Four major updates to hours-of-service rules for commercial drivers take effect on Sept. 29, changing how long-haul drivers are required to take breaks and extending the distance short-haul drivers can travel in a day. Josh Fisher AUG 28, 2020 In just over a month —...
At 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29 Eastern Time, one of the most discussed, praised, and vilified regulation governing drivers in the American trucking industry gets a modest facelift. At that time on that day, the federal rules dictating the hours of service for most...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced the publication of its long-awaited final rule on changes to the hours of service (HOS) regulations. FMCSA Acting Administrator Jim Mullen broke down the revisions to the HOS rules during a...
BRAMPTON, Ont. — The Ontario Aggregate Trucking Association has raised $15,000 for the Brampton Civic Hospital to help fight Covid-19. The money, which was raised during an appreciation convoy Thursday, will be used to procure personal protection equipment and...
“It is really incumbent upon the carriers to look closely at the system and not just accept any system because it was certified by a third party,” said Annette M. Sandberg, who led the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration from late 2002 to early 2006....
