News, Interviews, and Happenings From The Trucking World
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Autonomous trucks outpacing self-driving cars, will come to market sooner 7/26/2021
Friday Short Haul - Driver training, driver retention, Safe Trucks Act 7/23/2021
Association launches to take CDL driver training to high school students 7/21/2021
Queen of the Road winners named by REAL Women in Trucking 7/19/2021
Friday Short Haul -- Amazon expands fleet, Dollar General's sign-on bonus, Werner nuclear verdict appeal 7/16/2021
Operation Safe Driver Week is under way, ends July 17 7/14/2021
New blame being named for driver shortage 7/12/2021
Friday Short Haul - America's Road Team, sexual harassment webinar, Knight-Swift acquisition 7/9/2021
Analysis: One third of bridges across the nation are structurally deficient 7/7/2021
Truckers help bring a Vietnam memorial to communities across America 7/5/2021
Friday Short Haul - AB5 discussion, crash scam sentencing, Werner lawsuit 7/2/2021
Training Provider Registry website now taking registrations 6/30/2021
UK driver shortage has some calling for desperate measures 6/28/2021
Friday Short Haul - Minneapolis set to ban big rig parking, WIT Member of the Month 6/25/2021
CTA's challenge of California's AB5 on its way to the Supreme Court 6/23/2021
More guilty pleas in New Orleans staged crash scam ring investigation 6/21/2021
Friday Short Haul - DOT agenda, pay increases, Workforce Heroes, and TuSimple 6/18/2021
ATRI survey points to the need for a nationwide truck parking availability system 6/16/2021
Canada ELD mandate deadline was June 12; won't be enforced 6/14/2021
Friday Short Haul - Driver essay contest, safest fleets, JB Hunt's Waymo, ATA's climate change 6/11/2021
OOIDA aids CTA in its appeal of unfavorable AB5 ruling 6/9/2021
Little for truckers to like in newest highway bill 6/7/2021
Friday Short Haul - TuSimple watermelon run, Schneider diversity, pre-settlement claims 6/4/2021
Latest study released: 25 most-dangerous highways in America 6/2/2021
Survey seeks answers to what drivers want from carriers 5/31/2021
Friday Short Haul - Speed limiters, ATRI research agenda, Pallet shortage 5/28/2021
Some are asking the feds to take another look at twin-33 trailers 5/26/2021
Watch out for increased cargo theft over Memorial Day holiday 5/24/2021
Friday Short Haul - Woman in Logistics award, Brake Check Week, and truckers' COVID shots 5/21/2021
Sides lining up on re-introduced $5 million insurance minimum bill 5/19/2021
Supply chain is in crisis: Is a truck VMT tax the solution? 5/17/2021
Friday Short Haul - Break-away fifth wheel, HP partners with Embark, Texas lawsuit bill proceeds 5/14/2021
Three top carriers sign up for 6,775 TuSimple self-driving trucks 5/12/2021
Drivers come to the aid of crash victims, earn Highway Angel wings 5/10/2021
Friday Short Haul - WIT names finalists, DOL withdraws decision, seat belt enforcement 5/7/2021
Nation catching on to consequences of truck driver shortage 5/5/2021
Inspectors on the road for International Roadcheck this week 5/3/2021
Friday Short Haul - ADAS push, Fiji trucking, gas shortage, and AB 5 becomes law 4/30/2021
Truckers involved in one-third of work zone crashes 4/28/2021
Seven tips for drivers to boost their pay 4/26/2021
Friday Short Haul - Samsung's Safety Truck, insurance minumums increase, COVID shots for Canadian truckers 4/23/2021
TravelCenters names two as 2021 Citizen Drivers of the Year 4/21/2021
Truck Historical Society launches Hall of Fame to honor truckers 4/19/2021
Friday Short Haul - WIT Driver of the Year nominees, FMCSA admin, DRIVE-Safe Act 4/16/2021
League of Cities offers solution to truck parking problem 4/14/2021
Policy brief makes a strong case for commercializing rest areas 4/12/2021
Friday Short Haul - FMCSA's TeenZone, Safety blitz, and Knight-Swift pay increase 4/9/2021
States preparing for another spotted lanternfly season 4/7/2021
Carriers encouraged to hire more entry-level drivers 4/5/2021
Friday Short Haul - Embark AV interface, OOIDA letter, Crete pay 4/2/2021
Website ranks carriers by driver pay - Sysco at the top 3/31/2021
Opponents voice concerns about Amazon's Driveri surveillance system 3/29/2021
Friday Short Haul - Embark and ADOT, Livestock haulers, and truck parking 3/26/2021
