Restart Rule Will Hurt Highway Safety
In a letter sent to the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Senate Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, former FMCSA Administrator Annette Sandberg expressed strong support for an amendment to a bill proposed by Sen. Susan Collins...
Truck Driver Hours of Service-Loss Of Productivity And Money
The new hours of service rules were put into effect on July 1st 2013. The new rules made major changes to the 34 hour restart rule and also implemented a 30 minute off duty...
Ken’s Trucking Forced To Shut Down By FMCSA
Florida Trucking Company Had Critical Safety Issues
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Grand Ridge, Fla.-based Ken's Trucking, LLC, USDOT No. 1050616, to immediately shut down following a...
Does The New $55B Transportation Spending Bill Put Safety On The Back Burner?
A multimillion lobbying push by FedEx Corp. and other freight carriers may be about to open U.S. highways to a new generation of bigger truck trailers even as watchdogs warn the price will be...
L.A. Port Drivers Win Millions; Misclassified As Independent Contractors
Pacific 9 Transportation Ordered To Pay $7 Million To Port Drivers
Anyone that follows trucking news or Truckers Logic has likely heard about the L.A. Port drivers at one time or another. We've been following...
American Trucking Association Supports Hair Testing To Detect Drugs
Hair testing for drugs may be just around the corner for American truck drivers. The American Trucking Association (ATA) announced Monday that it supports a bill, before the United States Congress, which proposes to...
Trucking Industry Fighting To Quiet Rest Rules
The trucking industry has been hit hard by the media this week after a Walmart truck driver hit Tracy Morgan's limo bus. The truck driver had not slept in over 24 hours and now...
ATA Request 6 Month Delay For Med Examiner Rule
Nearly 22,000 Examiners Official
The ATA is asking the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to push back the effective date of its National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners until more examiners can be added. The rule’s effective...
Wait Time = Frustration for a Truck Driver
Truck Driver Wait Time
One of the biggest problems plaguing the truck driving industry today is wait time. Wait time at the shipper, wait time at the receiver, wait time at the company terminal and...
Heavy Vehicle User Tax 2290 May Not Weigh Heavy for Truckers If Prepared To...
The HVUT may not cost heavy as like the heavy motor vehicles if truckers and fleet-owners who need to pay tax form 2290 and file returns happen on time during this tax period for...