Mark Schremmer

3 days ago | landline.media | Mark Schremmer

Fireworks haulers want an exemption from some of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s hours-of-service regulations to meet the demands of the July 4 holiday. In a notice that was published in the Federal Register on Friday, April 18, the American Pyrotechnics Association asked FMCSA to allow its drivers to exclude off-duty and sleeper berth time of any length from the calculation of the 14-hour limit and to use paper logs. The requested exemption would run from June 28 through July 8.

1 week ago | landline.media | Mark Schremmer

The trucking industry is trapped in a cycle of perpetual driver churn, according to a new analysis from the OOIDA Foundation. In a recently released white paper, “The Churn: A Brief Look at the Roots of High Driver Turnover in U.S. Trucking,” the research arm of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association dispels the notion that there is a driver shortage and, instead, places the spotlight on annual turnover rates of 90% or higher for major truckload carriers.

1 week ago | landline.media | Mark Schremmer

The U.S. Department of Transportation wants to identify regulations that provide little-to-no safety benefit. Dozens of truck drivers have told the DOT that it can start by ending a rulemaking that would mandate speed limiters on commercial motor vehicles. “Get rid of the FMCSA speed limiter mandate proposal,” Edward Vazemiller wrote. “It is unsafe for semitrucks. OOIDA even had a video about it.

1 week ago | landline.media | Mark Schremmer

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted exemptions to two companies, allowing them to operate their commercial motor vehicles with a flashing brake light system. In two separate notices that are scheduled to be published on Wednesday, April 16, FMCSA approved exemption requests from Coffeyville Resources Crude Transportation and Casey’s Services Company. Both exemptions are set to run through April 16, 2030.

1 week ago | landline.media | Mark Schremmer

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association is asking its approximately 150,000 members to support a bill that would prevent a speed limiter mandate on heavy trucks. Last week, Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Okla., reintroduced the DRIVE Act. HR2819 would prohibit the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration from issuing any rule or regulation that requires speed limiters on large commercial motor vehicles.