WIT honors 73 "Top Women to Watch" 3/24/2021
TCA honors four new Highway Angels 3/22/2021
Friday Short Haul - Truck wings, miles traveled tax, left-lane laws 3/19/2021
Texas doing something about nuclear verdicts against truckers 3/17/2021
First autonomous vehicle program student to graduate this semester 3/15/2021
Friday Short Haul - U.S. Xpress report, DRIVE Safe Act, Illegals 3/12/2021
California's job-killing AB 5 about to go Federal 3/10/2021
Federal speed-limiter mandate up for discussion again 3/8/2021
Friday Short Haul - Florida's SafeDRIVE, hair test update, human smuggler caught with 41 aboard 3/5/2021
Senators propose legislation to promote women in the trucking industry 3/3/2021
Canada is firm on June 12 ELD mandate; but no devices are certified 3/1/2021
Friday Short Haul - Top truck bottlenecks, North Dakota road trains, TuSimple IPO 2/26/2021
Despite benefits, fleets are not embracing lightweighting 2/24/2021
ELD mandate drives telematic and technology consolidations 2/22/2021
Friday Short Haul - Truck stop closures, apprenticeship program, emissions tampering 2/19/2021
Still time to comment on FMCSA's proposed vision rule change 2/17/2021
Red-light and speed camera enforcement on states' legislative agendas 2/15/2021
Friday Short Haul - C.R. England files RICO lawsuit, riskiest states, Walmart bonus 2/12/2021
Controversy continues on under-21 driver pilot program proposal 2/10/2021
WIT honors January and February Women of the Month 2/8/2021
Friday Short Haul - International Roadcheck 2021, Nikola hydrogen deal, OOIDA wants truck stop vaccines 2/5/2021
OOIDA's Lewie Pugh on tap as House transportation committee witness 2/3/2021
Car drivers are schooled about truckers' blind spots 2/1/2021
Friday Short Haul - Human smuggling, DOL rescinds opinion, yard moves comments 1/29/2021
January Highway Angels get their 'wings' 1/27/2021
DOL opinion green lights carriers to implement safety requirements on contractor drivers 1/25/2021
Friday Short Haul - Protests, dark days ahead, TuSimple 1/22/2021
Proposal to hit up SoCal warehouses for truck emissions at their facilities 1/20/2021
Court says interstate drivers are not held to California's meal and rest break rules 1/18/2021
Friday Short Haul - ND's 80mph speed limit, FMCSA advisory committees, precedent-setting lawsuit 1/15/2021
Most states fail to measure up to safety advocate's recommendations 1/13/2021
Road train pilot program approved by North Dakota lawmakers 1/11/2021
Friday Short Haul - Best fleets to drive for in 2021, Feds' final worker status rule, yard jockeys need better training 1/8/2021
TruckPark and FuelMe partnership takes the worry out of parking and fueling 1/6/2021
Clearinghouse deadline, and new FMCSA guidance about yard moves 1/4/2021
2020 closes with probably one of the most bizarre truck crash lawsuits ever 1/1/2021
FMCSA adds underride guards to list of inspection items 12/30/2020
Ex-football player helping truckers get into shape 12/28/2020
Friday Short Haul - OOIDA's letter to Congress, J.B. Hunt's diversity project, major winter storm 12/25/2020
France imposes lockdown on truckers from Britain attempting to cross the channel 12/23/2020
DOT told to assess skills of employees able to meet automation challenge 12/21/2020
Friday Short Haul - New FMCSA final rule, U.S. Xpress MIT study, Triton-EV semi 12/18/2020
COVID blamed for backlog in holiday deliveries 12/16/2020
Rule requiring driver notification of traffic violations is on FMCSA chopping block 12/14/2020
Friday Short Haul - WIT Female Driver nominations, FMCSA HOS Q&A webinar, truckers handle 12/11/2020
House passes federal marijuana bill; won't affect truckers 12/9/2020
Predictive hiring assessments becoming popular recruiting tool. But will it cure turnover? 12/7/2020
Friday Short Haul -- ATA letters about vaccine, FMCSA emergency declaration, UPS steps up dry ice production 12/4/2020
WIT seeks to survey women about driving while pregnant 12/2/2020
Four more drivers join ranks of TCA's Highway Angels 11/30/2020
Friday Short Haul -- TCA's Fleet Safety awards, truck drivers' vaccine, Volvo electric semis 11/27/2020
AI technology is now playing a bigger role in driver-facing camera surveillance 11/25/2020
CDC releases lates COVID-19 guidelines for truckers 11/23/2020
