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Jun 17, 2014

TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA: Regulations

* DC - Drivers, carriers can ask FMCSA to delete some violations

Washington,DC,USA -Today's Trucking -Jun 16, 2014: -- Come August 23, 2014, carriers and drivers will be able to ask for roadside inspection violations to be removed from the agency data systems, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)... The policy was updated to reflect the outcomes of court proceedings... Carriers and drivers can ask for the removal of violations through the DataQ system when: 
* A driver is found not guilty; 
* If a violation is dismissed in court. 
FMCSA systems will continue to keep and display violations that result in a conviction or payment of fine. FMCSA systems will also show information about anyone who plead to or is convicted of a lesser charge... The changes are part of the agency’s continued effort to improve the quality and uniformity of violation data that is accessible across FMCSA systems to sharpen the focus on unsafe carriers and drivers... 


* Missouri - 34-hour Restart Rule still in effect 

(Photo: Jeff Gritchen/Press-Telegram: Trucks wait during the lunch hour at the California United Terminal at the Port of Long Beach for the gates to open at 1 p.m.) 
Grain Valley,MO,USA -Today's Trucking -13 June 2014: -- The trucking industry’s effort to suspend the current 34-hour restart provision of the hours of service rule missed a gear Tuesday when the House passed an appropriations bill that does not contain such a provision... The bill went into two days of floor debate with a provision that calls for a report on the safety benefits of the restart but does not suspend it... Earlier this month, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted 21-9 to suspend the current 34-hour restart provision of the hours of service rule while the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration studies the impact of the rule... The bottom line for carriers and drivers: the current 34-hour restart is in effect until further notice...


* Indiana - FTR's burgeoning rules are forecast to double number of truck drivers needed 

Bloomington,IN,USA -Fleet Owner, by David Cullen -13 June 2014: -- Historically, economic factors primarily drove up cost pressures on motor carriers. But now-- and going forward for at least the next several years if not beyond-- that key driver will be governmental regulations... Noël Perry, senior consultant with FTR and principal at Transport Fundamentals LLC., discussed over 20 regulations that should be kept track of by fleet owners... They fall into four categories, with some overlaps: 
 * Six that will reduce the potential driver pool, including the mandated drug/alcohol database, tighter training standards and lack of immigration reform to date 
* Six that will reduce the actual driver pool, including CSA scores, drug/alcohol clearinghouse and entry-proficiency rules 
* Ten that will increase turnover or make hiring drivers less productive, including CSA scores, healthcare rules, changes in minimum insurance and the Motor Carrier Protecton Act that will “cause more brokers to fail” 
* Ten that will decrease operating productivity, including HOS, speed control, electronic stability controls, prohibition of coercion and electronic driver logs (EDLs)—which Perry called a “wild card” as their implementation “will show law enforcement in real time whether drivers are adhering to various laws”. 

 “The cumulative effect of all these regs will be massive,” stated Perry, “as their implementation will [over the next several years] double the million drivers fleets already need to hire” ...

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