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NEW TRUCKING REGULATIONS * USA: In and Out in the new U.S. Highway Funding Law
* DC - 7 Key trucking items In
What’s In:
* CSA -- It requires FMCSA to fix the program before to making the scores public again. The agency has 18 months to come up with the changes.
* Illegal drug testing -- This new law has a provision that would allow for human hair testing in employment screening as an alternative to urine tests.
* Insurance -- FMCSA must revisit the issue of minimum liability requirements for carriers before making regulations to increase them as previously planned.
* Detention Time – The FMCSA is directed by law to study how much time truckers spend waiting at shippers and receivers, including how it affects their pay, schedules and U.S. freight movements.
* Alternative fuels -- The new law requires the U.S. Transportation Department to identify and set up travel corridors along major national highways for electric, natural gas and propane vehicles and set goals for developing alternative-fueling stations.
* Changes in rulemakings -- The FMCSA has been ordered to conduct a “regulatory impact analysis” on any new rules it proposes.
What’s Out:
* An increase in the number of slots for states to participate in a pilot program allowing tolls to be placed along sections of existing interstates without tolls.
* Allowing truckers as young as 18 to drive interstate, down from the current requirement of being 21 years of age or older.
* Increasing maximum truck weights along federal routes or allowing tandem trailers up to 33 feet, up from the current maximum of 28 feet.
Overall, the reaction from the various trucking groups, ranging from those representing fleets to drivers, has generally been positive. While many did not get everything they wanted in the new law, it marks the first time a federal highway funding bill longer than two years has been passed since 2005...
Washington, DC, USA – Today's Trucking (Canada) - Dec 8, 2015
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