Friday Short Haul - Daimler self-driving Freightliner, driver's ed students, StopTheTires cancelled 11/20/2020
FMCSA shoots down Washington State's more-stringent break rules for truckers 11/18/2020
Two awardees announced for WIT's 2020 Woman of Influence 11/16/2020
Friday Short Haul -- Trucking quilter, Tri-State bets $5,000, and CRST conquers dwell time 11/13/2020
Veterans Day StopTheTires2020 shutdown protest planned 11/11/2020
California voters approve Prop 22 to gain exemptions to AB-5 11/9/2020
Friday Short Haul - FMCSA Pocket Guide, Heartland pay raise, teen trucker comments 11/6/2020
U.S. Senator blasts FMCSA for lack of accountability and increased crashes 11/4/2020
Four-state coalition forms to alleviate I-10 corridor truck parking problem 11/2/2020
Friday Short Haul - Tyson's mirrorless trucks, Brake Safety Week results, 14-hour pilot program comments 10/30/2020
Driver shortage ranks highest in ATRI's latest truck industry survey 10/28/2020
FMCSA criticized for high number of CDL fraud incidences 10/26/2020
Friday Short Haul - Volvo electrics, EPA emission penalties, PA move over law 10/23/2020
Nuclear verdicts get carriers rethinking safety training programs 10/21/2020
SBTC denied request for HOS and ELD exemptions when pets are on board 10/19/2020
Friday Short Haul - Smuggled migrants, Prime settlement, USF Holland lawsuit, truck road damage 10/16/2020
Tank trailers get approved for an additional pulsating brake light 10/14/2020
TuSimple and Waymo go head to head on issues of AV trucking 10/12/2020
Friday Short Haul - Drivers can self-dispatch, driver pay on the increase, Hurrican Delta emergency 10/9/2020
Women in Trucking names Influential Women and top companies for women to work for 10/7/2020
When a social media presence could hurt a driver or carrier 10/5/2020
Friday Short Haul - Walmart buys Tesla semis, FMCSA drivers panel, Pronto.ai is denied request, and Jim Mullen moves to TuSimple 10/2/2020
Machine learning shared truck loads add efficient component to LTL shipping 9/30/2020
New HOS rules in effect Sept. 29; clearing confusion about the new rule changes 9/28/2020
Friday Short Haul -- Schneider's remote orientation, 14-hour rule change comments, license renawal extension, ATA's DOL response 9/25/2020
Feds come out with their own definition of independent contractor status 9/23/2020
Amazon casts around for freight haulers; FMCSA news for drivers 9/21/2020
Friday Short Haul - WIT photo contest, Teamsters challenge HOS, $1 billion for infrastructure 9/18/2020
Speeding was most-cited violation during Safe Driver Week 9/16/2020
Carriers, others, honor drivers during National Truck Driver Appreciation Week 9/14/2020
Friday Short Haul - FMCSA wildfire declaration, hair drug testing, shift plus load pay 9/11/2020
FMCSA looking to put under-21 drivers on interstate hauls 9/9/2020
New AB 5 bill specifically targets truckers for enforcement 9/7/2020
Friday Short Haul - AV test tracking tool, split-duty proposal comments, and mandatory hair testing 9/4/2020
FMCSA helps bankroll Trucking Fatigue Meter to fight driver drowsiness 9/2/2020
FMCSA looking at split-duty rule change; extending 14-hour day 8/31/2020
Friday Short Haul - Travel centers announce special offers for drivers in September 8/28/2020
Trucking landscape could look different after Nov. 3 8/26/2020
More indictments in New Orleans area accident insurance scams 8/24/2020
Friday Short Haul - North Dakota road trains, Brake Safety Week, drivers not returning to duty, opposition to Mexican truckers 8/21/2020
Platooning passes real-world tests; new company emerges as leader 8/19/2020
Helping victims of crashes earn drivers Highway Angel awards 8/17/2020
Friday Short Haul - Trucker's last ride, FMCSA extension, autonomous trucks 8/14/2020
Test vehicles did not fare well during AAA's driving assistance evaluations 8/12/2020
Spotted lanternfly sightings on the increase 8/10/2020
Friday Short Haul - JKC Trucking announcement, truck stop break-in, WIT top women businesses 8/7/2020
FMCSA reminds drivers of 'adverse conditions' exemptions to HOS rules 8/5/2020
SmartSense mitigates collision and 'sitting duck' situations 8/3/2020
Friday Short Haul - FBI ELD hacks warning, students hack trucks, OOIDA asks for HVUT suspension 7/31/2020
