Trump’s tweeting about the ‘travel ban’ and London attacks reveal a president who is going increasingly rogue
President Donald Trump's recent tweets about the London terror attacks and his administration's...
Rand McNally publishes annual atlas for commercial drivers
Rand McNally released a new edition of its Motor Carriers' Road Atlas for over-the-road commercial drivers. The new edition features truck-navigable roads, trucking regulations, and low-clearances. It is available in several formats at travel centers, bookstores, and online.
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Trump lashes out at London’s mayor, again
President Donald Trump continued a long-running feud with London's mayor on Monday, criticizing him on Twitter for the second day in a row in the wake of the deadly van and knife attack in the city. Trump ...
KeepTruckin to host webinar on ELD mandate
KeepTruckin announced it is hosting a free webinar on the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate on June 7, 2017 at 10 a.m. (PST).
The webinar, titled “Electronic Logging Device Mandate: What You Should Know,” will be presented by Joe Rajkovacz, who is the director of governmental affairs and communications for the Western States Trucking Association.
The webinar will include discussion on the following topics:
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FMCSA Proposes Split Sleeper Berth Pilot Program
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">Hoping to develop “statistically reliable evidence” on whether split-sleeper-berth time affects driver safety performance and fatigue, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is proposing a pilot program that would give a limited number of CDL holders-- who regularly use a sleeper berth to accumulate their required 10 hours of non-duty work status-- temporary relief from the existing sleeper-berth regulation of the Hours of Service rule.
During the pilot program, participating truckers would have the option to split their sleeper berth time within parameters specified by FMCSA. The agency said that driver metrics would be collected for the duration of the study and that participants' safety performance and fatigue levels would be analyzed. Official notice of the proposal is slated to be published on June 6.
FMCSA pointed out that currently any interstate driver who operates a property-carrying vehicle equipped with a sleeper berth and who uses the sleeper berth provision must take at least 8 consecutive hours in the sleeper berth, plus a separate 2 consecutive hours either in the sleeper berth, off duty, or any combination of the two, before returning to on-duty status.
By contrast, the pilot program would give participating drivers a temporary exemption from this requirement for consolidated sleeper berth time. The agency said that for study purposes, drivers would be allowed to split their sleep into no more than two sleeper berth segments.
“Current regulations allow drivers to use one 10 hour period, or splits of 9 and 1 hours or 8 and 2 hours,” said FMCSA. “Drivers operating under the exemption for this study would be allowed to use any combination of split sleeper periods, totaling 10 hours, with neither period being less than 3 hours , allowing for the driver to use splits of 3 and 7 hours, 4 and 6 hours, or two 5-hour periods. ...Read the rest of this story
New Apple Watch will sync with gym equipment
CNBC's Josh Lipton reports from Apple's WWDC on the new Mac and Apple Watch operating systems.