5JunAbout three years ago, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) published final rules that contained four modifications to federal hours of service (HOS) rules for truck drivers: Short-haul exception – Expanded the short-haul exception from 100 air-miles to 150 air-miles for commercial driver’s license (CDL) holders and allowed a
20MarTruck drivers’ compliance with federal hours of service (HOS) rules has likely become easier with electronic logging devices replacing paper logbooks. However, one part of the HOS regulations from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that causes truckers some problems remains. The so-called “split sleeper berth” rule. For those not
2MarElectronic logging devices have been part of trucking life since 2016. The devices record a driver’s hours of service and display, transfer, or print out that information for roadside enforcement. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has a long list of technical standards any ELD must meet. In Canada, an
11JanThe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking to modify the scope of regulatory relief automatically granted in declared emergencies. Existing federal regulations grant an automatic 30-day exemption from Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to motor carriers and drivers providing direct assistance to
27DecAt the beginning of 2022, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration forecast several important rulemakings that did not come to full fruition. FMCSA would, according to the Fall 2021 edition of the Unified Regulatory Agenda, adopt regulations imposing time or mileage limits on the personal conveyance use of commercial motor
18OctWhatever the political headlines of the day, federal agencies continue to add new trucking regulations, adopt new forms, and extend or discontinue previous waivers and exemptions. In this series, “Trucking Things to Know Now,” PrePass provides quick updates on regulatory developments, often with links to more information. HOS Waivers for
6OctThe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recently published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to improve the clarity of existing regulations on electronic logging devices. The agency also wants to address some technical specification issues in response to trucking industry concerns. An ANPRM is a published notice in the
21JulTwo federal regulatory agencies are asking for input regarding data collection on important trucking topics. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently published four Information Collection Requests (ICRs) in the Federal Register. Each renew existing ICRs that, by law, agencies must
23JunThe numbers are in: nine of the top 20 driver violations for 2022 relate to hours of service (HOS), plus 11 of the next 20. As motor carriers and truck drivers are well aware, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration pays the closest attention to HOS when measuring a carrier’s
2MayThe Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) has petitioned the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) for a second time to more clearly define the term “personal conveyance” in hours of service (HOS) regulations. Personal conveyance is a “special driving category” allowing the movement of a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) while
20AprTransport Canada, the national transportation regulator for Canada, is delaying the enforcement of electronic logging devices (ELDs) until Jan. 1, 2023. The extension from the June 12, 2022 enforcement date announced earlier follows a yearlong “progressive enforcement period” that began in June 2021. According to the Canadian Council of Motor
3JanThe year 2022 is an election year. All 435 House seats and one-third of the evenly-divided Senate go up for election in November. During 2022, the actions of Congress, the White House and the regulatory agencies, such as the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and others, will be driven by