Women In Trucking announces 2020 photo contest 7/29/2020
California publishes major new freight plan 7/27/2020
Friday Short Haul - Love's requires masks, 10-million-mile driver, brake check blitz, and TuSimple truck incident 7/24/2020
COVID-19 gives the average trucker a chance to attend FMCSA safety summit 7/22/2020
Overdrive honors Small Fleet Champs 7/20/2020
Friday Short Haul - States push for electric semis, fewer student new-hires, troopers in a truck 7/17/2020
Nearly 300,000 drivers would lose jobs if hair testing was mandated 7/15/2020
Trucking Truth owner/founder gets 3-hour spot at Road Dog Trucking Radio 7/13/2020
Friday Short Haul - Operation Safe Driver Week, Canadian border, fuel cell semis hit the road 7/10/2020
Werner, DOE earn FMCSA ELD and HOS exemptions 7/8/2020
TuSimple announces its Autonomous Freight Network to expand driverless freight hauling throughout the nation 7/6/2020
Friday Short Haul - House passes Moving Forward Act, YRC gets a bailout, and trucking jobs on the increase 7/3/2020
Group pens letter objecting to proposed EV charging stations at highway rest areas 7/1/2020
Carriers' virus response gets kudos at TCA virtual meeting 6/29/2020
Friday Short Haul - Convoy brokerage, CLP waiver extended, $2 million amendment passed, two sentenced for CDL fraud 6/26/2020
Nuclear verdicts strangling trucking companies; not so, say lawsuit attorneys 6/24/2020
Eight carriers in lawsuit for not poaching other companies' drivers 6/22/2020
Friday Short Haul - Post-virus speeds return to normal, $2 million insurance minimum proposed, WIT looking to honor an influential woman 6/19/2020
FMCSA extends 3 COVID-related waiver declarations 6/17/2020
Truckers say they will refuse to enter cop-defunded cities 6/15/2020
Friday Short Haul - Truckers love guns, freight broker leader resigns, avoiding riots 6/12/2020
Cargo theft on the uptick during COVID-19 era 6/10/2020
California voters will get a chance to scrap AB 5 6/8/2020
Friday Short Haul - Prime crash verdict, Teamsters applaud INVEST Act, OOIDA opposes broker bond changes 6/5/2020
Dwell and detention times begin to decrease post-virus 6/3/2020
CRST fighting another battle over driver poaching 6/1/2020
Friday Short Haul - Driver shortage is over, Amazon's brokerage goes national, and lawyers are after carriers for nuclear verdicts 5/29/2020
Freight industry considering post-COVID-19 strategies 5/27/2020
FMCSA to consider increasing HOS for autonomous drivers 5/25/2020
Friday Short Haul - Trimble MAPS, rate of fatalities increase, Comcar bankruptcy, driver pay on the rise 5/22/2020
FMCSA: Long-awaited final HOS revisions announced 5/20/2020
2016 trucking documentary released to YouTube for public viewing 5/18/2020
Friday Short Haul - Reusing morgue reefers, ATRI research priorities, FMCSA HOS declaration 5/15/2020
WIT honors two women in the trucking industry 5/13/2020
Freight brokers push back against "price gouging" accusation 5/11/2020
Friday Short Haul - Tank truck revenues decline, former Arrow CEO gets early prison release, not-preventable crashes 5/8/2020
ATRI and OOIDF team up for comprehensive COVID-19/trucking survey 5/6/2020
U.S. military has unique needs for truck platooning 5/4/2020
Friday Short Haul - Truckers protest low rates, 1 million masks given to drivers, SecurSpace app finds parking 5/1/2020
WorkHound analyses what drivers think about the COVID-19 crisis 4/29/2020
Group pushes back on temporary increased weight limits 4/27/2020
Friday Short Haul - 'Thank God for truckers!' CA state senator proposes bill to suspend AB5, TA furloughs 3,000 workers 4/24/2020
Truckers say distracted driving is on the rise 4/22/2020
Trucking leaders think some recent changes might become permanent in the industry 4/20/2020
Friday Short Haul - "Your papers please," skills testing waiver, masks required in Canada 4/17/2020
Truckers report in on their treatment during these COVID-19 times 4/15/2020
FMCSA acts quickly to keep the new-driver pipeline flowing 4/13/2020
Friday Short Haul - Weight limits increase, food trucks not wanted in rest areas, FMCSA extends HOS exemptions 4/10/2020
Trucking industry concerned about state licensing agency closings 4/8/2020
California AB-5 advocates react to carriers' COVID-19 good deeds 4/6/2020
