy what isn’t for sale...* FMCSA Drug, Alcohol Sweep Nabs 109 Drivers. Number of violations cited surges in second annual two-week sweep
Washington,DC,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by William B. Cassidy -Aug 20, 2010: -- Federal and state officials pulled more than 100 truck drivers off the road for drug and alcohol violations in a two-week investigative sweep. The drug and alcohol task force also levied charges on more than 175 companies... That's a 42 percent increase in the number of truck and bus drivers put out of service from last year, when the first drug and alcohol task force put 77 drivers out of service and charged 84 companies with violating drug and alcohol rules... The sweep took place in late June and involved Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration investigators and state truck and bus safety officials, FMCSA said. The investigators examined truck and bus company driver records... Of the 109 drivers removed from service, 101 were truck drivers, FMCSA confirmed yesterday. Sixteen of those truckers had hazardous materials endorsements to their commercial driver's licenses, and four were driving a hazmat truck at the time... The drivers face fines and the prospect of being barred from operating commercial vehicles. The 175 carriers cited could face fines and other penalties as well...
* NHTSA, EPA Send Proposed Rules For Truck Mileage to White House
Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics -23 Aug 2010: -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Aug. 13 sent their proposed standards for heavy- and medium-duty trucks to the White House for review by the Office of Management and Budget... Details of the proposal were not available at press time. OMB typically takes about 90 days to review rules, so the proposal likely will be published before the end of the year... In May, President Obama ordered the two agencies to cooperate on new rules that would cut carbon emissions from large trucks starting in 2014...
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