Friday Short Haul - Schneider's error, Change.org petition, Teamsters Canada demands 4/3/2020
Authors: 'Legacy' carriers ignore autonomous technology at their peril 4/1/2020
COVID-19 scare: State gun laws come under scrutiny 3/30/2020
Friday Short Haul - Inspection blitz postponed, COVID-19 webinar, FHA urges states to keep rest areas open, fewer cars means faster truck deliveries 3/27/2020
DOT and FMCSA issue COVID-19 responses 3/25/2020
Starsky Robotics calls it quits 3/23/2020
Friday Short Haul - Weigh station parking, rest areas reopen, HOS waiver expanded, freight prices increase 3/20/2020
Truck drivers mostly exempt from coronavirus lock downs 3/18/2020
HOS rules relaxed for COVID-19 relief effort 3/16/2020
Friday Short Haul - Western Express recovers from Tennessee tornado, driver involved in two accidents six minutes apart, another carrier quits 3/13/2020
Daimler's electric vehicles and autonomous trucks continue real-world testing 3/11/2020
Predictive technology increases driver safety, benefits carriers 3/9/2020
Friday Short Haul -- Coffee drinking drivers, Amazon coronavirus email, FMCSA safety summit 3/6/2020
AIRman introduces no-crank technology to landing gears 3/4/2020
Roadmaster shows how to reduce driver turnover 3/2/2020
Friday Short Haul - CBD users beware, 8,000 violations revealed in Clearinghouse, laptop theft lands Alabama trucker in prison 2/28/2020
Canada company offers easy access to spare trailers 2/26/2020
Roadcheck could result in temporarily higher freight rates 2/24/2020
Friday Short Haul - Self-driving yard trucks, Knight-Swift partners with Truckstop.com, Security guard shoots driver 2/21/2020
Training providers offer a diversity of options 2/19/2020
Idaho eases hemp transport prohibition; too late to help arrested drivers 2/17/2020
Friday Short Haul - Tennessee carrier quits, signs a carrier is going down, retaining drivers 2/14/2020
New phone app hopes to alleviate shipper waits 2/12/2020
Senate Transportation Committee gets an earful from trucking execs 2/10/2020
Friday Short Haul - Best fleets to drive for, FMCSA delays ELDT rule, Cold Carriers closes doors 2/7/2020
Baylor Trucking deals with consequences of ELD outage 2/3/2020
WIT announces first-ever Driver Ambassador, names February Member of the Month 2/3/2020
Friday Short Haul - ATA at White House USMCA signing, AB-5 fight continues, toughest jobs 1/31/2020
May dates announced for this year's roadside inspection blitz 1/29/2020
States work to toughen up left-lane-hogging laws 1/27/2020
Friday Short Haul - Pilot Flying J name change, CRST-Swift lawsuit, Schneider named innovator 1/24/2020
Seven drivers named as TCA's Highway Angels 1/22/2020
Travel advisories and restrictions announced for Midwest weekend storm 1/20/2020
Friday Short Haul - Senators demand GPS app updates, Jason's Law survey, ATA applauds USMCA, FMCSA's truck crash survey 1/17/2020
Research group recommends a national autonomous truck policy 1/15/2020
A glimpse into driving long-haul in China 1/13/2020
Friday Short Haul - Court blocks AB-5, SBTC vs. FMCSA, Can Opener Bridge 1/10/2020
Loses appeal: Walmart ordered to pony up $54 million to drivers 1/8/2020
WIT and Walmart seek nominations for Female Driver of the Year 1/6/2020
Friday Short Haul - Sweatshop on Wheels, judge exempts truckers from AB-5, Fleetwood closes doors 1/3/2020
Trucking Truth's top stories for 2019 1/1/2020
Random drug tests of drivers to double in 2020 12/30/2019
Friday Short Haul - New EV semi, tonnage down, turnover up, Grapevine fatality, runaway truck tires demolish car 12/27/2019
Trucking industry goes out of its way for Christmas charitable giving 12/25/2019
Fuel card provider hit with FTC lawsuit 12/23/2019
Friday Short Haul - Driver coercion, zero emissions, driver fatalities 12/20/2019
Hard enforcement for ELD compliance now in effect 12/18/2019
State CDL agencies get reprieve from drug & alcohol clearinghouse deadline 12/16/2019
Friday Short Haul - JB Hunt's Wreaths Across America, Plus.ai butter run, states look for zero emissions 12/13/2019
Carriers muster to pick up Celadon drivers, employees 12/11/2019
Will Amazon's pay-per-day plan influence the industry? 11/27/2019
Freight volume and rates downturn turns into a 'bloodbath' 11/25/2019
Friday Short Haul - Independent contractors getting booted out of CA, winter weather resources, ransomware attack 11/22/2019
Knowing when to say goodbye to an unprofitable shipper 11/20/2019
Schneider donates trucks; Congress considers women-driver-friendly bill 11/18/2019
Friday Short Haul - CTA files lawsuit against California, Highway Hero nominations sought, video of "Move Over" crash 11/15/2019
Tesla announces new electric Semi model 11/13/2019
Not everyone happy with potential FMCSA clearinghouse delay 11/11/2019
Friday Short Haul - AI taking driving jobs, CRV scam, Truckers protest AB-5, ELDs quit working 11/8/2019
Investigators cracking down on truck accident fraudulent lawsuits 11/6/2019
So you want to start your own trucking company? 11/4/2019
Friday Short Haul - FMCSA emergency exemptions, snow plows, FedEx employee bribery charges 11/1/2019
Human smuggling via big rigs on the increase 10/30/2019
Carriers, drivers look at ways to deal with California's AB-5 10/28/2019
Friday Short Haul - Millennials and trucking, Truckers Christmas Group, Navistar settlement 10/25/2019
Too many drivers still don't know to "Move Over" 10/23/2019
Are trucker strikes a thing of the past? 10/21/2019
Friday Short Haul - Passenger car drivers, spotted lanternfly, women drivers 10/18/2019
OOIDA makes final push for better HOS rules 10/16/2019
Car-truck crash fatalities continue to increase 10/14/2019
Friday Short Haul - Amazon's fleet of day cabs, legislator's disclosure, WTA petition 10/11/2019
ATA chief takes on truck-accident lawyers 10/9/2019
Lonely on the road? Get a furry friend 10/7/2019
Friday Short Haul - Lab-grown meat, fraudulent freight brokering, FMCSA HOS committee, FMCSA Clearinghouse 10/4/2019
UPS takes giant leap in its drone delivery program 10/2/2019
Female drivers are safer bet for trucking companies 9/30/2019
Friday Short Haul - Embark gets financing, FMCSA announces safety grants, Covenant exits Mexico routes, and trucking statistics 9/27/2019
Emissions standards battle heats up between the EPA and California 9/25/2019
Smog checks in the future for California truck drivers 9/23/2019
Friday Short Haul - Volvo Dynamic Steering, Meals for 18 Wheels, speeding crackdown, OOIDA opposes legislation 9/20/2019
Telematics could be insurance-premium-saving boon for fleets 9/18/2019
54 percent of survey respondents still not impressed with telematics technology 9/16/2019
Friday Short Haul - Walmart video, it's churn, not shortage, California's independent contractor bill, hemp drivers plea 9/13/2019
TCA honors three Highway Angels 9/11/2019
Now they're talking about "smart" trailers 9/9/2019
Friday Short Haul - Detention-time comments, truck orders decline, diesel fuel shortage 9/6/2019
Berkeley study says reducing independent truckers can alleviate climate change 9/4/2019
Clearing up concerns about the drug and alcohol clearinghouse 9/2/2019
Friday Short Haul - Hurricane Dorian, Speed limiter bill, Thank a Driver campaign 8/30/2019
Georgia jury awards $280 million for truck-driver-caused multi-fatality 8/28/2019
Friday Short Haul - New eCascadias, Top cities for truck driver jobs, Push against driverless trucks 8/23/2019
Decision on California drivers' employee/contractor status coming down to the wire 8/21/2019
UPS jumps on autonomous bandwagon with TuSimple investment 8/19/2019
FMCSA publishes proposed HOS rule changes 8/16/2019
Fleets, drivers coming to like automated manual transmissions 8/14/2019
CVSA asks for new truck crash study 8/12/2019
Friday Short Haul - HOS revisions delayed, AEB mandate proposed, Koch sued for sex discrimination 8/9/2019
Kodiak Robotics takes lead in autonomous truck industry race 8/7/2019
New York City combats rash of cyclist/truck clashes 8/5/2019
Friday Short Haul - CRST wins lawsuit, OOIDA opposes insurance hike, UPSNav 8/2/2019
Mechanics shortage equals driver shortage in intensity 7/31/2019
DOT announces almost 1$ billion in grants to fix infrastructure 7/29/2019
Friday Short Haul - DOL on sleeper pay, UPS drone delivery, Geowiz ELDs 7/26/2019
FMCSA takes a look at assault, harassment of female and minority drivers 7/24/2019
It's hot out there, what's a trucker to do? Can't idle. 7/22/2019
Friday Short Haul - Utah truck rollovers, aging truckers, lifetime CDL bans 7/19/2019
Truck-mounted LED billboards coming under fire 7/17/2019
Trucker 'drones on' with unique approach to teaching driving skills 7/15/2019
Friday Short Haul - Rhode Island tolls, human smuggling, contractor vs employee status 7/12/2019
ELD mandate deadline looming, many still not compliant 7/10/2019
New "boot" device being deployed to threaten Walmart overnighters 7/8/2019
Friday Short Haul - Prime Inc vs Amazon, mother fights HOS changes, truck drivers appreciation week 7/5/2019
Proper way to fly the American flag on your truck this Fourth of July 7/3/2019
Roundabouts are becoming popular; but are they best for trucks? 7/1/2019
Friday Short Haul - Skills test proposal, driver shortage, hemp sentencing, driverless trucks 6/28/2019
Experts warn of active wildland fire season 6/26/2019
More states signing on to enlist truckers against human trafficking 6/24/2019
Friday Short Haul - Shippers of Choice, insurance rates, wheel spikes, WIT award 6/21/2019
Freight numbers not holding up to 2018's highs 6/19/2019
Truck safety group urges purges of drug abuse drivers 6/17/2019
Friday Short Haul - Self-driving certificate, truck platooning, trade war stacking up cargo 6/14/2019
HOS waiver coming soon for fireworks haulers 6/12/2019
FMCSA takes a further look at detention time 6/10/2019
Friday Short Haul - Autonomous delivery, HOS rules changes, CDL retest 6/7/2019
Roadcheck 2019 in effect this week 6/5/2019
Hemp arrest prompts USDA memo 6/3/2019
Friday Short Haul - Waymo big rigs, Move over sting, Under-21 comments 5/31/2019
Severe weather prompts renewed emergency declaration 5/29/2019
Memorial Day holiday is prime time for cargo thefts 5/25/2019
Friday Short Haul - Hauling hemp, road rage fatality, new rules for autonomous vehicles 5/24/2019
Autonomous trucks on USPS test run 5/22/2019
Future era of cab-less trucks will be the end of HOS rules 5/20/2019
Friday Short Haul - FMCSA under-21 comments, Tesla autonomous car crash, 24,000 drivers sign contract with YRC 5/17/2019
Under-21 interstate drivers getting serious look by FMCSA 5/15/2019
Trucker Buddy program matches drivers with a classroom; everyone wins 5/13/2019
Friday Short Haul - Driver awarded $80 million, ODFL driver wins, loading dock black hole 5/10/2019
Storm breaks out from Rockies, slams into Midwest, South 5/8/2019
Capacity issues have shippers looking at private fleets 5/6/2019
Friday Short Haul - HOS rules, dark skies, Falcon drivers 5/3/2019
'Bug' permits now required for four eastern states 5/1/2019
Simulator use is catching on for schools, carriers 4/29/2019
Friday Short Haul - Thinking electric, Penske opens charging station, border crossing crisis, railroads taking trucking business 4/26/2019
ELDs might not be the panacea that was hoped for 4/24/2019
Truck drivers may soon see "phantoms" driving yard trucks 4/22/2019
Friday Short Haul - Nikola big rigs, WIT welcomes Peterbilt, Oregon crashes, Border crossings 4/19/2019
Carriers claim financial benefit of putting up drivers in hotels 4/17/2019
Uber's IPO application reveals interesting data about its freight brokerage business 4/15/2019
Friday Short Haul - CDL examiner arrested, tolls proposed for trucks, marijuana use on the rise 4/12/2019
Smart Load Board will get carriers the loads they need 4/10/2019
Huge lines and long wait times greet carriers at Mexico border 4/8/2019
Friday Short Haul - Marijuana, ATA campaign, personal conveyance rules 4/5/2019
Over-the-air downloads revolutionize parameter updates 4/3/2019
Don't get scammed by skimmers 4/1/2019
Friday Short Haul -- New Cascadias honored, motorist survey, U.S, Xpress awarded, rest stop parking 3/29/2019
Legislators address underride collisions, propose more underguards for trucks, trailers 3/27/2019
Motorists soon may encounter a different kind of truck convoy 3/25/2019
Friday Short Haul -- Women in Trucking, irate motorist, FMCSA eases HOS, Safe-Cap 3/22/2019
Recent survey shows cost of roadside repairs is rising 3/20/2019
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House passes federal marijuana bill; won't affect truckers
House passes federal marijuana bill; won't affect truckers
Last Updated: Wed, December 9, 2020
Last Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the MORE Act, enabling a Federal-level decriminalization of marijuana.
The U.S. Senate received the bill on Monday and it has begun its journey through the committee process ending, proponents hope, in a Senate vote of approval.
The Federal transportation regulatory agencies, however, need not be in a hurry to examine working a newly federally legalized narcotic into their regulatory framework any time soon, as even proponents believe it is highly unlikely the marijuana bill will survive the Senate.
Initially introduced in June of last year by Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), the torturously named Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, passed the House by a 228 to 164-vote margin, with 30 abstaining. Only a handful of Democrats voted against the bill, and a handful of Republicans voted for it.
That's why proponents believe their attempt to federally legalize marijuana will not make it through the Republican-majority Senate.
Their only hope for it passing rests on a possible shift in the balance of power in the Senate following the results of the upcoming January 5 Georgia runoff election that could turn two Republican Senate seats Democrat, thus flipping the Senate majority.
Proponents also pin some hope on the chance that one of the Senate sponsors of the bill, Kamala Harris, will succeed in her vice-presidential bid to the White House.
The bill essentially would remove marijuana from the list of Schedule 1 controlled substances, where it currently shares that status with heroin and LSD that have “a high potential for abuse, no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, and a lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision,” according to the Drug Enforcement Agency.
What would federal legalization of marijuana mean for the trucking industry?
The short answer is that language in the MORE Act would still allow marijuana to remain on the list of disqualifying drugs for such safety-sensitive workers as truck drivers.
According to the bill, current or prospective employees in non-safety-sensitive positions will no longer be subjected to cannabis drug testing where such a test is not prompted by a suspicion of its use.
Truck drivers, on the other hand, will still have to submit to pre-employment and on-the-job testing for the drug.
Even though marijuana would no longer be considered as part of the Controlled Substances Act, language was added to the bill in November giving "grandfather" status to regulations that required testing of truck drivers for Schedule 1 substances that were in effect as of December 1, 2018.
The U.S. Department of Transportation doubled down on cannabis use earlier this year with a notice warning drivers and carriers to be cautious about using the increasingly popular CBD products.
Although CBD oils and other products typically contain very small amounts of the THC ingredient that gives marijuana its narcotic properties … under levels that are screened for in drug testing … levels vary from product to product, with the actual amounts of THC often not reported accurately.
DOT warns drivers and trucking companies that use of a CBD product that does give a positive cannibis result will not excuse that driver from the consequences of the positive test.
FMCSA's drug clearinghouse: Marijuana tops list of most-abused substances
According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's latest monthly report on Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse use by the trucking industry, positive test results for marijuana come up in numbers at double all other violations combined.
This has remained consistent since the Clearinghouse became operational in January.
Marijuana positive results from January through May, for example, numbered 10,388. All other substances that showed up in test results numbered 10,768 total. Among those others, cocaine appeared in test results 3,192 times, methamphetamine 2,184 times and amphetamine 2,108 times.
To the curious about what other substances have showed up in truck drivers' test results, there were 11 instances of MDA, 20 of MDMA (ecstasy), 171 of morphine, and 47 of PCP.
The latest monthly report, compiled from statistics reported for January through the end of October, the breakdown in numbers follows the same pattern.
Incidences of marijuana in test results in this latest report come in at 24,000 compared to 21,866 positive results for all other substances combined.
The FMCSA says that positive drug tests account for 82 percent of all violations reported to the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse by employers, consortia/third-party administrators, medical review officers, and substance abuse professionals.
So far, since the program became mandatory, there have been 2,394,193 queries to the Clearinghouse by employers when hiring new drivers, and when making an annual query for current drivers.
As of the end of October there have been 38,290 drivers placed in prohibited status out of 42,711 drivers that have been found to have at least one violation.
According to the FMCSA, if a driver has a drug and alcohol program violation recorded against him or her in the Clearinghouse, that driver must be removed from safety-sensitive functions, including operating a commercial motor vehicle, until he or she has completed a return-to-duty process.
As of the end of October 5,693 drivers have completed the process and are eligible for a return-to-duty followup test.
Sources: LandLine,
HDT,
Benzinga,
FMCSA Oct. Clearinghouse report
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